Synthetic Watercolor Brushes

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

Our very popular Wonder White Synthetic offers great control. The hair is interlocking and is a bit fuller on the flat and bright shapes to yields a more substantial feel in your hand.

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.

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.

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.

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.

These special effects brushes feature a blend of Da Vinci Spin and Nova filaments in different lengths, ideal for creating parallel line structures and multi-textured effects in paintings. Vario Tip brushes have excellent color-carrying capacity and durability.

Vegan, cruelty-free, and comprised of biodegradable components, Dynasty Faux Camel Watercolor Brushes protect both the artist's physical health and emotional health. Unpainted, FSC-certified wood handles. Synthetic brush fibers. Essential sizes. Short handles.

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

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.

An excellent value, the American Painter by Loew-Cornell is a legend among artists from coast to coast. Designed for use in decorative painting, ceramics, fabric arts and crafts.

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.

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.

With these brushes' unique, non-slip, comfort control handles, you can feel the difference! They are made from a synthetic sable blend for better brush ability and color holding capacity.

Princeton Select Value Sets are an incredible value, with a combined price that is much lower than if each individual brush were purchased separately to form a set. Each set contains a variety of essential brush shapes and sizes.

Princeton Summit Series 6850 White Synthetic Brushes were designed specifically for fluid acrylics but are also ideal for use with watercolors. They hold as much color as the best natural hair, release color consistently, and possess excellent points and edges.

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.

Le Voyageur Travel Brushes are great for slipping into a pocket, backpack, or tote. Their caps protect the brush heads and extend brush handles.

The unique fibers in this new synthetic brush offer a fluid retention capacity equal to no other. The wavy, undulating shape of the fibers in the Raphaël Aqua Soft brush creates spaces that hold water molecules — in contrast to conventional synthetic fibers, which are straight and slippery.

Beautifully designed for the traveling painter, the Richeson Plein Air Travel Brush Set comes in a handy pouch that doubles as a brush stand. The set holds seven high-quality short-handled golden synthetic brushes that are perfect for water media.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Utrecht Synthetic Sablette Brushes are an economical alternative to Red Sable brushes. Durable and wear-resistant, they have long, tapered filaments for paint capacity and resiliency, excellent for watercolorpaints. Seamless nickel-plated ferrules on black lacquered handles.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Richeson Grey Matters Pocket Brushes feature non-reflective hair, non-reflective ferrules, and non-reflective handles — perfect for plein air or in the studio, and ideal for use with watercolors. Closed length is approximately 3-5/8" - 4-5/8".

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.

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.

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.

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 unique fibers in this new synthetic brush offer a fluid retention capacity equal to no other. The wavy, undulating shape of the fibers in the Raphaël Aqua Soft brush creates spaces that hold water molecules — in contrast to conventional synthetic fibers, which are straight and slippery.

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.

Blick Masterstroke Synthetic Sable Brush Set looks like sable, feels like sable, and handles like sable, without the cost of sable. One each: short-handled pointed round, long-handled round, long-handled flat, and short-handled one-stroke.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

With these brushes' unique, non-slip, comfort control handles, you can feel the difference! They are made from a synthetic sable blend for better brush ability and color holding capacity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!