Using Leather Jacket Paint Brushes

Video Transcript

"Okay, so now I'm going to talk a little bit more about your brushes. And sort of, how you're going to use them and what you're going to use them for. The little brushes are great for detail. So, save those for the end. You're going to start with your bigger brushes, then your medium brushes. And you're going to end up with the little brushes. So don't start with these. These are for details. Make sure that you have really clean ends on these, because, and this one's a little bit bent, your line is going to be bent. So be careful with that. Make sure that your brushes, especially the detail, the small ones are really nice and straight like that one is. Then the middle size brushes are great and especially if you have these ones that are little angles at the top, because it’s really great for doing lines. Just sort of pushing the paint and I'll show you more about this when I actually start painting. But these are really nice to have for that sort of middle size line, and for really controlling the shape of the line, as opposed to the flatter brush. You just don't have quite as much control. They're good for coverage but not as much control. And then the larger brushes, you really want to, these are great obviously to start with and for the most coverage. What you want to be aware of is when you're painting you're going to see some of the brush marks. So don't, don't get really hard bristle brushes, cause you'll see more brush marks with those. You want to try to get the softer brushes and then when you're doing a large surface area, make sure that you’re going over, like the area. You're sort of going in a circular motion so that the paint isn't drying with the brush marks in it. So that's pretty much you want, what you want to look out for, in terms of your brush sizes and you know, what you're going to be using them for basically. And how often do you replace brushes? I've had some of these brushes for so many years, I can't even remember. If you have good brushes and you take care of them, and I know these have paint on them and whatever. But the point is you need to clean them right away. You always need to make sure that you don't let the paint dry in your brushes. And if you take care of them they will last a long time. So, make sure you do that."