Photo of this had the colors changing too much. This version I tinkered with f stop and white level to get it closer, but still a little off. I’m not sure l like how well defined the tree is versus the more abstract-ness of the sky and ground. This is using acrylic for the black and white, and watercolor from a tube for the green. I’m thinking I need a finer bristle brush. Comments or recommendations are appreciated.
Yeah, totally - if it’s actual hair like “hog hair” etc, it can pretty much get “split ends” like human hair does. You can spend a lot on artist brush cleaners/conditioners if you want them to last ages (and you can often rescue a splayed brush with the same stuff) - or you can try and wipe them with a wet cloth instead of dunking them underwater - it depends what sort of paint and how much it’s dried on. Also, some people recommend you dry them sideways, or hanging downwards, rather than “bristle upwards”, to avoid the water/gunk collecting under the ferrule, which can also splay or even rot the base of the bristles.
At the moment I’m trying to gently rince it in a sort of dilutant (w&n dillutant/thinner for WMO) without wetting the ferule and czrefully dry on absorant paper, it seems better but I also had an enormous glass jar of water so maybe I was not using water the right way…