15 Arts & Crafts Hacks You'd Wish You'd Known Sooner!
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I like it when my pallet gets messy, I think it looks really pretty and shows how long I've had it and how much I've done
Burt Macklin over the garden wall!
samee
Dumps paint on it* I'm proud
Same.
Same
Leaving paint brushes in water ruins them..........
*Runs to take paint brushes out of the water that are already ruined*
Lonely Island SAME i was so scared because i was like “i already ruined them.....â€
hahahahha me too
I didn't know that too. I had to paint for a college project and left them there for about a month bc I forgot them. One of them was totally ruined, but the rest seems ok (even though I am now worried)
same!
Lol same
It would be so uncomfortable to to mix paint on plastic film
bikash das plus it’s really bad for the environment - you use it once on one day and it will pollute the environment for 1000 years and then break down into micro plastics and get into the food chain
For acrylics, I actually use a plastic ice cream lid and just scrape off the paint. I also have a video about scraping the paint if you wanna check it out :)
For acrylic I use tin foil instead of plastic. More rigid, and conforms well to pallet. I also use a fine spray myster to give the surface a light spay of water before putting paints down. This will keep the paint from drying as fast. Through working every now, and then I give the top of pallet, and paints this same light myst of water to keep paints wet.
@@mollysnook7625 guess who has been pouring turps down the drain?
ME!!!!
my art class required us to do that lol. if you pull it really taut, it's a bit more comfortable.
I only watched this for the paintbrush-soap technique but some of them were helpful
Ishi Valenzona same
Me too
Oof same
yeah same i saw the thumbnail and i was like: I NEED to know how to fix my brushes like that!
Me too
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makoccino yes talk about pen and use markers
makoccino what about bangla
i love ur accent
Ayesha Akter yaaa
makoccino this is brilliant 🙌
The one with the brushes and soap literally saved my life.
Exactly
Literally? Were you dying from brush cancer?
"literally" ? I doubt it.
@@craigcotter7476 ok grammer nazi
Wahhh kaya baat hai jawab zaroor dayna mujay kawaii legend
We did it guys... we found a life hack channel with ACTUAL life hacks
Spinafexx 😉😉😉
Ikr!!! Yayy
@@user-oi4od6tn5r fdgfg
No , I tried the " Magic pen " ( # 2 ) but didn't work 😔☹ï¸
@@MyWadud there are types of bleach
for the light box, I usually just get a shoe box, put a flashlight inside and then put the glass from a picture frame on top of it. it's easy to assemble/unassemble!
A see through box that you use for example christmastree ornaments...make sure you make small hole in the corner then use a lampand close lid.That or put a flashlight in the box,no cutting of box needed in that way! But he the fairylights would also do or a strip of ledlights...
Thanks for the tips!
Can I use dishsoap for my brush or handsoap thats liquid?
Abby Stevens Hope you don’t mind if I try to help with your question about the soap. I’d say no. The waxiness of the bar of soap is needed.
OMG. hacks that don't require you to spend the same amount of money that it would take to buy those fancy art supplies! GENIUS. thank you so much especially for the brush renewing tip!
Or just take care of your palate and wash it
Haha... this was my thought exactly.
No it's not tbh
i like to let is dry and peel it off. much more satisfying that way
Link The Hero of Time Haha
Link The Hero of Time , It wouldn't come off for me
1:46 then why even use the pallet? Just put the cling rap on the table...
It will follow those shapes into the palette giving the paint appropriate distance and it would hold the cling rap more firmly
imagine how uncomfortable it’ll be to paint on cling film
its really bad for the environment tho..
@@iyla3742 armys r always right lmao @_Taelite_
@@sara-qh7bv well I've had an idea, you can wash it and let it dry and reuse it again!
"Because you're only awake at night?"
Hello, fellow nocturnal person!!
😂
Me watching at 1:34 am:
Same!
For the light box i literally just took a container and put my phone under it with the flashlight on.
Its only been 3 days there's too many likes!! Thank u all ;-;
What a smart idea!
Andrea Mikoda OMG I did that too!
Same.
Andrea Mikoda you are the best love u from Samantha💖💖💖
Andrea Mikoda a "container"?
First, thank you Mako, these tips are super useful and second, I use a ceramic plate as my acrylic/oil palette, it's super easy to clean up, in case you haven't tried that; and you can also use hair gel for brushes instead of soap 😊
Awesome tip!! Thank you for sharing!
Bárbara León these were so good. thankss 😉
Wut? You all know so much and here i come like a noob.
Bárbara León ĺ999999900òòooòp90
Bárbara León The hair gel tip is great!!!! God bless!
“Have you ever want to trace a sketch to a new peice of paper but you don’t have a big computer screen, nor a bright window you can use because you’re basically only awake at night?†Loved that line 😂 (5:16)
So reatable 😂
For the lightbox trick: I usually take my school binder (of course it needs to be a plastic see through one and not the ones with the cardboard cover) and put my phone inside the cover with the flash light on, then put the paper sheets on top. It works really well and it’s one of the simplest solutions I’ve come up with
I use the bar soap trick all the time on my brushes and it really does work.... thanks for sharing.
Dawn Lueders
Is just any bar of soap or a specific one?
Zote works well...you can get it where the fabric/washing detergents are
I just used my oil of olay bar soap.
I use a natural bar of soap I got at a farmers market. My brushes stay clean and straight, o yeah, dry with bristles down. One bar for $5 has lasted over a year. I got a travel soap dish to store it by my sink so I remember to only use it for my brushes. LOVE IT.
Dawn Lueders do u have to rinse it later tho liek what if I use watercolor is it gonna get sudsy or is this just an acrylic hack. Also do u do this after every use
I have been out of drawing for months. But u helped me get back in! Thanks! Love uuu
Aww that's awesome!!
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Liz_Vlogs
Sorry, but those animals are gonna DIE!!!!
makoccino :)
Draw With Alice i
I don't know how to to paint but after watching this video,it's make me getting more expert.
I just wanna say thanks to makoccino for teach all of us to using it the right way
I think thousands of people have said this already but I'll say it once again:D, thanks so much for the soap and brush technique, and the hack for keeping brushes not dipped in water! But about using the plastic film as a palette...I don't think that's very eco friendly, especially if you paint often.
In the words of a wise philosopher named batman, "these are the have I need but the one I don't deserve" because I'm so unorganized! BTW great video and the bleaching pen was a pretty clever one!
Thank you Kesh!
makoccino boo
Katheryn Montelongo what the hell?😨🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😣😣😣😣😣😣😈😈😈😈😠😠😠😬😬😬😬😬😬
Batman is my Buda.
Kesh Hi .....just hi...
I use wax paper as a palette for painting with oils and acrylics so I can easily clean up (plus it's a bit sturdier than cling film!) ðŸ˜
Ccinee11 Foil also works nicely. I've used the wax paper too.
Just My Thoughts I've never used foil as a palette before, maybe I'll try it someday! 😀
Ccinee11 It's actually really nice.
I use it an it works incredibly well. Super easy to use too
If every youtube video was like that one (short but helpful), life would be so much easier.
This is what we all wanted 5-minute crafts to be
😂😂😂💜
who else watch all these but never do that.... ???😅😅😂
me
obviously me
I also😉😉
Me too
Me
I really should try the soap fixing brush thing. But i honesly do not own a soap bar...
You can also use Vaseline! Someone mentioned hair gel works too!
makoccino so with Vaseline, you just do the same thing too? Damp brush, rub some on and wash it off when it's dried?
I use a tiny amount of moisturizer and it also works. I do this whenever my paintbrush and nail art brush start to worn out.
You may just use shampoo, it also works.
Soraya Kamarullah lol me either 😂
I really REALLY liked the suggestion to get your paint brushes back in shape. Haven't tried it yet, but, am going to soon as I have quite a few paint brushes which are outta whack. Thank you for sharing that tip, especially, but, all your tips are really worth trying....will also be using the water bottle cut off for rinsing my brushes in!!! 💗
Hey, don't toss the top of that water bottle, invert it in the bottom and wash your brushes and the pugment fragments will fall to the bottom leaving cleaner water in the inverted part...
Brushes should not be left in water AGREE, so get some floral styrofoam and punch the brush handle in to leave your brushes dry, also you can make brush holders the same way to sort your different brushes...
Judi Booher
Judi Booher .
That's supposed to say pigments 😲sorry
an ashtray can also be used to rest brushes on when painting
@@abbystevens5693 I can get more brushes in styrofoam, I don't have an ashtray...
These tips are legit gold
The trick with the brushes and re-shaping them was pretty helpful. I'll have to use that for my older brushes. Just remember to use conditioner when you use that.
Here's some art hacks:
1: Use hair conditioner on your brushes every few uses. Keeps them good for longer, and can even make a crappy brush good.
2: Clean your palates when you're done. Simple common sense. Clean up your messes, and you won't have a problem.
3: Organize things from the beginning. A tight ship is a happy ship, as they say.
4: Keep a knife in your art kit. you know what they say, a good knife has a thousand and one uses!
5: Keep 120 grit sandpaper in your art kit. Sometimes the best pencil sharpener is an abrasive personality!
The cling wrap one is absolutely horrid lmao
@Sam M | I’ve seen another comment about how it’s not environmentally friendly. Don’t just comment something rude, laugh at it and not explain yourself. 🤦â€â™€ï¸ I’d like to hear what you have to say.
@Preniya Shah it's not environmentally friendly and its seems uncomfortable to mix colours on but then again this video is like 3 years old so I'm going to give it some slack
I recently discovered a hack. I like using alcohol to blend coloured pencils (I'm asthmatic so can't use solvents) but the colourless blenders end up getting stained. My hack is to use a waterbrush pen and fill it with rubbing alcohol. Works like a dream, and easy to clean
I don't understand who would not like a helpful short video clip like this?
You are so nice to tell us these great tips!
You are the sweetest person I have ever seen..!!
Aww
OMG...!!! Thanks mako for replying...
makoccino you look snobby a little but still I like you.
Hey ! Thanks so much. I have a tub full of those cute little clips and now I know what I can do with them to help me keep my watercolour brushes in shape whilst I paint. 🌹
Me: Hello grandmother, would you like some cookies from this cookie tin?
Grandma: (opens cookie tin and sees whats inside) I see.
Me: hurts doesnt it ÒwÓ
Just bought two expensive Da Vinci- Brushes that I kinda had to hand over for an important wallpaint job (noone of my colleques exept me had that tiny brushes ). So basically after the first use they were a bitt ruff, and I thought I had to buy new ones, because I originally wanted to use them for detailed models, props and moulages. I now tried the hack with the soap, and I am so exited how this turns out! Well I have to whait until the brushes are dry, but they already look like new again. Thank you so much for the tip :-)
blackhagalazbeach paintings
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Barbara Hinton.......
4:07 - 4:20 i flipped out and quickly took my brushes out the water they were soaking in 😂😂
Genius!
The light box would be a lovely wall hanging/light too, especially with a painting behind the fairy lights.
Yes! It's 2 hacks in one
1: u get a lightbox!
2: ANDD u get an adorable piece to put on your wall!
Omg these r actually good hacks unlike a lot of other art hacks I've seen from non pro artists
Thank you so much for the binder clips brush holder idea! You just saved me some cash! I knew you should dry brushes with the tip pointed down, with water dripping AWAY from the ferrule. I just couldn't find a workable solution without buying a stand. What an ingenious idea. Keep'em coming. I really learn from you! Thanks again 😃😃😃
Aww that's awesome! I'm so happy these tips came in handy!
Day 1 * after cleaning and organising *
" wow this is so organised and well cleaned, I'm gonna keep it like this forever"
Day 2 * A huge storm came in*
" I don't care anymore "
Nata Mauli LOL - that is SO me!!! God bless!!
Nata Mauli hahaha love you! Hahaha!
My fave: the binder clip on side of water jar to dry used brushes. fyi, to make a brush holder I glued together 2 foam pedicure toe separators (from beauty supply store).
Love the binder clips to hold the paintbrush until it's dry! Thanks so much!
I love a couple of the tips that you showed. The reshaping of the brush and the binder clip on the edge of the water bottle so they can drain down. I have a little add on tip with the ribbons. If you wrap it around a piece of card board and you don't have anymore clips or a stick pin, then you can just cut a slit in the card board next to the wrapped ribbon and slide the end of the ribbon in the slit. It will not move!! Thanks for the hacks!
Kat F Great tip!
Yes, I liked the brush holder clip idea too. I have various size clips too so I might try that .
Last time I was this early..
IV'E NEVER BEEN THIS EARLY WHAT DO I SAY NOW?!
Julia Hagen SAY I LOVE YOU MAKO
I LOVE YOU MAKO
my chemical romance was still a band
Noah made and arc😂
#12 have been using your hack for years now and it changed the life span of my brushes, thank you for the tip
I have a good tip : If want your colours to be smooth on paper and flow with your brush in the paper you can actually use soap (liquid) .Just mix very little amount of liquid soap into the paint and watch the result.....it will super smooth 🙂☺☺😊😊😊
Love the marker hack
gauri sawant m
• same 😄
Nice
Come as soon as the notifucations appear love your videosâ¤ï¸â¤ï¸ please make a new watercolor techniques ðŸ™ðŸ» and diy bookmarksâ¤ï¸
Will do! 😘
You sound like BMO from adventure timeðŸ˜
masking tape around charcoal or pastels-game changer. Also shallow reusable plastic sandwich container with vitamin lids glued to the bottom . . . my new paint saver. Thank you. Oh and play doh! Perfect!
Pretty much all of these were common sense to me except the bleach marker and paintbrush/soap trick. I do appreciate the soap one a lot, so thank you for enlightening me.
You probably have more creativity in your toes than I do in my entire body
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maravilha !!! estou amando ,,,que terapia mais emocionante ,me traz muita alegria .!!! obrigada!!!!!!!
Candy tin + bottle caps = brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Yeeeees!!!!! I loved it!!!! Such an adorable video Mako!! The bleach one was way tooo awesome!! I have to try that one for sure!!! And I loved the bottle lids one, I always us that cuz I was done with ruining the kitchen bowls xD and once you're done, you can throw them away :) :D
Also my brushes would like to thank you for that Soap tip you shared with us😊 They really need a makeover😂😠Thaank youu Mako😘
You are very welcome!
1 subscriber=1 animal's life is saved
nice work, Love your work
Liz_Vlogs stop using that for subscribers idiot
She reminds me of Ginny weasley
Oh a HP fan! Although she looks more like Lily to me (Harry's mother)
Ehhhh kinda. Ginny has different eyes
Yeah that's right🤣
rakhi sreeraj she's like lily
More like Lily to me
I liked the idea of using binder clips as brush holders for drying brushes.
Thank you! These hacks helped me so much!
I NEVER comment on youtube.... but I was so grateful for one of the tips that I wanted to say thanks. Coincidentally today I was wishing I had a lightbox for tracing and while not looking for it, came across this video. I love this idea of the frame with fairy lights!! Such a creative and economical solution. Thanks :D
Awesome superb brilliant nice good
Lifehack for brushes is brilliant! I'll definitely try it! Thank you very much!
The ice cube tray is absolutely BRILLIANT!
U are my biggest inspiration u are always not worrying about what people think if they don't like ur art always stay the same
You are so sweet!
makoccino omg thank you so much I'm fangirling soooo much omg ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Anastasia Gris Hey i have the same name as you😄
That reshaping paint brush hack just saved my brushes!
It's work?
@@gouvir4051 It works!
@@livvvvvvv. wow i try it now
(sorry for my break english, i am vietnamese )
@@livvvvvvv. thank you for your feedback
@@gouvir4051 Ur welcome! it is an amazing hack
Loved the tios for drying paint brushes binder clip and playdoh, reshaping them too.
Omg the light box is brilliant! I'm always using my phone and just trying to zoom in and move it around underneath the paper when I can. Ugh that would help me with my commission portraits super well. Thank you!!
light box is simple and great idea)) ! its an animation table so !
Her voice sounds a lot like "Sara beauty corner"
agreed
maybe they were born in the same country
Ayesha Ameer Yea
No, l don't agree. Just observe nicely. Sara's voice is high pitched while she has a low pitched voice. Plz don't mind.
I know, right!!
I really want to start up art again but have zero self confidence now. You are helping bring it back, Thank you. The paint brush tip is great as I have just inherited a pile of old paintbrushes :)
I've always struggled with these problems. Thank you so much! These tips were really helpful
wow today's video shows ur hardwork love u mako this really fun and helpful specially the soap bar one thankyou so much for these diys
Aww I'm so happy you enjoyed the video!
I can write calligraphy by watching all your video 😃😃😃😃 Thanks to this channel
Aww that's awesome!
No. 12 was so helpful for me thanks!
I love the brush care!!! It realy works, even with very expansive ones. Saved me a lot of money.
I loved and enjoyed the video ..mako!!!!
Awesome!! Thank you for the USEFUL life hacks and not just stupid ones
You are very welcome!
Love you mako.......ur channel is a great inspiration for me .
The magic pen hack was awesome... i m loving it. 😃!!!
all the hacks were so new and so damn helpful
Aww I'm glad you feel this way! I tried my best!
the brush one definitely helped, omg.. so reliefed!!! THAANKS
Thank you for this video😮 I'm using acrylics in art class !! - â¤
Your hair color is beautiful!! I just found your channel love it 🎨
I always use my plastic bottles as water holder! :D
And I use aluminum foil or baking paper as my pallettes :P
So clever!!
Estelle I've used baking paper over a damp paper towel as a stay wet palette for acrylics. I also used the foil in the manner of the cling wrap sometimes.
More hacks plz!
I liked the brush tip the most. I've a few brushes that need reforming and this tip helped.
The soap to model the brush was a life saver! Thanks!
Loved ur channel
OMG THE SOAP HACK SAVED ME FROM BUYING A REALLY EXPENSIVE BRUSH AGAIN!
THANK YOU!!!
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PAINT BRUSH TIP IT HELPED ME SOOO MUCH!!!â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
Thank you for all of these suggestions!!!
Hi! I been watching you for a long time, I am an artist and you inspired me to make art tutorials too! I hope the art community can benefit and learn from my videos like how you inspired others! Love Destiny â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
Your art looks amazing!
thanks for those hacks, amazing video.
The ice cube mixing pallate was genius
Light box... brilliant!
5:58 when he tells you how long it is
Raquel MS lol
Raquel MS wtf you won the perv award.
i literally see all the comments liked by mako except this one lmao
Raquel MS hahahahahaha
Raquel MS lolllll
Awesome Hack!!
You are really amazing😊
Just saw this from 5 yrs ago, so many great tips, especially love the brush holder from clips, and all of them really! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
Great ideas..thank you!!