Should my husband fill his paint brush pot with clean water or use existing dirty water?
Realistically, the brush water pots (I use old tin cans) can only keep clean water in them for a short time because once the first brush goes in it after use then the water is ‘dirty.’ I’ll be damned if I’m going to take the time to stop my painting long enough to get clean water every time I put another brush in the water can. I can use ten or more different brushes on one painting and I’m not going to waste my time constantly changing out the water. And I doubt seriously if any true, serious artist who is focused on getting their painting just right would or should care if the water in the brush pot stays clean during the day after the first brush goes in it. I would guess most would only care about changing out the water after they have finished painting for the day. The only reason the water pot is used in the first place is to prevent the paintbrush from drying out after use and before cleaning. I keep separate cans of clean water nearby to ‘rinse’ out a brush if I want to re-use
