{"id":2484,"date":"2020-05-18T08:33:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2020-05-18T08:33:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:33:40","slug":"alfies-close-up-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Alfie&#8217;s close up :D"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three of my favourite brushes I use on all of my paintings. I typically do not use large brushes and the Daler Rowney seem to work well for my needs and techniques. Here there is the flat, round and liner. There is another brush you saw me use on Alfies videos over at my YouTube channel which has a light purple handle and I cannot find that online anywhere. That is the only brush I am precious about because I know I can&#8217;t replace it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alfie-close-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alfie-close-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alfie-close-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alfie-close-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, I paint all 4 edges of my canvas so that my clients can hang them straight to the wall if preferred. 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