one strokes

i have a small selection of one strokes- rose, iris, bluebird, leaf yellow, flame one, magpie, neon rainbow and petal.
So this means i can use them if a child askes for pink, purple, blue, green, red, black, rainbow and a pretty one.

my problem is however i can use my light/ dark split for the green and blue so i only really use the rose, iris and flame. i cant seem to get the one strokes that are more than 3 colours to work for me.

Wondering what you guys think? should i just srop using these or redouble my efforts to use the onestrokes for designs.

Do you use onestrokes alot? or do you sponge more? just curious?

I have started using my tag splits for my butterflies too. Makes for a beautiful butterfly (especially on small faces ) and helps provide variety. I have a harder time on the splits with more than 3 colors too.....all the colors seem to get muddy. I luv luv luv the splits and could not imagine painting without them!

if your one strokes are getting muddy is that because your colors are overlaying each other? The only time I have mudding issuses is if I reverse the colors on my brush when I reload or I didnt have enough water on my brush, then restroke the the design after getting my colors reloaded. Try loading the wide brush till the bristles are full, about 3/4 of the depth, and if your bristles are 'spliting' then you need to add more water. If the colors are turning muddy within the brush as you are loading, then the colors are over lapping from the way you might be stroking the cake, just wipe out with a babywipe, and try again

I only use my one strokes for snakes, flowers and small cheek butterflies so maybe i just need to expand my use of them or put the rest on the swap shop haha thanks guys

Check out tag's facebook photos. there are some simple designs there. If you dont have the sponge on sticks / daubers you can get them from wal mart or target and they make a really simple fast princess crown.. or a really nice border on full face butterflies, etc...

Water control is the secret to one-stroke, IMHO.

When I'm starting, I dip my 3/4" brush completely in the water and then wipe the excess off on the side of my square brush wash, it shouldn't be dripping. That is enough water to load the brush without getting excess in the container and muddying the colors.

If I do get extra water (coming off the brush) while I'm loading I immediately wipe the brush on my black towel so the colors don't run. When I need to reload to complete a design I only dip the tip of the brush enough to touch the water and wipe a couple of times that's usually enough to finish.

TAG has a video on Youtube where they actually spray the ferule side of the brush to keep the bristles from splitting so you don't have to wash the paint out to reload.

LOVE one stroke for corporate or large parties. Save my bacon because I'm not fabulous at outlining yet but the one-strokes make everything look better.

D.