Watercolor Brushes - Synthetic Sable vs Synthetic Squirrel

In this video: a watercolor paintbrush deep-dive looking at sweet, serviceable and strong synthetics!


Upgrading or expanding our tools can add a lot of ease and flow to our painting. Synthetic brushes have come a LONG way from their frustrating origins and are very good at giving us range, control, and effects.


Let's learn the differences between brushes that approximate squirrel and brushes that approximate sable, and I'll even recommend a few options which offer developing painters solid performance and reasonable price. (Fur blends are excluded from this list)


00:00 - Discussion and Demos
13:10 - Recap of Faux Sable and Faux Squirrel differences
14:40 - Brush Shopping Recommendations


Genuine brush fave: trekell.com


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