Wet your brush and gently tap on a paper towel to remove excess water. Pick up paint by dipping one corner of the brush in one color. Dip the opposite corner of the brush in another color. This will form triangles at each corner of the brush. Stroke brush back and forth on ...
FolkArt® Floating Medium (#868) helps paint flow more smoothly, thus aiding your brush strokes. It should be used when you are painting on any surface that is not slick. It's especially helpful when painting on walls. Use this medium for painting shadows or for watercolor eff...
Because the mini brushes (#2, #6, #8, and #10) are so narrow, they can't be loaded like the standard and large brushes. To load, dampen the brush and blot on a paper towel to dry. Dip the entire bristle section of the brush into the darker paint puddle. Pull the brush out of...
Using a flat brush, determine the width of the rosebud by making 2 vertical lines to use as your guidelines. Double or triple load your brush with a dark color and a highlight color. Position the brush so that the light color of paint is at the right side of the brush. Make ...
Double or triple load your brush. Make one shell- shaped petal of the rose at a time. Start with the lighter colors to the outside. Wiggle and pull the brush as you pivot the brush into a curve. You will have a slightly scalloped outer edge. End the stroke on the chisel ed...
Load a flat brush with Thicket and Sunflower. Make guidelines in a "v" to help keep the top of your leaf even. Begin at one guideline with the flat side of the brush. Have the green side of brush to the outside. Touch down with brush. Push and wiggle the stroke. Begin turn...
Load the flat brush with Dioxazine Purple and School Bus Yellow. Touch chisel edge of brush. Pull the brush into a curve. End brush on the chisel edge.
Paint individual shell-shaped petals using a flat brush loaded with Dioxazine Purple and Wicker White. Start at left side of petal. Pull brush in a curve as you wiggle. End on chisel. Make 5 overlapping shell-shaped petals. Add individual teardrop-shaped petals at bottom of...
Load the flat brush with Thicket and Sunflower. Start by touching flat side of brush. Push brush down and pivot, turning green side slightly toward tip. As you get close to end of leaf, pull up on chisel edge at tip.
Load flat brush with Berry Wine and Sunflower or Wicker White. Touch brush to surface to begin the center back petal. Wiggle and push brush up side of petal. Pull brush up to chisel edge at tip. When you reach tip, do not lift brush. Pull brush back down other side of petal...