Artist brush guide

A paint brush becomes an extension of one’s hand to it’s important to find a comfortable fit for you and the right one for the job. This blog will outline the different brush types and be a guide to choosing the right paint brush for you.

This drawing is in my Watercolor Basics CD--one of my students asked about what my "barbered" fan brush looked like, and I couldn't find a photo of it! These are brushes for special uses, not the basics, though--for that I use rounds and flats in various sizes. Of the ones in this illustration, I use the stencil brush most, for spatter. An older rendition from one of my books is here: farm1.static.flickr.com/41/97622540_08d5c34869_o.jpg

Confused about watercolor brush sizes? Watercolor brushes come in a confusingly wide range of sizes, shapes, and materials to choose from. One of the most bewildering characteristics of brushes is their size. What do all those numbers mean? 000 or 3/0 or even 1/64”? Brushes are the tools that you use to communicate your artistic

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A paintbrush is a tool used for applying paint. It is typically made by fastening the bristles to a wooden or plastic handle with the help of a ferrule. This tool can be subdivided into two categories, which are decorators’ brushes and artists’ brushes. Here we’ll discover every major part of a paintbrush.

If you put away your paintbrushes when they were still wet from cleaning or if you stored them in a crowded toolbox, you might wind up with bristles that are all bent out of shape.