Execute the Cut-in Stroke

thumb on the opposite side. And then when I'm doing my cutins, I'm cutting in just like this. So I'm holding it. Sometimes I actually let my small finger free and hold it like that. But typically I'm going to have four fingers on that brush. And that also depends on the size of the brush you're using. If you're using a brush that's 2 in or smaller, you're typically not going to have four fingers on that brush cuz the brush the barrel is really small. But this is a larger brush so I can get my hands on that brush and control it really well. And one of the techniques of bringing your paint up to your cutin when you're holding your brush, as I discussed in one of my other videos, is to actually rotate that brush. And as you see, this brush is actually fully loaded with paint right now. And I'm actually rotating it around so it actually doesn't drip. So I'm going to pull it out of my bucket, rotate it up, and get it to my position to do my cut in. So I'm going to do a cut in right now. Just showing you how I actually hold that brush. And I'm holding it once again just like that. And the method you're going to take, get your brush up there within about a/ an inch and then bring it up to your cut in and then begin your cut in. You're going to go about a little bit more than a foot. Go back the opposite direction to fill in any of those spots that didn't get filled in when you went the one direction the first time. So there you go. How to properly hold a brush. Now I'm going to talk about how I