Wash Brushes

These brushes deliver the superior paint-holding ability of natural hair at an unbeatable price. A popular choice for watercolor painting, our "camel" hair is actually composed of 100% pony hair.

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.

Containing a blend of luxurious NextGen synthetic filaments, Princeton Velvetouch Series 3950 Synthetic Brushes are the ultimate mixed media tool for watercolors, acrylics, and oils. The range includes traditional and specialty shapes, all with soft-finish wood handles.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Its unusual shape gives the name "Cat's Tongue." Paint with the point for fine lines, the side for medium strokes, and the flat side of the brush for large areas. Super soft, pure squirrel hair set in a seamless, nickel-plated ferrule on a short handle.

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.

Great for even washes and laying in large backgrounds of color, the maximum water-carrying capacity of Isabey's Siberian Blue Squirrel Flat is excellent for color-mixing and applying loose applications of paint.

This full bellied, extra-soft natural squirrel hair brush is every watercolorist's dream. It holds an amazing amount of color like only real hair can. This wash brush offers incredible stroke control and shapes square and sharp.

Square-ended brush holds a crisp edge and has good resiliency. Made with soft Taklon and natural ox hair, dyed to resemble red sable. Short varnished handle and seamless flat nickel ferrule.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Kingart Original Gold Synthetic Brushes are handcrafted to withstand years of use. Sturdy synthetic golden taklon fibers offer softness and optimal absorption. Nickel-plated brass ferrules are attached to ergonomic acrylic handles. For watercolors, acrylics, and oil paints.

Princeton Aqua Elite Series 4850 Brushes feature Princeton's NextGen synthetic fibers that are almost indistinguishable from natural Kolinsky in appearance, performance, and durability — at a more affordable price.

These brushes from Princeton feature a clear acrylic handle. The synthetic fibers holds a reservoir of color and can be used to create beautiful points and precise edges.

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

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.

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.

Containing a blend of luxurious NextGen synthetic filaments, Princeton Velvetouch Series 3950 Synthetic Brushes are the ultimate mixed media tool for watercolors, acrylics, and oils. The range includes traditional and specialty shapes, all with soft-finish wood handles.

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 designed his new Sienna brush line for artists working in all mediums who love the pointing, color holding, spring, sharp edge, and smooth application of a superior blend of filaments. Sienna brushes come with a lifetime guarantee.

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.

The original synthetic artist's brushes for watercolor and acrylic and still guaranteed for life - just as they were when Robert Simmons introduced them in 1972.

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.

Royal Langnickel Zen Watercolor Brushes combine soft and stiff synthetic hair with soft natural hair for softness and strength. For use with watercolors, inks, and fluid acrylics, they hold a large amount of water and color. Silver metallic ABS handles; anodized aluminum ferrules; beveled scraper e

Available in Oval Wash and Round Wash shapes, these Short Handle Synthetic Blend Brushes are designed especially for work in watercolors, featuring blended natural hair for maximum color-holding and strength, and tapered synthetic hair for a perfect point and spring.

Utrecht Series 6150 Golden Taklon Watercolor Brushes are superbly constructed from the finest synthetic hair, complemented by wood handles and nickel ferrules. The synthetic "memory" filaments have excellent shape retention.

Winsor & Newton's Series 995 Flat Wash brushes are a soft, synthetic Golden Taklon hair, ideal for applying thin lines and broad washes. Appropriate for use by both students and professionals, these fine-quality, short-handled brushes provide excellent color-carrying capacity and flow control.

Blick's Academic Red Sable series was designed to provide advanced students with a watercolor brush that is excellent and yet affordable, especially in larger sizes. The fine red sable hair is sorted and selected in England, and 15-20% of each lot is rej

These brushes deliver the superior paint-holding ability of natural hair at an unbeatable price. A popular choice for watercolor painting, our "camel" hair is actually composed of 100% pony hair.

Soft and strong, these 100% natural hair brushes are the workhorses of our Scholastic Collection. They're inexpensive, yet effective for watercolor and touch-up work.

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.

These student grade brushes for watercolor combine quality craftsmanship at an affordable price. They're particularly matched to the Grumbacher Academy Watercolors. Bristles are soft white nylon, ensuring even strokes and excellent color carrying.

A quality short handle brush for the watercolor painter has good color holding capacity. A great value, this durable brush is economically priced for students and hobbyists.

The Golden Taklon short-handled Snap! brushes are ideal for acrylic and watercolor paints. Fun, but not frivolous, Snap! brushes from Princeton Artist Brush Co. are high-quality artist tools.

Fun, but not frivolous, Snap! White Taklon Short Handle brushes from Princeton Artist Brush Co. are high-quality artist tools.

A range of synthetic brushes made by blending fibers of different thicknesses to achieve the most important qualities sought after by the watercolorist - strength, spring, and color holding capacity.

These brushes are made from goat hair and are designed for soft blending and water washes. Goat hair is an economical natural fiber that can be used in place of expensive sable.

These duster and watercolor mop brushes are made from a mixture of pony and goat hair. They feature seamless black aluminum ferrules and short, white, polished wooden handles with black tips.