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04-03-2007, 09:48 AM
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MALTA
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What brushes
Hi all,
i need help about brushed. I decided to update by brushes for a better set. I startedwith a set of cheap watercolours pack but when time passed i started to realize that i need a lot more of brushs with diifferent properties.
Out of around 20 brushs that i have whihc are now useless as they not good for a variety of reasons i am now stuck with 4 that i am constantly using, so it is time to invest in some quality brushes and i need an array for my work. Now i am not a pro but i always believed in quality products.
At the moment the ones i am using are:
Rosemary and Co Series 302 No 4
Rosemary and Co Shiraz Long Flat No 2
Springer Pinsel Rotmarder-Retuscge 1750.2/0-0500 No 2/0
Springer Pinsel Rotmarder-Kolinsky 1854.4/0-0580 No 4/0
I talked to an artisty friend and he said i should look not further than windsor and newton. If this is the case what i have to go for. He also said to get sable brushes.
Let me know as today i have to go to the shop for supplies anyways.
Alexei
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04-03-2007, 10:01 AM
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Paint Master
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My favorite brushes are Windsor and Newton, and Princeton Brush Co.
Both make outstanding brushes, clean better, last longer...etc..
Like all brushes, they will wear out. And they are much more expensive, but I feel well worth the cost.
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04-03-2007, 10:03 AM
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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Tahnks danno - but what i need to get. I man sizes and which series please and if flat heah rounded etc. That i have no clue at the moment.
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04-03-2007, 10:07 AM
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MALTA
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by teh way i use acrylics only so also what type should i go for stable, moongose, plastic etc...
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04-03-2007, 10:17 AM
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Cosmic Painter
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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I stick with Windsor Newton too, the ones that have white tips. Forget what they are called, think they are used for water color, oils etc.... When they get all crapy on me from painting, i then use them for aves work on customs.
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04-03-2007, 11:23 AM
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Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity.
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I been using a line of paint brushes since last June called ESCODA.
Where I shop for paints one of the guys who runs the store told me about them.
Whats good is that they really last along time, I painted about 4 kits
with one brush, which for me is a record.
They really have some fine detailing brushes that I like.
The tip stays stright from the first time you use to the last,
which I could not get on other brushes I use, usually
the tip will start to curl and out went the brush.
No going to lie they are a bit more than a regular brushes, but I feel
since I am able to get more out of them its worth it.
Tom
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04-03-2007, 11:25 AM
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LOL - whatever's on sale. I'm bad about cleaning my brushes, so I try not to spend too much on them...
-Phil
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04-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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Cosmic Painter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FengShuiStein
LOL - whatever's on sale. I'm bad about cleaning my brushes, so I try not to spend too much on them...
-Phil
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i do the same too. Every year Pearl art stores has back to school sales on all brushes 50% off and i still use my student ID from college for the etra 10% off (since it has no date on it).
So i spend about $100 on brushes and walk out of pearl every september with bags of brushes and other stuff.
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04-03-2007, 12:25 PM
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MALTA
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what only 4 kist with a set of brushes. I have a variety of brushes from hard to soft but i been using them ages. True i clean them and i do not use them often just when needed when painting kits but i find that if i wash them everytime and after each time i dip them in paint them last a lot. If they fall, or are used imporperly then they get damaged and not good. But i do not use them all that lot so maybe becasue of that.
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04-03-2007, 01:21 PM
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Cosmic Painter
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Little trick for you, when washing the brushes after a nice session of painting. If you want the brush to keep its tip/point. Wet your finger tips and rub it on a bar soap or liquid soap to get a soapy feel. Then use your finger tips on the brush and get it to a fine tip and let it dry that way with that small soapy water.
It drys sorta hard, but doesnt damage the brush. So when you go to use it next time its keeps it point and this helps you keep the brush longer. And any soap residueon the brush washes right off.
My professor in college who was a master painter told me this trick and i have kept brushes a long time and nice points to them.
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