Oil Painting Brushes : There are a wide variety of artist brushes for oil painting, watercolor painting, acrylic painting, alkyd painting as well as painting in tempera and gauche. Oil painting brushes also come in all shapes and sizes including round, flat, filbert, fan, oval, dagger striper, rake, hake, script liner, spotter, shader, wash, angular, deerfoot stippler and other specialty shapes. Oil painting brushes are made of hair and bristle from around the world including Russian red sable, Kolinsy, male Kolinsy, ox ear hair, squirrel, blue squirrel, Siberian squirrel, synthetic, grand sable, white sable, golden taklon, white taklon and Chung King bristle. Most of our brushes feature nickel platted brass seamless ferrules and copper ferrules. We also carry quills made of natural feather quill and plastic quills. There are also some unusual oil painting brushes such as the “Funny Brush” and oil bar blenders, foam brushes, sponges, painting knifes and pallet knifes and scrapers.
A wide range of oil painting brushes may be used. From natural to synthetic bristles, the oil painting brush can be left largely up to the artist. By experimenting with different oil painting brushes, each individual artist can find ones that suit his needs.
Traditional oil painting brushes have long handles, so that the artist can work at some distance from the canvas. The hair is generally firmer and stiffer than for a watercolor brush.
Palette knives can also be a very useful tool for mixing and/or applying oil paints to paintings.
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