hi today I'm going to be testing out the best art hacks from my subscribers in my last couple
of art hack videos I specifically asked you guys to leave me your best life-changing art hack and
I was expecting maybe at the most 20 30 40 50 people to write an art hack comment but no you
guys came through and left thousands of different art hacks in the comment section and of course I
read through them all and today out of all the comments that I read I'm going to be sharing the
best of the best with you guys so let's get this party started alright so for this very first art
hack this one is so smart I showed everybody on TikTok y'all went crazy for it the hack
is is that anytime you're dealing with any kind of chalk pastels or charcoal you know that they
can get so dirty so quickly and that's really annoying because if you want to get a red color
and it's full of a blue color when you go to use it you're going to get the blue all over the place
where the red is supposed to be and it is just so frustrating so the solution to that is that you're
gonna get some cornmeal you're gonna put a little bit in a bag bag it doesn't have to be a lot just
a little bit you're gonna put the dirty Chalk in the bag you're gonna shake it violently and when
it comes out it is going to be perfectly clean and ready to use and the best part is is that
the comments are mentioned that their little Ziploc cornmeal bag they've had it for years
alluding to the fact that you can use the bag hundreds of times before you need to switch it
out for this first hack I knew we had to start off with a bang because that is absolutely genius for
this next art hack this is the art hack that when I read this I had mentioned earlier that I had to
like literally put down my phone take a second and breathe in because it is such a good idea makes me
mad that I didn't think of this first so the hack is is that anytime you're working with markers in
a Sketchbook that's not designed for markers you know that it's so frustrating because if you use
a lot of markers it'll bleed right through the pages so the solution to that is that you can
get clear acrylic gesso and depending on how you like your texture you can put that acrylic gesso
either on the top of the page or behind the page and when it's done drying it basically acts like
a protective barrier protecting the next pages and your ink will no longer seep through the next page
whoever came up with that hack you deserve the Nobel Peace Prize okay love that happen such a
good idea for this next art hack this is not an art hack at all so the problem is whenever I'm
painting sometimes I'll be so concentrated on my artwork that I'll accidentally get my paint water
with my regular water confused and I'll drink the paint water and apparently that happens to
a lot of artists out there so here's the solution I invented this vibrant bright in your face dirty
paint water mug that way whenever I'm painting I'll see the giant neon sign say not to drink out
of this I personally created and designed this myself it comes in two colors green and yellow
the design is on both sides and it's dishwasher and microwave safe even if you're not an artist
and you just want to drink out of a dirty paint water mug ironically I think that'd be funny too
or if you know an artist I think it would make a great gift if you're interested I will put the
link to it in the description box down below you can find it on my website shopraddizzle.com I am
so proud of how this cup came out hopefully this cup will help us not drink our paint water anymore
this next art hack did not come from just one person in fact it came from multiple people
telling me about this hack if you are struggling to clean the paint off your brushes whether that
be from oil paints or acrylic paints what you can use is Murphy's all soap and to be honest
with you I've never heard of this product before I don't personally have wood floors but I bought
some at Walmart it was less than four dollars a bottle I added about a teaspoon to a cup and I
just diluted that with a little bit of water and within seconds that mixture cleaned off all the
dried crushed up acrylic paint it's almost like the acrylic unstuck from the individual brush
hairs the reason that's such a game changer is because normally with acetone and alcohol it
dissolves the actual acrylic off the brush itself and that can damage the bristles it
can mess with the actual glue that attaches the handle but that doesn't happen with the Murphys
Oil Soap it made the acrylic paint just slide right off so at this point I have done tons
of videos on how to clean your brushes and by far Murphy's Oil Soap is the best of the best
and by the way the link to every single product that I'm mentioning in this video the Amazon
links to them will be in the description they will why can I not say that the Amazon links
to the products will be in the description box down below okay okay for this next art hack this
one is so smart because not only is it an art hack but it's also a way to upcycle and reuse
something I'm sure that everybody watching this has experienced whenever you get a pencil or a
colored pencil and you used it so much that the length is almost like a little tiny nub and that
little nub is really hard to use because it like stabs into your hand they're hard to get a lot
of control when you're using the paper because they're just so small and lightweight so one
of the solutions to that is whenever you go to a restaurant and you get served a plastic straw save
it you're gonna get that straw cut it in half and fit it over your colored pencil and it's basically
one of the cheapest and easiest ways to lengthen your pencil and just make it a lot easier to use
while upcycling an item for this next art hack this is another one that I put on TikTok which
by the way if you haven't followed my TikTok what are you doing but as I was saying for this
hack instead of just filling a cup with water and and trying to clean your paint brushes that way
what you can do is get a sponge cut the sponge to fit your little container whatever container you
want and the sponge basically turns it into a DIY brush cleaner and obviously because it's a sponge
you can clean it you can dry it you can reuse it and all those little bits of sponge that are left
over they are perfect for activating your water later it's so simple it's so easy and it's just so
efficient okay so for this next art hack I thought this was so smart and I've never seen anybody ever
do this one before usually whenever people are painting they like to use either masking
tape or painters tape and they work fine they do exactly what they're designed to do protect the
paint against the canvas but one of the problems is that painters tape and masking tape they're
porous and take that much longer to dry so what this person likes to do is that they like to use
electrical tape and the reason that they like to use electrical tape is because it's non-porous
you can just wipe off any extra dripping paint so it doesn't make a mess everywhere so
such a smart idea that I personally would have never thought of in a million years this next
one I'm gonna tweak it a little bit just to improve it just that much more so whenever
you're transferring an image onto a new piece of paper it can be very difficult to keep the
two papers perfectly aligned the entire time one wrong move with your hand it'll mess up the whole
entire image and then you have to start the whole thing all over again and it's so frustrating and
you're wasting good paper and just all around it's such a mess well here's the solution to that the
original commenter said that you can use bobby pins to attach the two pages together but I'm
gonna suggest that you guys use paper clips you get the paper clips clip them all on the
four corners of the page and that will perfectly secure the two pages together without damaging it
and of course they're paper clips so when you're ready to take them off they just slide right off
this next art hack has been around for quite a while this is a popular art hack I don't think
I've ever shown on my channel because I just never got around to it if you have any kind of
colored pencil that's cheap and doesn't have a lot of pigment maybe it doesn't blend well you
can dip the colored pencil in just a little bit of Vaseline and basically what the Vaseline does
is it breaks down like the outer layer of the colored pencil and it basically makes it work
a lot more smoother and buttery and it enhances the pigment I got this little tiny tube for like
one dollar at Walmart and this little tube will last you literally years and years and years to
do this hack and another variation of this hack that I've seen that I've tried out personally
is if you get your colored pencils and let them soak in water for a little bit it kind
of does the same effect it gives you a couple of seconds of really pigmented colored pencil last
time I did one of these videos I mentioned that makeup brushes are really good when it comes to
blending paint well somebody took it even farther and suggested that you try out nail products
and the reason they suggest that is because nail brushes are usually really small easy to find and
of course they're really cheap now unfortunately my local Dollar Tree they were completely out of
nail stuff but if you look online you can find so many different types of brushes for super
cheap just because it's meant for nails doesn't mean that you can't use it with regular paints
all right so for this next art hack this one is another viral one that has been improved in
my opinion tenfold so if you use just regular painters tape you know that it doesn't always
leave perfectly crisp lines so a while back the solution was is that you find an identical color
to the wall or the canvas or whatever you're painting on Prime the tape with that color and
then go over with a new color and bada bing bada boom crisp lines but the problem with that is is
that not everybody especially if you're painting walls not everybody has the original color that
they started with so instead of using an identical paint color what you're going to do is go in with
acrylic gesso let it dry completely clear and then go over with the new paint and bada bing bada boom
perfectly clean perfectly crisp and will match literally any color ever and for this very last
art hack this one might seem a little bit silly but the reason I want to share this art hack is
because I know there's people out there who are watching me who one might just not have money
to be able to afford things at the craft store or two they might just be looking for ways to
like upcycle things or maybe they just live in a really small secluded town that hardly has a
grocery store let alone Amazon Prime or specialty craft store okay if you know you know this hack
says if you don't have a specialty needed eraser or maybe you just can't find one can't afford one
whatever you can get a piece of bread mine expired all the way back in November apparently what you
can do is rip off the crust and basically that can turn into a biodegradable makeshift needed eraser
and as you can see I tried it out and it worked perfect the bread absorbed the graphite just like
it needed eraser it was so cool well there you guys go those were art hacks from you
guys I hope some of these hacks were useful for you guys if you have any art hacks that
you think would help somebody put it in the description box down below and with
that being said guys this is the last video of the Year we're gonna close it out good I hope
you guys have an amazing holiday season happy drawing and I will see you guys next year bye