@Esther Shelley if you have any questions please do ask. I’m currently writing a book on how I paint and the techniques I use and how I use them. This should be finished by July and will be on special offer to my online students. I look for to meeting you in class. Martin

One easy way to clean brushes is this Ordinary cheep vegetable oil and hair shampoo. Put a small cup of vegetable oil in a jar and either soak overnight or massage (use rubber gloves) until the oil paint is removed from the brush. Then in a separate jar add hair shampoo and again massage this into the brush. Don’t use any water just neat hair shampoo. When all the oil paint is removed wash off the shampoo with hot water 50 degrees ish add more shampoo if needed. Finally rinse off with hot water and reshape the brush and leave to dry with the brush sticking up in a clean jar. This way no solvent is used. I will make a video and post it in the community showing how this works. There are other ways but this is an easy option that doesn’t use chemicals or solvents. Please remember to use plastic gloves so your skin is protected. Some pigments are not very friendly and should not touch your skin. Remember to only use water right at the end to wash off the shampoo after the brush is clean. Hope this helps Martin

@Dee Atkins-Greig thank you Dee. it’s been a challenging time for sure.

@Esther Shelley thank you Esther. It’s been a bit of a journey but hopefully I’m on the mend now. I’m going to start with 3 streamed lessons per week. They will be on a Tuesday, Wednesday and a Friday going live at about 5pm UK time. All will be recorded and saved on the community. Thank you for your understanding on this. Best wishes Martin