Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 17 segments
This week on Sponge Stories, I'm joined by Michelle from ABC Parties. Michelle has had a remarkable year. After stepping away from the industry during a difficult period in her life, she returned…
what advice would you give to painters wanting to level up their work and
I think if you want to level up, I would say probably learn just new techniques.
Try a different brush.
You've got dagger brushes and you've got all sorts of different things.
I've started to use a dagger brush from a tiger stripe and things like that.
What most painters will use doesn't mean that that is the only and best way to do it.
Just experiment.
Just do different things.
And don't make things more complicated than they need to be.
Try and simplify stuff.
yeah I would probably just say that and just you know there's so many online tutorials do it invest in it don't shy away just because you have to pay for a training course or you have to you know pay for a class it's so worth it if you want to be better and you want to do better just invest invest in yourself if you can if you can afford to do it then then do it especially if you're putting
it through the business yes yes
But you seem to be learning loads.
You said you've just finished a, was it the month of May? See, I can't even keep track of what you've been doing.
No.
You've been doing the masterclass with Simona.
And so I joined that this year and that's been super intense.
That is three tasks a week.
Some are sort of big pieces, some are on the job style pieces.
There's no lessons.
There's no tutorials.
There's nothing like that.
what advice would you give to painters wanting to level up their work and
I think if you want to level up, I would say probably learn just new techniques.
Try a different brush.
You've got dagger brushes and you've got all sorts of different things.
I've started to use a dagger brush from a tiger stripe and things like that.
What most painters will use doesn't mean that that is the only and best way to do it.
Just experiment.
Just do different things.
And don't make things more complicated than they need to be.
Try and simplify stuff.
yeah I would probably just say that and just you know there's so many online tutorials do it invest in it don't shy away just because you have to pay for a training course or you have to you know pay for a class it's so worth it if you want to be better and you want to do better just invest invest in yourself if you can if you can afford to do it then then do it especially if you're putting
it through the business yes yes
But you seem to be learning loads.
You said you've just finished a, was it the month of May? See, I can't even keep track of what you've been doing.
No.
You've been doing the masterclass with Simona.
And so I joined that this year and that's been super intense.
That is three tasks a week.
Some are sort of big pieces, some are on the job style pieces.
There's no lessons.
There's no tutorials.
There's nothing like that.
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