Top 6 must-have brushes that you need to take you through acrylic painting, no matter what stage or level you’re at. Here are the most common and the most important brushes that will help you achieve your art goals when you are starting.
I do believe that Artists will eventually learn to pick their favorite brush or brushes and use them in many techniques along the way.
For the meantime, take a look at this short introduction to six different brushes for the kind of Artist like you.
In Creativa, you will find the popular brush called Rosemary & Co., below are some brushes from the prestigious brush brand that we are selling here within the UAE. We can also order for you, please contact us for more details.
- Filbert brush – first on the list of brushes to buy, very vital and can paint the whole landscape with filbert brush. This shape is versatile allowing softening edges and broad strokes. You may want to choose the long filberts or short filberts.
Filberts due to its oval shape, its edges could paint straight lines as flat brushes do. That’s the reason why this brush is truly special for artists. They can use this brush to paint the entire details of your masterpiece.
- Large brush (at least 2”) – for covering large areas, for great entire background. Ideal for backgrounds, decoupage, glazing and varnishing. Once wet, this brush holds heaps of water and pigments.
This type of brush helps you paint large spaces in no time. Wide brushes hold more paints that allows big strokes and great quantity of colors as desired by the artist. Depending on the size of your artwork, large wide brushes like these comes in different sizes but at least 2” ideally for your background.
- Mop brush – ideal for softening and blending, the shape of this brush allows more control. These brushes are highly absorbent achieving the requirement of the Artist.
When you are painting clouds, usually this type of brush is what you need as you would like to soften the edges, brush off some extra paints.
- Fan brush – Also for blending and softening but hard edges. Fan brushes are used in several effects like grasses, hair, feathering, stippling and often blending.
- Flat brush – are versatile for broad strokes, filling wide spaces and sharp edges. Usually best for sturdier brush strokes creating sharper edges and control.
- Detail brush – includes round brush, pointed rounds, riggers and fine liners. Used for precision of small details and lines. Excellent as your signature brush.
Rosemary & Co. provides the finest quality handmade brushes around the world. And Creativa Middle East has been distributing their brushes all over the UAE and will continue to make our Artists happy and comfortably creating great artworks with these professional quality brushes just around the corner.
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