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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Double Dip Petals

Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share a technique that may already be familiar to some of you, but many new painters struggle with: double dip flower petals! Got some additional tips of your own for creating awesome double dip petals? Please share in the comments!!

  • KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    $17.99$18.99
  • BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    $7.00
  • Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    $10.00
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Trimming your Photos!

Happy Tuesday! Today’s tip is for iPhone users who find the need to trim their photos from the background, whether it’s to create design menus, banners, business cards or other graphics for your business. I’m very proficient at Photoshop so I’ve always trimmed photos myself on my computer, however, my son showed me this awesome trick that’ll instantly trim photos for you! Check it out!

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Loading a One Stroke Brush

Happy Tuesday! This week’s tip might be more for beginners, but could still be worth a watch if you’re an experienced artist who sometimes has trouble with one strokes…today I’ll show you how I load up my flat brushes with a one stroke split cake!

  • TAG #12 Flat Brush
    TAG #12 Flat Brush
    $7.00
  • TAG One Stroke Split Cakes
    TAG One Stroke Split Cakes
    $12.00$15.00
  • SillyFarm Arty Cakes
    SillyFarm Arty Cakes
    $12.50
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Brush Care!

Happy Tuesday! This week I’ll share with you my brush care best practices…this is how I have kept my brushes working their best for many years!

  • Brush Bath 4oz Refill Bottle
    Brush Bath 4oz Refill Bottle
    $13.00
  • Brush Bath Set of two 4 oz Spray and Refill Bottle
    Brush Bath Set of two 4 oz Spray and Refill Bottle
    Product on sale
    $25.00
  • Loew-Cornell Brush Tub II
    Loew-Cornell Brush Tub II
    $13.99
  • Heart Shaped Brush Cleaning Pad
    Heart Shaped Brush Cleaning Pad
    $3.99
  • Cameleon Brush Soap
    Cameleon Brush Soap
    $12.00
  • Ultimate Face Painting Brush Wallet by JestPaint
    Ultimate Face Painting Brush Wallet by JestPaint
    $44.99
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Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Bricks with a Brush

What do you do when you can’t find your favorite brick stencil? For this week’s tip I’ll share how I make perfectly uniform bricks with NO stencil! I still love my stencils, but when I misplace mine or just forgot it at home (which, let’s face it, happens a lot with stencils), this is what I do!

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Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Organizing Design Menus

I have tried many different design menu options for display and organization. I’ve had huge magnetic menus with each design a magnet…I’ve had sign frames and stands with printed menus, and I’ve had menus as simple as a piece of laminated paper. In the end I keep going back to that easy-to-print and store, standard, letter sized piece of paper! This week I share with you how I organize and store my menus, and then a really fun way to use them if you watch to the end! Apologies for the technical difficulties I had this morning…so today’s tip was NOT posted at 10. But, here ya go!!

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Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Smaller Brush Tubs

Tune in every Tuesday at 10:00 am central time for a tip from Gretchen Fleener of Paintertainment.com! Our tips are geared mainly towards face painters, though may be applicable to other forms of artistic entertainment as well! This week’s tip is on the subject of brush tubs! Gretchen shows you what she uses for a more compact brush tub, and a little trick to add back those scrubby ridges in the bottom of the tub to get your bristles clean!

Here are a few links!