{"id":815,"date":"2013-01-15T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=815"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T22:50:50","slug":"love-everything-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/love-everything-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Everything About It"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love everything about art making.   This has always been the case for me, but when I was young I was more impatient.  I also had an elevated view about the role of artistes. <\/em> As a consequence, I was sometimes careless with my equipment.  Brushes could remain brush-down in turpentine for days–horror!–until I got around to washing them.  This was disastrous for many of them and shortened their useful life.  As every dollar was precious to me then, I shake my fist in frustration at my younger self–grrr.  Many of those ruins are still in my kit, standing in mute witness to craft malpractice.<\/p>\n

Today, I wash my brushes every evening without fail.  Today, I enjoy<\/em> this simple task and, by some magical mechanism, do not find it the least bit tedious.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I wash every brush (I am talking about oil-paint brushes) 2-3 times in lukewarm water.  First, I wash them with a bar soap, like The Masters<\/a>.  Next, I use a linseed-based soap, Richeson Jack’s Linseed Soap<\/a>.  This is an excellent soap and not too expensive.  Finally, for the sables (most watercolor brushes), I wash them with the last of my precious Ugly Dog Soap.  Ugly Dog Soap was made by Studio Products<\/a>, which, sadly,  no longer makes art supplies (the owner claims to have sold his line but has never provided information about the buyer).  Ugly Dog Soap was the best soap I ever used.  It was an excellent cleaner, and restored and conditioned the brushes as well.<\/p>\n

The demise of Studio Products touches a sore spot.  I am anxious to avoid depending on a third-party for some critical product.  This is why I mix my own mediums; I don’t want to rely on a defunct supplier or one who changes their product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love everything about art making.   This has always been the case for me, but when I was young I was more impatient.  I also had an elevated view about the role of artistes.  As a consequence, I was sometimes careless with my equipment.  Brushes could remain brush-down in turpentine for days–horror!–until I got around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[139,24,113,1],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio","category-shop_talk","category-tips_tricks","category-uncategorized","tag-brush-soap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4452,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/oil-brushes\/","url_meta":{"origin":815,"position":0},"title":"Oil brushes","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"December 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a lot of oil brushes, as can be seen in the accompanying photo. 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