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How to hold a brush, brings me back 50 years to my teacher’s explanation which I kept with me all these years. Holding a brush is like pinching a nipple, firm enough to keep it between your finger and thumb, but light enough to feel its arousal. | How to hold a brush, brings me back 50 years to my teacher’s explanation which I kept with me all these years. Holding a brush is like pinching a nipple, firm enough to keep it between your finger and thumb, but light enough to feel its arousal. | ||
| − | Three things dictate the size of a line; pressure on the brush, the angle of the brush, and speed that the brush is pulled at. Experiment using your loaded brush. Start by pulling just straight lines, vary pressure, angle and speed factors to acquaint yourself with each action. Watch the paint as it flows off the tip of the brush and adjust as required to suit your needs. When you accomplish this exercise, start curving your lines, left and right. Notice what happens to the inner and outer sides of the curvature. Again, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. | + | Three things dictate the size of a line; pressure on the brush, the angle of the brush, and speed that the brush is pulled at. Experiment using your loaded brush. Start by pulling just straight lines, vary pressure, angle and speed factors to acquaint yourself with each action. Watch the paint as it flows off the tip of the brush and adjust as required to suit your needs. When you accomplish this exercise, start curving your lines, left and right. Notice what happens to the inner and outer sides of the curvature. Again, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. I found this excellent pictorial on brush holding, check it out here:http://psychoarts.com/PDF_Files/How_To_Hold_A_Brush.pdf |
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