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How to Properly Clean Oil Paint Brushes (And Why It's Worth Doing Right)
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How to Properly Clean Oil Paint Brushes (And Why It's Worth Doing Right)

I spend most of my working life thinking about digital workflows, but I’ve been painting on weekends for about three years now, and I’ll admit I destroyed two perfectly good oil brushes in my first month simply by not knowing how to clean them properly. Oil paint is not watercolor. You cannot rinse a loaded bristle brush under the tap and call it done. The paint hardens, the bristles splay, and what was a precise filbert becomes something that looks like it lost a fight with a ceiling fan.

Music, Copyright, and the Lightroom Workflow Detail Most Photographers Overlook
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Music, Copyright, and the Lightroom Workflow Detail Most Photographers Overlook

There’s a part of the post-production process most photographers treat as an afterthought: the slideshow. You’ve culled, edited, color-graded, exported, and then you drop in whatever song felt right, burn a video, and send it to the client. I did exactly that for the first few years of my career, and I was lucky nobody called me on it. When I finally sat down with Jared Platt’s Ultimate Lightroom Workflow workshop on CreativeLive, I expected to walk away with faster culling techniques and better export settings.