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A guide to oil paint brushes

Discover the ideal brushes for Winsor & Newton oil paints, learn expert tips on cleaning and maintaining them, and ensure your tools stay in top condition for perfect painting results...

Is oil paint difficult to clean from brushes?

Discover efficient and eco-friendly brush cleaning techniques with Winsor & Newton’s Brush Cleaner. Learn expert tips to maintain your brushes, avoid common pitfalls, and ensure your tools are always ready...

How to reshape, dry and store acrylic paint brushes?

With acrylic brushes, it’s important to remove excess water, dry ferrules and handles, reshape brush heads, and rest them with the bristles facing upwards to dry off. Don’t worry if...

How to clean acrylic paint brushes?

Discover expert tips for cleaning and maintaining your acrylic brushes to ensure their longevity and peak performance. Learn the best practices and common pitfalls to avoid, keeping your tools in...

What are the best brushes for acrylic painting?

Acrylic paint can be applied in a viscous form or thinned down similarly to watercolours. The brush you choose will depend on your painting style and technique, whether you need...

How to reshape, dry and store watercolour paint brushes?

With watercolour brushes, it’s important to remove excess water, dry ferrules and handles, reshape brush heads, and rest them with the bristles facing upwards to dry off. Don’t worry if...

What is the best brush when using Art Masking Fluid?

It’s better to use low-priced or old brushes if possible. If fine lines are required, a goose quill is ideal and for larger areas you can try a colour shaper...

How to clean watercolour brushes?

When pigment particles build up at the base of the brush, it pushes hairs apart and stops the point from forming. To avoid this, wipe your watercolour brush clean with a lint-free...

What brush shape and size is best for watercolour?

Brushes come in various shapes like round, flat, filbert, and fan, each offering different mark-making capabilities. Size numbers vary across ranges, so comparing actual brushes is crucial. For watercolourists, shorter...

What are the best paintbrushes for use with watercolour? 

Watercolour brushes are the best as they have soft bristles, making them ideal for working in smooth layers of colour. The size of the brush is crucial depending on what you...

What is the best watercolour brush for miniature painting?

Most brushes have too long a “hair length” from the ferrule for painting miniatures, and most watercolour brushes have so much carrying capacity that they obscure the view of the...