Paint Brushes

LarryPOST, as an urban sketching specialist, offers a wide range of watercolour brushes, including many travel brushes with their own protective case. Kolinsky Sable is the premium fibre for point and control and Squirrel is the most absorbent for even skies and washes. Both fibres types are also available in modern synthetics if you prefer a vegan option. The two most popular models for travel sketching are ROSEMARY & CO R2 Pure Kolinsky Sable round size 8 for detail and ROSEMARY & CO R9 Pure Squirrel. You can also simplify to a single brush with a Dagger, which combines a point and an edge, that you flip between as you paint. Lots of special effects brushes including stiffer fibres for texture and eradicators for lifting mistakes. Most popular for traditional watercolour are NEVSKAYA PALITRA Squirrel, ROSEMARY & Co Squirrel or the well priced SEAWHITE Sable brushes made in Germany. To preserve your best brushes, only use to pull pigment across the page. Rinse promptly in clean water. Avoid using with oil paint, acrylics, artist inks, masking fluid or to drill paint out of dry pans. Store flat, never point up or resting on the point. Your aim is to protect the point and to keep pigment and moisture out of the metal ferrule and handle.