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How to choose the right paint brushes?

How to choose the right paint brushes?

Perhaps the most important factor is the hair type, synthetic fiber or natural hair?
Choosing the wrong bristle type may produce undesirable results, or even make the your paintings frustrating.
Below is the common knowledge for hairs that used for painting brushes.

Categories Hair Type Application Technology Pros & Cons
Natural Hair Bristle Good for oil painting& acrylic painting   With the best flexibility and water-absorbing quality
Chungking bristle is born to make high quality brush hair.
Pony/Camel Good for watercolor and gouache painting dry making Easily broken
wet making(making the hair  in the water) Right way to make high quality brush hair & reduce possibility of broken
Goat Good for watercolor and gouache painting   Seldom be chosen now
Sable     Expensive & be born to make extreme high quality brush hair
Synthetic Hair Korean or
Japanese hair
can be used for most kinds of paintings   Korean or Japanese hair is recommended to make high quality brush. We can also mix hair of different diameters or mix nylon hair and bristle together based on your requirements.
Domestic hair  

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