Natural Watercolor 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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The finest Siberian blue squirrel is unsurpassed in color absorption, making it a superb brush for large watercolor washes. It has a large, delicate point for unique brush strokes and line work.

These travel-ready brushes are just like the traditional versions, with a brass cap that protects the delicate filaments. When removed, the cap fits on the end to form a full watercolor-length handle. Pure squirrel mop style or pure red sable round.

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.

Brush will point up for delicate, fine work, or may be used as a mop for broad watercolor wash strokes. Hand-cupped in a natural quill ferrule, secured with brass wires to varnished, natural wood handle. Sizes 0 to 8.

Silver Brush Atelier brushes feature a blend of natural and synthetic squirrel hair. Perfect for use with watercolor paints, their silky smooth black squirrel hairs hold maximum amounts of color while the synthetic filaments offer body and a slight snap.

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.

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.

Similar in softness to Russian Blue Squirrel but at a fraction of the cost, Black Goat hair holds a large volume of water, making it excellent for mop and wash techniques. The unique Quill Mop shape makes it ideal for oil gilding and metal leaf work.

The Princeton Select line of brushes goes beyond the basic brush shapes and sizes that make up the artist's arsenal. Joining a range of high-quality Rounds, Filberts, Flats, Chisel Blenders, Liners, and more are additional exciting technique brushes.

From the Silver Brush Atelier line of brushes comes the Quill Series White Goat hair brush for use with acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints. Atelier Quill Series White Goat hair brushes are best for blending paints on a variety of surfaces.

These Short Handle Mop Brushes are designed especially for work in watercolors and inks, featuring fine-quality, unbleached goat hair. Offered in a choice of Round or Oval shapes, they're ideal for high-load, wet techniques.

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.

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.

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!