This Will Save Your Brushes! Best Way to Clean Oil Painting Brushes

The silicoil brush cleaning tank is an incredibly effective, easy way to clean your brushes. Explained is how it works, and how to maintain it to preserve your brushes. Featuring Art Prof Clara Lieu.

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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[Artisima]

Tip: use the old oil paint from the bottom of the pot for the first layer of your oilpainting, the grounding layer. The color is rich because of all the colors used before, so do not throw it away! Use it thin, a bit transparent like the grounding layer of Rembrandt. A tip I received from a classic painter. 🎨 I use two pots for cleaning so I can choose the sort of color I prefer for the grounding layer. One for warm and one for cold colours.

[tinam]

You might suggest or wear gloves while rubbing the brushes against your palm to protect your skin from the solvents, paints, oils, etc.

[milo]

I've just started oil painting - this was super helpful!

[crispypaintbrush]

I can’t wait until the Streams come back!

[cheesewipes]

I actually work with tools all day so seeing something like gojo, which we use to clean oil and stuff off of our hands, used in oil painting felt so strange. I never would have thought something like a mechanics soap would be used in the arts.

[Rachel-svgm]

I've used mineral oil. Dip wipe, dip wipe, dip wipe. It's clean.

[yeshinin]

I am very new to oil paint. I just bought this. Instead of gamsol, can I use odourless turpentine instead? Will the paint settle down for turpentine too? Thank you:)

[huskytail]

I think this coil will be excellent for gouache too. I am sure oil painters will laugh but I have trouble leaving a brush with anything on and gouache is way more difficult to clean than people expect from a water soluble paint.

[Sanyasampat]

Hi! I’m a high school student applying to art schools this year! As an art professor do you think portfolios should have a theme or is it ok if i make varied thematic pieces

[ArtByHazel]

I use a bar of soap that cleans my brushes easily. ❤️