Bright Brushes

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.

The Interlocking Hog Bristle series is one of our finest brush lines, and the finest hog bristle you'll find. The very best craftsmanship goes into each brush, from the top-quality, hand selected white bristle to the accent of gold on the tip of the matte-black handles.

Easy to clean and exceptionally durable, this better grade of Golden Taklon is an excellent choice for oils and acrylics, because it stands up to solvents and acrylic paints very well.

Blick Scholastic Wonder White Brushes come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. White Taklon filaments deliver the texture and responsiveness of Red Sable, but are more durable after repeated exposure to paints and solvents. Blue gloss-finished handles; nickel-plated brass ferrules.

For students, amateurs, and professionals alike, Simply Simmons Brushes offer excellent performance, dependability, and value — all at one low price. They are handmade by skilled craftsmen to meet the same high standards that artists have come to expect from the Robert Simmons name.

A combination of 60% ox and 40% pony hair makes this brush exceptionally affordable and an excellent all-around brush for students exploring the use of thicker, heavier colors. Long handle with green gloss finish and a seamless, polished aluminum ferrule.

The best possible natural bristle is bleached to a pristine bone appearance. Blick's Master Bristle is made a bit tougher than our Studio Bristle to satisfy more physical painters. Gluing is done by hand to ensure the best possible hair retention.

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.

The Interlocking Hog Bristle series is one of our finest brush lines, and the finest hog bristle you'll find. The very best craftsmanship goes into each brush, from the top-quality, hand selected white bristle to the accent of gold on the tip of the matte-black handles.

This is an excellent all-around workhorse for students painting with thicker, heavier colors. Dependable craftsmanship gives this brush nice balance. The hairs offer good resiliency and snap. This brush has a natural wood handle with a blue gloss finish.

The Blick Studio Bristle is a truly beautiful, yet affordable brush, with our most impressive range of shapes and sizes. Unbleached natural bristle from China. A mid-level of firmness makes these the most spontaneous and expressive of our Bristles.

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.

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.

Da Vinci Maestro 2 Hog Bristle brushes are meticulously crafted, with extra strong, yet elastic double-boiled bristles to give more spring and longer life. The hand-shaped and interlocking bristles provide better color-carrying ability.

Da Vinci Pure Badger brushes contain the highest-quality silver-tipped pure badger hair, perfect for blending and softening oil paint on the canvas. They're excellent for glazing techniques, and popular with decorative and faux finish painters.

Da Vinci Russian Blue Squirrel Brushes are significantly longer and larger than other brands, and are ideal for mop and wash techniques, for priming, and for area work. The majority of the brush shapes in the line are made from pure Russian Blue Squirrel hair.

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 Dynasty Urban FX brush series is ideal for artists who paint on buildings, sidewalks, and other surfaces in urban settings. Strong natural bristles work well on smooth and rough surfaces. Densely packed bristles in seamless black ferrules, with brightly colored, non-slip neon handles.

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.

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.

Escoda handcrafts premium-quality bristle to create a superior quality brush that stands up beautifully to heavy paint. The Clasico Chungking White Bristle retains its original shape and handles wonderfully.

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.

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.

Grumbacher Black Diamond Brushes allow you to hold sharper edges and achieve more consistent color laydown thanks to unbleached, un-dyed Black Hog Bristle bristles with plenty of natural flags. The brushes feature soft, non-slip handles and nickel-plated brass ferrules with a sleek black finish.

Grumbacher's signature line of professional oil and acrylic brushes are made of Chungking hog bristle. Natural flags and interlocked construction preserve the natural curve of the bristle.

This high-quality bristle brush is an outstanding value. Stiff and coarse, it's designed to withstand the wear of oil and acrylic paints. The interlocking curved bristle maintains a tight and precise brush shape that resists splaying.

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.

This is a professional range of supple 100% natural Chungking bristle brushes. Interlocked hairs with an abundance of flags hold lots of color and retain their shape well. They can be used with oil and acrylic paints.

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.

R&F Encaustic Brushes are specifically designed to meet the unique demands of encaustic painting. Most significant, the use of high-quality natural hair rather than synthetic fibers prevents the brush hair from melting and scorching on heated surfaces.

Superb spring, maximum brush stroke control, and a large color carrying capacity. Raphaël Extra White Bristle brushes are exceptionally strong and long-wearing. Crafted from interlocking, extra-white hog bristles carefully selected for superior quality.

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.

This brush offers today's artist the same features that made it a favorite of the modern masters - superior, extra-white Hog bristles, and soft, thick tufts that splay uniformly for expressive and generous applications of color.

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.

Robert Simmons Signet brushes are handmade using high-quality Chungking hog bristle, interlocked and deep-set in extra-long, seamless, nickel-plated ferrules. Long beech wood handles are treated with five coats of lacquer. Ideal for acrylics and oils.

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.

The Silver Brush Grand Prix Super Brush was made exclusively for Silver Brush by master brush makers. It contains 100% naturally curved white bristle with flagged and interlocked tips for maximum color carrying capability. For use with all techniques.

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.

Ideal for working in oils or acrylics on large-scale canvases or murals, these premium long-handled brushes from Silver Brush are expertly manufactured by accomplished brushmakers. These brushes are available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes.

Utrecht Natural Chungking Pure Bristle Brushes are handmade using only the highest quality natural Chinese Chungking Hog Bristles. The Series 209 brushes are excellent for both oil and acrylic painting.

Utrecht Rhenish Pure Hog Bristle Brushes are made from hand-tied bundles of naturally curved, interlocked bristles with soft flagged tips. They offer great paint-holding capacity, especially with heavy-body paints. Nickel-plated, double-crimped, seamless ferrules; long hardwood handles.

The newest brush introduction from Winsor & Newton, these hand-dressed brushes feature Chungking hog bristles and a naturally interlocked head. Contoured birch handles are sculpted to offer a comfortable grip at the tail as well as below the ferrule.

The stiff yet ultra-soft filaments in these beautiful synthetic brushes are great for blending and softening within oil paintings, but also work well for faux finishing, adding texture, glazing, varnishing, glass painting, and art conservation.

This is a distinctive brush made of five diameters and three lengths of an exclusive Polymide filament. Each strand is tapered to a precise tip, much like natural hair.

Redesigned to meet the standards of our other Masterstroke brushes, this professional grade of Golden Taklon is carefully engineered with tapered filaments to mimic the belly and point of natural hair.

Blick Scholastic Wonder White Brushes come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. White Taklon filaments deliver the texture and responsiveness of Red Sable, but are more durable after repeated exposure to paints and solvents. Blue gloss-finished handles; nickel-plated brass ferrules.

A synthetic brush that actually feels like a bristle brush! The result of years of development, the individual filaments have the extreme taper of natural bristle and are gently coaxed with heat to a natural curve. Brushes retain their stiffness in water.

Da Vinci Chuneo Synthetic Hog Bristle Brushes have been carefully developed over years to offer a high-quality synthetic alternative to Chinese Chungking bristle. Available in a range of round and flat shapes, this line features strong, flexible, nearly-indestructible Synthetic Hog Bristle that is easy to clean and maintains its shape even after intensive use.

Da Vinci Nova Synthetic Brushes differ from other golden synthetics because of their enhanced ability to hold paints, mediums, and water. They work equally well with oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints.

Da Vinci Top Acryl brushes are extra stiff and rugged. Multi-diameter construction holds and absorbs more paint and stands up to heavy body acrylics, water-soluble oils, and any type of gel or pumice mediums.

Every hand-crafted brush in the Black Gold line features high-quality nylon bristle hair, secured in a seamless black metal ferrule and attached to a kiln-dried, two-tone varnished wood handle for long-lasting durability and beauty.

Whether your artistic specialty is in gouache or watercolor, the new Faux Squirrel by Dynasty is a must-have. The exclusive soft touch silver handle provides a sure grip through hours of painting, versus handles with a glossy grip.

Escoda Barroco Toray Gold is the finest quality synthetic fiber available for artists working with watercolors. Slightly stiffer than the Toray white, it keeps an excellent point and edge for a soft, yet controlled application.

Looking for something a little out of the ordinary? The Modernista Tadami brush from Escoda is one of the finest crafted brushes we've seen. The synthetic filament is designed to simulate the feel of mongoose hair, a favorite of painters for centuries.

Escoda Opera Takatsu is a synthetic filament that has a feel that is almost identical to traditional sable, but much more robust. The extra natural spring and resilience of the blended filaments makes it an excellent choice for acrylics and oils.

Perla Toray White is the finest quality synthetic fiber available for artists working with oils and acrylics. It keeps an excellent edge for a soft, yet controlled application. Escoda cures each brush to increase the spring and resilience of the hair.

Escoda's Prado Tame synthetic offers varying lengths and diameters of a new high-performance filament that has been perfectly blended to perform exactly like a pure sable brush. Excellent for oil, acrylic, or watercolor.

Escoda Primera Teijin is a maroon-colored synthetic with thicker and stiffer fibers for work with heavier bodied paints. The Teijin fiber holds its shape extremely well with fantastic spring.

A modern-day alternative to Kolinsky, the Escoda Versatil brush utilizes a carefully selected custom blend of uniquely patterned synthetic fibers. These brushes provide great water retention, a firm spring, and a sharp, fine point, plus enhanced durability and a more consistent shape over the life

Made of four diameters of durable intermediate-grade Taklon filaments, Grumbacher Bristlette brushes stand up to abuse during oil and acrylic painting, and are especially well-suited for acrylic paints and glazing.

These brushes contain seven different professional-grade mixed synthetic filaments with natural flagged tips and interlocked construction. They are stiff enough to push heavy-body acrylics and oil, yet supple enough for the most delicate glazes.

Isabey Isacryl Synthetic is the finest handmade synthetic brush available. A special mix of thick, synthetic fibers replicates the finest natural hair with the durability of a synthetic so it keeps its tight shape longer than any other synthetic.

The fine-quality natural hair in Isabey Memory Series brushes is exceptionally soft with a thick, full body, making it suitable for almost any technique in oils, acrylics, or watercolors. Finer and less dense than Sable, it’s also an excellent choice for glazing techniques.

Liquitex Freestyle is an innovative range of professional products designed to expand the opportunities of traditional and non-traditional artistic expression. These brushes offer the ideal tools for acrylic artists working in both large and small scales.

Princeton Aspen Series 6500 Synthetic Brushes combine performance, practicality, and style. Made from synthetic bristles with the same stiffness as natural bristle, ideal for acrylics, oils, and watersoluble oils. Polished black handles and non-reflective matte black ferrules.

Princeton Catalyst Polytip Bristle Brushes are another Princeton breakthrough that advances the science of synthetic hair. By giving each individual hair two to three distinct tips, Polytip bristles are able to hold a higher volume of paint while providing smoother application.

Princeton's long handle synthetic bristle brush has excellent stiffness, snap, and hair shape retention for maximum control. Easier to clean than natural bristle, it's recommended for use with heavier paints.

These quality synthetic sable brushes are ideal for amateurs and professionals, for use with oils and acrylics. They feature excellent color holding capacity, durability, point and spring. Get the performance of sable without the high cost.

These excellent quality short handle brushes for the watercolor painter have the best point and spring of all Princeton synthetics.The special blend of varying diameters of synthetic sable hair issues terrific spring. It looks just like genuine sable, and

Stiffer than sable and softer than bristle, these beautiful, durable synthetic mongoose brushes are an excellent choice for heavy-bodied paints such as acrylic, oil and alkyd.

The Princeton Summit white synthetic bristle brushes are a better multi-purpose brush with interlocked hairs that offer fantastic resilience and control. These brushes hold and absorb more paint and stand up to heavy body acrylics, and water-soluble oils.

Princeton's new series of synthetic hair brushes features an extra degree of stiffness to move and control color. They can be used with heavier acrylic paints as well as oil and water based oil colors.

Raphaël Precision brushes look, feel, and deliver paint just like natural sable. They hold media well yet have a snap that helps retain the brush shape from stroke to stroke. These short-handled brushes are excellent for oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks, and gouache.

Raphael's imitation Mongoose fiber combines the advantages of fine, natural hair with the latest synthetic fiber technology. Raphael Kevrin+ Brushes bring together the resistance of a soft bristle with the precision of sable. For oils, acrylics, and more. Easy to clean.

Every Expression short-handled brush is uniquely constructed with a combination of different types and diameters of synthetic fiber, resulting in a smooth, soft feel with great resiliency, snap, and color-holding ability.

Robert Simmons Titanium synthetic bristle brushes offer all the qualities of the finest Chungking interlocked hog bristle but can be used with all thicknesses of acrylic and oil paints. An interlocked process enables these brushes to hold their shape.

Royal SableTek Brushes recapture the uniqueness of Royal Sable, and exceed the features and functions of other synthetic brushes. Providing best results with oils and acrylics, they allow artists to lay down the maximum amount of color for consistently longer strokes without reloading the brush.

Lightweight and easy to handle, Royal Langnickel Zen brushes are appropriate for all media. Synthetic multi-diameter filaments form excellent points and chisel edges. The unique silver mirror finish on the acrylic handles is durable, waterproof, and easy to clean.

Designed with the artist's comfort in mind, this durable Golden Taklon brush stands up to repetitive use. Soft Grip brushes have a lightweight acrylic body with sure-grip, rubber rings throughout the handle and above the ferrule. They work well with acrylics, watercolor, and tempera.

Cinnamon Cooney, known as The Art Sherpa, excels at communicating her unique painting style through her YouTube video series. Created to accompany The Art Sherpa painting videos, Silver Brush Art Sherpa Brush Sets work with heavy body acrylics, plus fluid and soft body media.

The Black Pearl series of brushes features Silver Brush Limited's new Mightlon synthetic filament. They are great for use with all heavier painting media, including oil, acrylic, and water-mixable oil color.

A breakthrough brush for all media, Bristlon is a stiff white synthetic designed for use in oils, water-mixable oils, caseins, and acrylic colors. Each brush has bristles with long-lasting interlocked construction and finely chiseled tips.

Use these synthetic mongoose brushes with oil, acrylic, and water-mixable oil colors. Short handled Monza bristles are ideal for blending and offer the artist precision control.

This revolutionary new synthetic has the control and feel of interlocked bristle. Ruby Satin offers a vast choice for artists working in traditional or modern media and is designed to replace more expensive natural hair brushes.

Silverwhite soft white synthetic brushes are manufactured using specially selected filaments of varying length and thickness that are blended together. This blend creates a brush that will hold sharp edges in flats and fine needle points in rounds.

Utrecht Manglon Synthetic Brushes are known for their excellent paint capacity, their silky feel, an extraordinary snap-back, and great shape retention.

Utrecht Tuscan Synthetic brushes are made by skilled craftsmen who carefully blend a variety of silky filaments. These semi-firm brushes can be used with both oil and acrylic paints, plus fluid or medium-body mediums for creating smooth strokes, soft blending, transitions, details, or for glazing a

Winsor & Newton's Artisan Brushes are ideal for use with water-mixable oils or acrylics. Designed especially to achieve the best possible results when used with Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oils, these brushes also can be used with other brands of oil and acrylic paints.

The interlocked synthetic filaments of these brushes provide superb durability combined with excellent shape retention. Stiff enough for thick color, yet soft enough for glazing, these brushes offer versatility with the feel of natural hair.

This unique synthetic fiber is so much like mongoose, it even has the tapered point and surface texture of the natural hair. Yet it has better durability. The synthetic is stiffer than sable, but softer than hog bristle.

University Brushes from Winsor & Newton are an affordable choice for all artists seeking a high-quality, inexpensive, all-purpose brush. Ideal for watercolor painting, Short Handle University Brushes are also an inexpensive all-purpose brush, ideal for a wide range of craft applications.