When painting you may often ignore brushes as mere tools and focus more on paint, but the more you paint, the more you will find that the need for good brushes increases because they make you more Express your thoughts and inspirations well.

How can you learn to draw without a brush, so choosing a good brush is very important!

For students and many artists who later own studios, the financial constraints may be limited, and only cheap brushes can be selected. This is understandable, but two troubles must be endured.

First of all, they just work, the bristles will fork and soften, making the picture dirty and unable to handle the paint very well; while the artificial brushes used for ink painting, acrylic painting and watercolor painting have unpredictable capacity Limited, very cheap and can't even keep the nib shape.

Second, cheap paintbrushes wear out quickly, and you'll find that buying two or three cheap paintbrushes will cost you more than buying one good paintbrush because it will last longer.

(1) Two kinds of brush materials

There are mainly (A) bristle and (B) mink hair brushes on the market. Both are available in different shapes and sizes, and can be derived from both natural animal hair and artificial hair. Generally speaking, pig hair is suitable for rougher brush strokes, while mink hair is suitable for soft brush strokes.

(2) Bristle brush

Pig hair brushes usually use thick, strong or even rough hair, and the wool often comes from wild boars, but now artificial pig hair brushes are more common on the market.

The advantage of pig hair brushes is that they can gather thicker pigments and apply large areas of color Works great when blocking.

(3) Bristle brush strokes

Here are some examples of bristle strokes. Generally speaking, they are relatively rough and have a high degree of recognition in the picture. They are suitable for adding texture to the picture and enhancing the richness of the picture, as well as drawing distinctive line drawings.

(4) Mink brush

Mink brushes are generally made of soft, fine hair. Wool sourced from mongoose, mink or high quality soft synthetic hair, mink brushes are suitable for soft edges and more subtle strokes.

Smaller sable brushes are also great for adding details and finishing touches to a picture.

(5) The brush strokes of the mink brush

The edges of the strokes are sharp and the edges fade out smoothly. Therefore, the mink brush can draw more "real effect" paintings. Use a mink brush to paint soft, airbrush-like, gradient strokes.