Artists and Wet Paint staffers suffer from the same rut:
we depend on the same old brushes all the time. The “Make
Your Mark” Sale is a great time to try some new brushes.
Here are some great ones from all of our major brush manufacturers
that should be part of your everyday repertoire.
daVinci
From daVinci Brush in Germany, the Maestro watercolor brushes use the highest quality Selected Winter Male
Kolinsky Sable hair from the Tobol river region in Eastern Siberia.
This hair grows the longest and strongest due to the extreme
cold. Expertly shaped, they are unmatched for spring, resiliency,
color- & water-carrying capacity and their ability to hold
a sharp edge or point. They are excellent for precise, controlled
brush strokes, detail work, illustration, and restoration.
Russian Black Sable, also known as Russian
fitch, is a portrait or realist painter's dream. This brush
balances the best qualities sought in bristle and sable by the
oil painter. More stiff and substantial than Red Sable, Russian
Black Sable has exceptional smoothness, leaving little stroke
impression in the paint surface. The hair is extremely smooth.
In fact, only certain master brush makers at daVinci can form
these fine tips without it slipping through their fingers.
Escoda
The Takatsu series of brushes from Escoda is a slightly stiff synthetic. The extra natural spring and
resilience of the blended filaments make the Takatsu an excellent
choice for acrylics and oils. The Spanish company's manufacturing
process creates a brush head that consistently snaps back to
its original shape.
Winsor &
Newton
Winsor & Newton utilizes a unique blending
technology of both white hog hair bristle and selected white
synthetic filament to create the Lexington.
This gives superior durability over bristle hair alone and provides
superior shape, shape retention, brush response and control
over standard bristle brushes. A thinner hair bundle allows
precise control for the oil painter.
Silver
Premier holds a needle sharp point, every time. Silver Brush of the US makes this watercolor
brush full bellied for maximum color carrying without reloading.
Only selected, triple dressed, winter male tail Kolinsky is
used in this series. Premier is the choice of the most accomplished
and demanding watercolorists.
Robert Simmons
Robert Simmons produces the Fabricmaster specifically for fabric painting. A unique blend of synthetic
filaments provides the ultimate tools for the most intricate
fabric designs on surfaces ranging from silk to canvas. Scrubbers,
particularly made for stippling, adding texture, blending colors
and scrubbing paint on heavy fabrics is one of the unique brushes
of this series.
Jack Richeson
& Co.
Jack Richeson & Co of the US creates the 7000 Quiller series synthetic watercolor brush
to mimic natural sable. It combines 11 different weights of
fiber strands to make a marvelous brush head. Thicker filaments
give the brush a nice snap. Thinner filaments give it good color
carrying capacity.
Princeton
Princeton Artist Brush of the US makes the 6100 White Synthetic featuring interlocked
hair for resilience and control. It is the perfect workhorse
for painting in acrylic.
Isabey
The Isacryl long handled acrylic brush combines
synthetic fibers of varied diameter. Isabey Brush of France replicates here the spring of sable with the durability
of synthetic. They keep a sharp point and precise line making
them a great brush for acrylic artists working in portraiture.
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Raphael
Raphael Brush of France produces interlocking bristle brushes
from natural extra white hog bristle. They feature naturally
curved chungking bristles that are flagged and interlocked to
assure maximum carrying capacity and excellent shape.
As you can see, the brush makers are using traditional
natural hairs, highly innovative synthetics, and, blends of
both, to offer the artist an astounding array of choices. Let
the Wet Paint staff assist you in selecting a new brush.
