Lay down a colour area with the broad face or turn the brush onto its narrow edge for a line. This flat Conda brush with bleached hog bristle gives you a firm tuft for oil, acrylic, gouache and tempera. The long handle lets you work a little farther from your painting.
One brush in your selected size
You receive one flat brush with bleached natural hog bristle, a brass ferrule and a long wooden handle with a white-painted end. The photograph compares several brush widths from the range. Your selection determines the size you receive.
Twelve brush numbers to choose from
Available: no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Choose a smaller number for short strokes and small shapes, or a larger number for broader colour areas. Consider the space in your motif and how much paint you want to move in each stroke. The numbers are brush sizes, not widths in millimetres.
Use the broad face and the edge
Load the tuft with paint and distribute it first on your palette. The broad face makes a colour band; the narrow edge helps with an outline or a division between two areas. With little paint, you can let the surface texture contribute to a dry stroke. Try pressure and paint quantity on a practice surface. A softer brush is more practical for gentle, heavily diluted watercolour. Paint and other working materials are not included.
Clean according to your paint
Clean promptly after use before paint dries near the ferrule. Follow your paint’s cleaning directions and choose a product suitable for natural hair. Water-based and oil paints require different cleaning. Gently reshape the damp tuft and let it dry without pressure on the hairs. Do not leave the brush standing on its hairs in a jar.
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