Tip # 23 Stroke quality

I have heard of artists taking their paintings into galleries in the hope to be represented and having the gallery owner get real close to the painting in order to examine it. You know what they are looking at so carefully? It's the stroke quality. The decisiveness of the stroke, the control of the edges (soft or hard), the way the paint brush is manipulated. It's a good way to judge if a painter is a beginner or an experience painter. Because it takes some time to be able to load up the paintbrush and apply the paint with conviction and energy, without unwanted frayed edges or smears. So feel free to practice the swing of the wrist, that softness of the pressure on the brush, remember that paintbrush are make with long handles for a reason. Use them and you will be surprise by the joyful strokes you can produce with practice. 

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