Can I Use CHEAP BRUSHES for Watercolor?

I used a set of Golden Maple Art brushes to paint this flower, so YES you can use cheap brushes for watercolor.

Golden Maple Art kindly sent me a set of their detail brushes, and I've tested them out whilst painting a flower. The brushes are incredibly inexpensive, and yet they have performed very well. They hold the water well, maintain a good point and have a good spring-back rate too. In the video, I use a size 8 and a size 0, but the set comes with sizes from five zero up to the size eight. I've provided a link to the reference photo below, so feel free to paint along with me on this one.

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🕒 Timestamps 🕒
00:00 Can I use cheap brushes for watercolor?
00:11 An introduction to the Golden Maple Brushes
00:14 Mixing the watercolors for the flower painting
01:11 Looking at the Golden Maple Brushes
04:03 Painting a simple flower with the Golden Maple Brushes
05:05 Wetting the paper and applying a wash on the first petal using a Size 8 brush
08:44 Using the size 0 Golden Maple Brush
09:20 Applying the foundation wash on the remaining petals
11:56 Adding the veins into the petals using a size 0 brush
14:30 My Patreon online watercolor school
15:06 Adding fine detail with a small brush
17:10 The shape of the Golden Maple brush, and why I like them
20:00 Working on the centre of the flower
21:42 Mixing the greens, and painting the stem and bud
25:26 Can I use cheap brushes for watercolor. As you can now see, YES you can!

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