Round Brushes

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.

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.

Every Blick Master Natural Pure Squirrel brush is crafted of pure Kazan Squirrel, formed by hand by the same craftsmen who produce our finest Master Sable brushes. Squirrel has excellent capacity and a tendency to release paint to the surface with more immediacy.

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.

These brushes are made of pure, fine blue squirrel hair for maximum color capacity. The hairs of the round brush are blended with select A-grade goat hair to produce a brush that offers a new level of performance and value. More spring than pure squirrel.

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.

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.

Maintain excellent control using Da Vinci's finest all-around sable rounds. The Harbin Kolinsky round is responsive and resilient. It points beautifully, and has a high water-carrying capacity. Series 1526 Round.

Da Vinci Impasto brushes are made with the thickest fibers available. Extremely strong and thick bristles make this line of brushes excellent for heavy body acrylics, oils, and water-mixable oils.

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'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.

The "Maestro" designation is for brushes of male Winter Siberian Kolinsky Red Sable fur. These large size brushes are top-of-the-line. The sharp needle-like point and long tapered hair result in faster action at the tip and the tightest snap at the point.

A bristle brush designed for travel! The handles on these high quality studio brushes have been scaled down to easily fit into pochade boxes or painting sets. Each Plein Air Bristle Brush is crafted with premium artist Chungking bristle from China.

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.

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.

Escoda's Aquario Squirrel hair is extremely soft and more delicate than other hairs. It's so fine that a brushstroke will not leave voids or hair tracks. The round point and short red lacquered wood handle are ideal for detail work.

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.

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.

These are perhaps the finest brushes available for working on ceramics, porcelain, and glass. Each brush is hand crafted in Spain, using the finest select hair and materials. Soft squirrel hair applies smoothly and hides brush strokes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Blick Academic Synthetic brushes are time-tested and have plenty of spring and good flow characteristics.

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.

The modern-day alternative to natural Kolinsky hair brushes, the Blick Master Synthetic Kolinsky Round has a uniquely patterned fiber that creates a series of pockets between the fibers, trapping larger amounts of water and color. Great retention, point, and longevity.

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.

Blick Master Synthetic Squirrel Brushes offer extraordinary softness and a capacity to retain fluids equal to that of natural squirrel hair. For use with watercolors, they have short handles.

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 Studio Decoratives are a premium approach to synthetic brushes for decorative artists and (watercolorists). Multiple diameters of high quality Golden Taklon fibers are assembled in a truly good-looking package.

The best value in our line! Premium "Sableine" Synthetic in up to five diameters gives this brush great fluid capacity and a soft responsive touch that mimics Sable convincingly. The hairs are dyed to give a more natural appearance.

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.

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 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.

These beautiful box sets from Da Vinci are made from top-quality birch wood and include a variety of brushes and tools to please any painter. Da Vinci Wood Box Brush Sets are made in Germany, these sets includes four brushes.

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.

Black Gold brushes by Dynasty represent premium quality for the artist. Crafted to be distinctive looking as well as unique in their performance, they possess the unique intangible features and performance aspects that fine artists demand and expect.

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.

This golden Taklon line of professional watercolor brushes features strength, durability, and spring similar to sable. Each brush is handmade with special attention to the hair, ferrule, and handle.

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.