Kolinsky and Sable Brushes

The full belly of the male Kolinsky in these brushes allows greater control and fantastic fluid capacity. The brush fibers are hand-shaped with extreme care and triple crimped to the Italian hardwood handle.

Hand-selected and hand-cupped by skilled artisans, the highly resilient hair in Blick Masterstroke Pure Red Sable Brushes offers unsurpassed spring, snap, and control. Hand-glued into seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules and crimped to gold-tipped, matte black, solid wood handles.

Excellent quality and traditional craftsmanship make our Scholastic Red Sable a value appreciated by beginning or professional artists. Offering snap and resiliency, they handle watercolors beautifully. Natural wooden handles with a blue gloss finish.

Professional brushes used in the demonstration of Bob Ross paintings. For all brands of oils. Includes oval, filbert, floral script liner, fan blender, folliage, background, round, landscape, and blender.

Considered by many artists to be the world's best brush. Has finest hair from tail of kolinsky. With polished black handle and seamless, cupro-nickel ferrule. 5-brush set also available.

The full belly of the male Kolinsky in these brushes allows greater control and fantastic fluid capacity. The brush fibers are hand-shaped with extreme care and triple crimped to the Italian hardwood handle.

Hand-selected and hand-cupped by skilled artisans, the highly resilient hair in Blick Masterstroke Pure Red Sable Brushes offers unsurpassed spring, snap, and control. Hand-glued into seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules and crimped to gold-tipped, matte black, solid wood handles.

Da Vinci Kolinsky Red Sable Oil Brushes combine great resilience and softness to create a brush that is perfect for spreading color thinly and evenly to achieve fine shades of color and structure. Each brush has a long, maroon, polished handle.

These brushes contain excellent Russian Red Sable hair from the Ussuri River region. They are excellent for precise, controlled brush strokes, detail work, and fine blending.

the newest addition to the Escoda family is its Grafilo line of long handled brushes. All feature pure male Tajmyr Sable Kolinsky, the finest hair in the world of natural brushes. It is ideal for both oil and watercolor.

The fine haired Escoda Optimo Kolinsky sable forms a soft brush head, which is great for delicate, controlled work. Escoda cures the brush hair resulting in remarkable spring and resilience. The long, lacquered blue wood handle offers superb control.

These are exquisite handmade pure Kolinsky sable brushes that exhibit an unparalleled combination of softness, spring, and snap. They're ideal for precision, detailed work. The brushes feature long lacquered handles with seamless nickel-plated ferrules.

Using a special blend of the finest quality Russian Kolinsky sable, the head (shape) of each brush is handcrafted by experienced, world-class brushmakers to the exact requirements of master artists. Each brush is put through extensive trials over months.

Made from the finest natural Kolinsky Sable and hand-shaped by skilled German brush makers, the heads on these long-handled brushes are a must-have for oil painters. The hair in Princeton Siberian Kolinsky Sable Brushes is resilient and soft for spreading color thinly and evenly.

Raphaël Fresco Red Sable Brushes are 100% Pure Red Sable for precision work and for making smooth brushstrokes in oil paintings. They share many of the same working properties of Kolinsky Sable — good spring, sharp points, and sharp edges — at a fraction of the cost.

Designed to the specifications of renowned portraitist Daniel Greene, the Red Sable brushes in this set are ideal for portrait painters and other professional artists. Includes a black Tuscany travel case.

Renaissance Red Sable Brushes make no compromise, offering a natural spring and generous color-holding capacity. They are the professional's choice for projects in oils. They have long handles for easel style painting.

Escoda hand cures each Bravo brush, so that what results is a tool that offers remarkable spring and resilience. The long, lacquered red wood handle offers superb control. It's attached to the nickel-plated brass ferrule via a triple crimping process.

If you value the good pointing, color handling, spring, and smooth application of natural sable with the durability and value of synthetic brushes, the Sapphire line is for you. Appropriate for all media. Use the long handled brushes for easel work.

Winsor & Newton's Sceptre Gold II brushes combine sable hair with a special blend of synthetic fibers to produce a brush that approaches the performance of pure sable, yet at a moderate price!

More than a brush - a return to tradition. Fitch is a traditional and rare hair for oil painting similar to mongoose and sable. Our Fitch is super smooth, ideal for blending and portrait painting. It's great for detail or portrait work.

Professional brushes used in the demonstration of Bob Ross paintings. For all brands of oils. Includes oval, filbert, floral script liner, fan blender, folliage, background, round, landscape, and blender.

Russian Black Sable, or Russian Fitch, is a perfect balance of the best qualities of bristle and sable. Black Sable is more stiff and substantial than Red Sable, with an exceptional smoothness that leaves little stroke impression in the paint surface.

Escoda's Black Sable, also known as fitch hair or polecat hair, is less stiff than light ox hair at around the same price. An alternative to bristle and kolinsky, this handcrafted brush is often used when painting with thinned oil colors.

Isabey's "Cat's Tongue" brushes feature a unique triangular pointed tip that makes precise strokes but can also be used for edges or flat work. Because these handmade natural hair brushes hold a large paint load while retaining excellent control.

The full belly of the male Kolinsky in these brushes allows greater control and fantastic fluid capacity. The brush fibers are hand-shaped with extreme care and triple crimped to the Italian hardwood handle.

Hand-selected and hand-cupped by skilled artisans, the highly resilient hair in Blick Masterstroke Pure Red Sable Brushes offers unsurpassed spring, snap, and control. Hand-glued into seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules and crimped to gold-tipped, matte black, solid wood handles.

Step up to real Kolinsky Sable sourced from the cold northwest region of Asia. The natural snap and the impressive capacity of these brushes are their hallmark. Slightly softer than our Blick Master series, they impart a lush wash, and a pleasing point.

Da Vinci's Maestro designation is reserved for brushes manufactured using male winter Siberian Kolinsky Red Sable fur. These are top-of-the-line brushes. The extra sharp needle-like point and longer tapered hair length result in faster action at the tip.

Great for watercolors, gouache, illustration, animation, and rendering, The brush hair has excellent snap, with superb water-holding and color-holding capabilities. It also holds a precise point or edge for painting details. The eco-friendly wood handles come from sustainable forests.

Dynasty Fine Kolinsky Watercolor Rounds are handmade from the finest Kolinsky hair, fitted into seamless nickel ferrules and triple-crimped onto white birch albata-length handles with a satin black finish. Exceptional strength is a natural attribute of fine Kolinsky hair.

The Escoda Optimo Kolinsky Sable brushes are a marriage of beauty, form and function. Snappy pristine Kolinsky hair is delicately hand crimped into a nickel brass ferrule. The short, blue, lacquered wood handle offers the control needed for detail work.

Named after the exact location in Siberia where Escoda sources its Kolinsky-Tajmyr Sable, Reserva Series Brushes are crafted using only the tail hairs from the male Kolinsky — renowned for their springiness and capacity to retain liquids.

This Isabey Kolinsky brush is great for all your retouching and spotting needs. Featuring a very sharp point, this brush is perfect for detail and precision work. The lower belly and shorter hairs form a resilient tip and give you maximum control.

Isabey Kolinsky Sable Brushes are handmade using the finest hand-selected Kolinsky Sable, which is seated deeper in the ferrule with less of its curve exposed, maximizing spring, snap, and control.

Isabey Red Sable Brushes are handmade using 100% Pure Red Sable. Available in a variety of shapes and sizes, each brush offers unique qualities for every type of watercolor paint and every technique.

With elegant vintage details designed to recall the history and heritage of these exquisite artisan brushes, Isabey Vintage Kolinsky Sable Brushes are ideal for controlled, detailed painting.

Made from the finest natural Kolinsky Sable and hand-shaped by skilled German brush makers, Princeton Series 7050 Kolinsky Sable Rounds have a generous belly for holding water and for maintaining a fine point. Seamless nickel ferrules are attached to short black lacquered handles.

The Raphaël Kolinsky Extra Long Rigger Brush has extra-long hair, an extremely narrow belly, and a point that is great for rendering very long lines, delicate lettering, and outlining. Fantastic spring, snap, and color-holding ability for watercolors and mixed media.

This watercolor brush has been carefully tested for professional designers and retouchers. It has a seamless nickel-plated brass ferrule, a short black polished handle, and a beige tip.

The Raphaël Kolinsky Designer Quill Brush has a long, tapered point and smaller belly for rapid, precise work. The quill ferrule is traditionally crafted without ties, making the brush extremely lightweight and easy to handle. Fantastic spring, snap, and color-holding ability for painting.

Renaissance Red Sables make no compromise, offering a natural spring and generous color-holding capacity. They are the professional's choice for professional craft or hobby projects in watercolors. Short handle.

Winsor & Newton have created a brush perfectly matched to their Artists' Watercolor paints. Excellent color carrying capacity, ability to point, and spring back into shape are noted features of the "new classic" watercolor brush series.

Considered by many artists to be the world's best brush. Has finest hair from tail of kolinsky. With polished black handle and seamless, cupro-nickel ferrule. 5-brush set also available.

The Sable Mix is a combination of Kolinsky Red Sable, Russian Blue Squirrel, and Russian Fitch (Black Sable), along with small amounts of synthetic hair. This brush features the benefits of the finest natural hairs for watercolor.

Developed as an economical alternative to pure Kolinsky Red Sable, Da Vinci Cosmotop Sable Mix F Brushes are a mix of Kolinsky Red Sable, Ox Hair (sometimes called Sabeline), and Russian Fitch (Black Sable), along with small amounts of synthetic hair.

Escoda hand cures each Bravo brush, so that what results is a tool that offers remarkable spring and resilience. The long, lacquered red wood handle offers superb control. It's attached to the nickel-plated brass ferrule via a triple crimping process.

Isabey Vintage Syrus Brushes are handcrafted with fine, vintage finishes in an homage to their original, historical design. A unique blend of the highest-quality natural Sable and Isabey Synthetic fibers combines the benefits of natural hair with the durability of synthetic, for a brush that is ideal for painting with watercolors.

If you value the good pointing, color handling, spring, and smooth application of natural sable with the durability and value of synthetic brushes, the Sapphire line is for you. Use the short handled brushes for fine art and decorative painting.

Versatile and durable, these brushes duplicate the needle-sharp points and fine chisel edges of the best Red Sable. They contain a special blend of natural hair and Golden Taklon. Choose these brushes for exceptional color-holding and extra spring.

Winsor & Newton's Sceptre Gold II brushes combine sable hair with a special blend of synthetic fibers to produce a brush that approaches the performance of pure sable, yet at a moderate price!

Sable is a top painter's choice in virtually all media, due to its strength, spring, and ability to retain its shape. Though priced for a student budget, our Economy Sable brush holds a point or edge well. Each brush has a long natural wooden handle.

One of the most popular choices for watercolor brushes due to its strength, spring and ability to retain its shape. Bristles are set on a shorter, watercolor-size natural wooden handle with a green gloss finish. Seamless polished aluminum ferrule.

Excellent quality and traditional craftsmanship make our Scholastic Red Sable a value appreciated by beginning or professional artists. Offering snap and resiliency, they handle watercolors beautifully. Natural wooden handles with a blue gloss finish.

Great assortment of long handle brushes for the emerging oil painter. The sable style brush hair mimics red sable when working with oil and acrylic paints. Interlocked white chinese hog bristle brushes have the body to deliver paint to larger areas.

Royal & Langnickel Clear Choice Soft Natural Hair Brushes Value Sets have short acrylic handles that won't chip, crack, or peel. Available in natural assortments, these value sets are ideal for a range of painting styles and techniques in classrooms and other large group settings. Includes a storage/drying tray.

An incomparable value for a collection of soft natural hair brushes, this set gives students the opportunity to work with the real thing without spending a fortune! Royal Langnickel Natural Choice Soft Natural Hair brushes were designed for watercolor techniques and ceramic color applications.