Following are the tips for you to maintain good oil painting habits:
Tips for Saving Color:
 Clean away any mixtures near heaps of colors you are setting up to keep.
Keep a habit to put colors in same place on palette - used up areas must be wiped for new oil paint for next painting session.
For disposable palettes scoop off mounds of paint you desire to maintain with your knife and move them to a fresh sheet; if a skin shapes, stab and take away the skin and work with the new color under.
If you are not regular on painting for a week - cover palette with plastic cover and place in freezer.
When you desire to clean your palette clean off central mixing area of wooden/acrylic palette, when you are done with your oil painting.
For caring for tube keep tubes clean, wipe necks and caps.
Caring for your Brushes:
Wipe to take away surplus paint on rags, newspaper, etc.
Rinse in container of solvent not advisable to soak.
Clean your oil painting brush with rags, newspaper to immerse up solvent.
You can also use mild soap (shampoo or dawn), put dab in palm of your hand, foam brush in palm moving in circle to work foam into bristles.
Lather and wash it in lukewarm water until soap suds are snow white, and rinse with clear water; bristles might discolor.
Press bristles into tidy, solid shape while moist.
Let it dry and store in jar bristle-end up.
Safety Precautions:
Read labels on oil paints and mediums - some are gently toxic (cadmium colors), so you need to careful with it.
Avoid consumption of food or smoking while you paint.
Wash hands carefully after oil painting reproduction session; try using lotion to hands before hand, paints would wash off easier.
Some solvents don't create deadly fumes, any how, must be used in well air room - open a window.
Some solvents are combustible also and toxic (gasoline, kerosene) - stick to turpentine and petroleum stuff made for artist's use.
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