| Author | Message | ||
  Lex |
Hey, Gabriel/CJAS folk, About the "giant gentle hawk brush" mentioned in this thread...I found a #38 Tsunami round listed in the online catalog. Is this the same brush and is a photo available? I'm interested in a larger squirrel mop similar to the squirrel quill mops sold by Isabey and Winsor & Newton. | ||
Lex |
I'm late to this thread (seems I'm always late to the party), but if you want to preserve delicate underlays I'd suggest a hake (soft flat goat hair) or almost any squirrel brush. The hake is less like to oversaturate and disturb the underlay, but carries less paint and water than the squirrel, which holds a ton. OTOH, if you like to work rough and tough, mooshing colors here and there, and want a brush that'll hold up to the abuse, I'd go with something like a Winsor & Newton #140 - it's a dark, coarse goat hair in a round mop shape (despite the flattened filbert style ferrule). I like to moosh mine flat into a rough star shape and dip the points in various colors for blending on paper. | ||
Anonymous |
I'm new to watercolor and have found that I really enjoy using natural hair brushes as opposed to synthetic ones. I'm having trouble finding a good mop brush. Any recommendations? | ||
gabriel |
hey- try the giant gentle hawk brush- it's a huge #38 round made of squirrel. any of the other gentle hawks will work, if you prefer smaller sizes (page 53 in our catalog- to order a catalog, call 1-800-227-2788). isabey also makes some great mops of squirrel- series 6234, on page 62 of the aforementioned catalog. -gabriel at cheap joe's. |
