The five strokes- Gradient Blending, Wet into Wet, Optical Mixing, Stumbling, and Smudging, essentially form what we can call the foundation for further progress on your skill set.

If you go back and forth over the paint, brushstrokes will almost certainly occur. Rather, THINK THIN. Instead of using globs of paint, apply multiple thin coats. Also, brushing (or rolling) from one end to the other of your piece will avoid starting and stopping strokes.

The Staalmeester Ultimate ONE synthetic brushes will change how you see paintbrushes and it is absolutely the best paint brush for no brush strokes! The blending and quality make of this brush is so good that Jennylyn could not stop raving about it when we got them in stock for the first time.

'Painterly' refers to the technique of painting in a loose or less controlled manner, so you can see brush strokes in the final piece.