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Adding multiple colors onto a paintbrush can really add that special something to a painting. You can make rainbows quickly and easily.

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    Take out your paints, brushes, and paper.
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    You want to use a flat brush, as opposed to fan, round, and other types of brushes.
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    Put each paint color you want to use on that one flat brush in separate little plates or use a paint palette with "dimples" to keep your paint separated.
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    Use small brushes to dip into each paint color. Then paint the color onto your flat brush, making sure to saturate the flat brush.
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    Repeat step 4 for each color you desire to put onto the one brush.
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    Flip the flat brush over and repeat steps 4 and 5 on the other side, making sure you put each color on the corresponding place.
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    Start painting with the flat brush and reapply paint as necessary.
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  • If the paints on your flat brush start to run together, make your paint thicker by using less water.
  • When you want to use different colors, make sure you clean the flat brush first.
  • Complementary colors make brown, so try not to put those colors next to each other: yellow and purple, orange and blue, red and green

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Categories: Painting

Recent edits by: Leona, Carolyn Barratt

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