![]() It is not as important how few bristles that the brush has as it is how good of point that the brush has. For your very fine brushes though, you may want to hand pick these to get the best points. They will be much cheaper this way over buying them separately. I recommend getting a multipack of brushes at a craft store to start with. Many painters will say to use nothing but red sable, but I think that this is a matter of personal preference. Personally, I use natural brushes almost exclusively, a red sable. The natural bristles tend to be softer and work well with blending, where the manmade ones tend to be stiffer, which is good for getting into hard to reach places. The round brushes can be either natural or manmade bristles. It is my recommendation that these be natural bristled brushes of sable. ![]() You will need a flat size 2 brush and a size 4 flat brush for drybrushing, a technique that we will discuss later. This will bend the bristles and ruin the point, which is very important to get crisp lines and to be able to get into hard to reach places. ![]() Never leave a brush in a container of water to soak. A brush could be said to have a memory that it remembers what shape it was when it dried last. After washing the brush it is very important to form the tip of the brush into its point. The brush will be useless and need to be thrown away. This will result in hairs falling out as you paint. NEVER clean up a brush with hot water! The glue that holds the bristles into the brush can melt. You can use some liquid dishsoap to help to clean them out, but lots of water will do the trick usually. Make sure that you clean out every bit of paint possible from them after each use with warm, water. Make sure that you only remove the one hair that is out of place.It is important that you take good care of your brushes as they tend to be quite expensive. If, after you have used a brush for a while, an unruly hair begins to stick out, snip that hair off near the ferrel of the brush (the metal part) with a pair of fingernail clippers. Especially with the smaller ones, make sure that the brushes that you are buying come to a good point, with no hairs badly out of place. These should suffice for most painting that you will do. I would recommend a size 2, 1, 000, and 5/0. ![]() Good lighting will be one of the most critical elements to your success. This works especially well, since the miniature is lighted from all angles for general painting work. The second light that I use is a florescent light, which circles a magnifying glass. PFIGURE PAINNT SET FULLI prefer one that is designed to handle up to 100 watt bulbs as I use a full 100 watt soft bulb. I suggest an arm lamp, one that clamps onto your desk or work surface. You should be able to purchase a passable desk lamp for $10-$20. It works well for casting harsh shadows, which helps me to know where washes should settle, since washes represent areas in shadow. The first one is an incandescent light source. I prefer to have a mixture of florescent and incandescent (light bulb) lighting. The most important aspect of where you paint is the amount and type of lighting. The first thing that you will need, and something often overlooked by beginning miniatures painters is a suitable work area. ![]()
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