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To remove the color from your brush thump it lightly on the bottom of your water container.
This will open up the brush hairs to the ferrule and clean out most of the watercolor. If you have just finished
with a dark color and need to switch to a lighter color, thump your brush firmly several times on the bottom
of your water container. Then transfer your brush into a clean water container and thump it until your brush
is clean. |
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Slide your clean brush along the bottom of your puddle of color then lift. Your brush hairs should be so full of watercolor that when you lift your brush from the puddle,
the excess watercolor will drip from the tip. Remove the excess by sliding just the tip of the brush
once against the rim of your mixing tray. |
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Begin as when you fully load your brush, but then remove the excess watercolor by sliding the brush
several times against the rim of your mixing tray. |
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Another way to remove the excess watercolor or water from your brush is by pressing your brush
down on a folded paper towel. This term is also used to describe how to remove watercolor or water from your
painting. |
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Touch the tip of your brush to either a tissue in your hand or against your paper towels just once.
This removes just some of the excess watercolor or water from your brush. This term also describes the amount of
pressure you apply to the tissue when you are removing watercolor or water from your painting. |
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Step 1.
Lay the brush hairs down in one direction on paper towels all the way up to the ferrule. |
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Step 2.
Then lift the brush and lay the brush hairs down in the opposite direction on the paper towels, removing almost all of the watercolor or water. |
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