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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 31622, member: 636"] Artists love their tools because they help them make beautiful paintings. They need easels to hold their canvas at just the right height when they work. Different brushes let them paint tiny grass blades or wide sky areas. Paint mixing trays keep all their special colors ready for use. Many artists build small backyard sheds where they can paint without anyone bothering them. Let me tell you what you might use as an artist. Easels help you work standing up, which makes your painting look better when it hangs on a wall. You can ask someone to build storage space for these tools. Having special racks helps your finished art dry faster without damage. Working with the right setup makes everything easier for you. A-frame easels work great if your room feels small or if you paint medium-sized pictures. H-frames stand more firmly when you work on bigger canvas pieces. Large studios can fit giant easels for the biggest art projects. Each type helps you create the best art based on your space limits and what size you prefer to paint. Brushes come in many shapes that help control how paint flows onto your canvas. Round brushes with sharp tips make small details clear. Flat ones spread paint faster across big areas. Fan brushes blend colors smoothly together. Filbert brushes have flat sides with curved tips for special effects. Good artists keep many brush types ready. Art brushes have size numbers from 000 to 20. Better brushes use real animal hair instead of fake materials. Wooden handles show higher quality than plastic ones. You can keep your brushes wet by wrapping them in plastic during lunch breaks. This saves time when you return to finish your outdoor scene or studio project. Oil painters often use knives to apply thick paint to the canvas, creating texture. Step back from these paintings to see how real they look, even though, close up, you see each mark. Good mixing trays have many sections for different colors. They should clean easily after use. Round hollow spots help mix paint with stirring motions. Red, blue, yellow, white, or black can be used to make any color. Black contains all colors mixed. Red appears most often in paintings because it makes the pink shades needed for faces. The right tools make painting much easier and more fun. They help artists express exactly what they see in their minds. [/QUOTE]

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