Brushes are one of the main tools used during painting. This is what great artists and renowned painters used to create their masterpieces. Brushes can be used in a large variety of media such as watercolour and acrylic paints and are usually made of animal hairs such as camel and goat hairs.
Brushes may come in different sizes and brush tips. The most common sizes of paint brushes are sizes 000 to 020. But the range of brush sizes extends up to 030.
Brush Tip Styles:
- Round – Usually used for detailing during painting.
- Flat – Used for spreading the paint faster.
- Bright – Used for thinner application of paint to the canvas.
- Filbert – Used for detailing during painting.
- Fan – Usually used for blending paint in broad areas.
- Angle – Applicable for both detailing and general painting.
- Mop – Used for soft paint application and application of thin layer of glazes over an existing layer of paint.
- Rigger – Normally used for painting the riggings of a painted ship.
- Sumi – Usually for fine tip application.
- Hake – Usually made of goat hair, this soft and fine hair brush used for painting a large area of the painting surface.
- Spotter – usually used spotting photographic prints.
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