Mottler Brushes

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.

Neptune is Princeton's thirstiest brush ever, delivering oceans of color to the sheet. Princeton is proud to offer Neptune in a beautiful range of shapes that includes hand-tied Mottlers and Quills.

A blend of natural squirrel hair and black synthetic filament combines to provide excellent carrying capacity with control, spring, and precise pointing. Black Velvet brushes are full bodied, with a wonderful snap.

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.

These very affordable brush sets are great for students, beginners, and the price-conscious professional. For good quality at a reasonable price, choose Blick Essentials Bristle Value Brush Sets — for every media, technique, and project.

Versatile 2" wide brush is for watercolors — large washes and for wetting paper. And with oils or acrylics for laying-in large areas of color. Also for priming or varnishing. Pure white hog bristle in nickel-plated steel ferrule.

Da Vinci Black Goat Hair Wash Mottler brushes are similar in softness to squirrel hair but at a fraction of the cost. They will hold lots of water and can be used for washing, varnishing, imitating, and priming.

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.

The Escoda Aquario 2032 is a flat, straight edged brush for painting broad passages, washes, and for varnishing. The short, tightly crimped squirrel hair offers terrific control, and a soft, fluid stroke. Escoda specially cures each handcrafted brush.

The Escoda Clasico Chunking is a long-lasting, high quality, economical handcrafted brush. The long white hog-bristle is great for varnish and gesso. It keeps an excellent edge for a controlled application. Escoda cures each brush.

This expertly crafted brush is perfect for covering large areas. If it's natural bristle you want, it's the finest available for varnishing, gessoing, glazing, and similar applications. Each brush is loaded with natural Shanghai Chungking hog bristle.

Raphaël Oleo Flat Brushes are a high-quality brush made with durable natural bristle to ensure elasticity and longevity. Ideal for acrylics, oil paints, and gesso, they are capable of holding a heavy paint load.

Silver Brush Atelier Badger Blend Mottler Brushes feature a blend of badger and synthetic bristles that is perfect for blending or softening edges in oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. Extra-long handles extend the artist's reach on large canvases. Rustproof copper ferrules.

Silver Brush Atelier Hog Bristle Mottler Brushes feature high-quality Hog Bristle for precision and control. These large brushes are Ideal for varnishing, graining, transparent painting, priming, controlled strokes, and textures. Extra-long handles and rustproof copper ferrules.

A blend of natural squirrel hair and black synthetic filament combines to provide excellent carrying capacity with control, spring, and precise pointing. Black Velvet brushes are full bodied, with a wonderful snap.

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.

Available in a range of shapes, sizes, and hair types, these very affordable brush sets are great for students, beginners, and the price-conscious professional. For good quality at a reasonable price, choose Blick Essentials Brown Nylon Value Brush Sets — for every media, technique, and project.

Available in a range of shapes, sizes, and hair types, these very affordable brush sets are great for students, beginners, and the price-conscious professional. For good quality at a reasonable price, choose Blick Essentials White Nylon Value Brush Sets — for every media, technique, and project.

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.

Fine, high-quality Falbex synthetic filaments adjust smoothly to any surface, for full, even paint application with no brush marks. Choose from three shapes. Suitable for finishing, varnishing, chalky paints, glazing, and murals. Stainless steel ferrules; beechwood handles.

The Bob Ross 2" Synthetic Soft Blender Brush features soft, high-quality 100% synthetic goat hair bristles shaped to Ross’ precise specifications. Developed to enable painters to achieve a range of effects using the wet-on-wet oil painting technique, this versatile short handle brush is ideal for creating the soft, subtle effects often found in landscapes and seascapes.

The No. 1 brush of the Urban Sketching movement, The Da Vinci Casaneo features Da Vinci's innovative "wavy fiber” that returns to a point or edge far better than any synthetic squirrel brush. Excellent for watercolors, gouache, acrylics, inks, and for calligraphy and silk painting.

Holds more water than any other synthetic. Large belly tapers to a fine point. The blending and placement of 5 different diameters of fine synthetic filaments make it perform like natural hair. The long-lasting, high quality fiber has an energetic spring.

Da Vinci Grigio Synthetic Brushes are made from different diameters of New Wave synthetic fiber, with a slightly rough texture for color absorption, strength, and elasticity. Ideal for subtle oil painting techniques plus a diverse range of acrylic techniques. Long handles. Vegan.

Da Vinci's Series 5040 Mottler is great for washes in watercolor and fluid acrylic, and for gessoing and varnishing. If you prefer a synthetic for these applications, this is as good as it gets.

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.

Escoda's Series 2336 is a flat, straight edged brush for painting broad passages, washes, and for varnishing. Barroco Toray Gold is the finest quality synthetic fiber available. Slightly stiffer than the Toray white, it keeps an excellent point and edge.

Ideal for watercolor painting, Escoda Último Synthetic Squirrel Brushes offer a substantial water-holding capacity and exceptional softness that is an almost perfect imitation of natural squirrel hair. Expertly crafted in Spain by Escoda, an artisanal brush maker since 1933, the Último series represents a benchmark of quality for synthetic hair brushes.

The Gamblin Gamvar Synthetic Varnish Brush was developed by Gamblin to work perfectly with Gamblin Gamvar varnishes. This synthetic bristle brush is soft enough to contour to textures, yet stiff enough to evenly and thinly varnish a painting. Available in two sizes, both with short handles.

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.

Neptune is Princeton's thirstiest brush ever, delivering oceans of color to the sheet. Princeton is proud to offer Neptune in a beautiful range of shapes that includes hand-tied Mottlers and Quills.

Princeton Redline Brushes are perfect for big tasks. Multiple synthetic filaments and hair lengths hold more paint and provide control and consistency on large surfaces. European lacquer-coated beechwood handles. Four shapes.

The Raphaël Kaërell is the closest thing to a natural hair brush we've found at an economical price. Supremely soft with a fine tip, it is excellent for watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. It is a long wearing brush with surprising strength.

Mixacryl brushes combine the strength and retention of a natural bristle with the spring and vigor of synthetic fibers. The interlocked assembly is perfect for heavy body acrylics and oils and gives an excellent response on the canvas.

Raphaël Sepia Flat Brushes are made from stiff, synthetic interlocking fibers that are elastic and precise. They are perfect for use with acrylic paints and also a good choice for applying gesso.

The very soft, flexible synthetic fibers in Raphaël Softacryl Flat Brushes are very responsive when used for laying down smooth, flat color. They can be used with fluid acrylics, gouache, and varnishes.

Developed for artists who employ impasto techniques and create relief effects with thick acrylics and structure gels, the Textura Flat Brush offers springiness and strength. They're made from short, strong, rigid synthetic fibers that respond well to thick paints and mediums.

Utrecht Series 755 Nylon Gesso Brushes are excellent for priming canvas, glue sizing, and painting large areas. The long-lasting nylon bristles have soft, flagged tips for smooth application, firmly set into metal ferrules and securely fastened to house painter-style handles.

Utrecht Synthetic Varnish Brushes are specially designed for the smoothest application of varnish. Extra-soft, golden synthetic hair bristles feature fine tips for even application securely set into tough, double-crimped stainless steel ferrules.