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January 20, 2018 at 6:19 am #449789
Confused about so many brushes for acrylics, I have lots of cheap brushes purchased as ‘bargains’ by ‘Er indoors’ , the wife. Set up tried them and none produce my practice decorative art work anything near what I see in online demo video’s,
Seen Gold Talcon, White brush sets and but in video of April Mamamoto she uses dark colour what appears shortish hair brushes, with what I’ve got I make a hash of it. So which? Natural, or synthetic brushes. I want to do decorative art on milk churns and various sizes of plant pots to sell at local craft fare. Also what medium and retarder to use with acrylic.
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(In know misspelled). If you put up a correct spelt sign ‘No swimming/paddling risk of alligator attack.its ignored. Miss spell and they take more notice. (‘No wimming ore padling riks of aligater atack’January 20, 2018 at 7:21 am #548770Confused about so many brushes for acrylics, I have lots of cheap brushes purchased as ‘bargains’ by ‘Er indoors’ , the wife. Set up tried them and none produce my practice decorative art work anything near what I see in online demo video’s,
Seen Gold Talcon, White brush sets and but in video of April Mamamoto she uses dark colour what appears shortish hair brushes, with what I’ve got I make a hash of it. So which? Natural, or synthetic brushes. I want to do decorative art on milk churns and various sizes of plant pots to sell at local craft fare. Also what medium and retarder to use with acrylic.
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(In know misspelled). If you put up a correct spelt sign ‘No swimming/paddling risk of alligator attack.its ignored. Miss spell and they take more notice. (‘No wimming ore padling riks of aligater atack’CORRECTION TO MY POST:
the video is April Numamoto paintingJanuary 20, 2018 at 9:58 am #548775I purchased a set from Jerry Yarnell’s web site and am well pleased with them. I also have various brushes from cheap to expensive. You will just have to try them all and use whichever suits your need. More of a personal choice as I see it.
January 20, 2018 at 12:50 pm #548768Acrylics abuse brushes (well, most acrylics do – or the artist!) ….. I have expensive brushes but prefer the cheaper synthetics like Graduate or Royals – available at Hobbycraft in UK. ….. particularly if you’re painting on rough surfaces, they’re cheaper to replace.
You need to give a link to the video your talking about – just copy the url address line and paste it into a post here.
Short-haired brushes will give smaller marks – longer brush head = longer marks. The amount of paint you load will also make a difference.
I’m not a fan of natural hair brushes for acrylics – that’s personal – some may like them.
I certainly don’t use sables for acrylics – unless one is extremely careful, they’ll be ruined.Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .January 20, 2018 at 4:08 pm #548776A lot of decorative painters use craft paint. I think that would be a good starting point because these paints are the right consistency for what you want to do.
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January 20, 2018 at 5:05 pm #548771CORRECTION TO MY POST:
the video is April Numamoto painting the video is on youtube go to youtube type in search box april Numamoto painting a rose. Or go through your search engine box.
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January 20, 2018 at 5:10 pm #548783Escoda brushes, made in Spain in various grades, are my faves. I have some that have lasted several years.
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January 20, 2018 at 6:33 pm #548765I haven’t seen the video so I don’t know what type of acrylic painting the artist does.
Generally, acrylics are tough on brushes but good care and cleaning can make them last a lot longer. Synthetics can take the abuse better than natural hair brushes but there are some things I prefer a natural hair brush for with my acrylics.
Acrylic paints don’t flow as nicely and easily off the brush as, say, oils or watercolors will. The stiffness of the brush can make a big difference in how well your paint will handle and move off your brush.
If you are going to work in transparent fluid washes like watercolor painting, softer, fine-haired brushes are great. There are many great synthetic “sable” brushes available. They are soft and responsive, will come to a perfect point or knife-like edge and they will glide softly and smoothly over your paper or canvas letting the wash flow evenly in their wake.
If you are going to work with heavy-bodied acrylic paints in an opaque application, a stiffer brush will help to press the paint onto the painting surface and have it pull off the brush better. There are a number of synthetic types of bristles that mimic natural hog bristle brushes that will stand up to the water in the paints and not get mushy the way natural hog bristle will. These stiffer brushes help to literally scrub the paint onto the painting surface–something very helpful with heavy paints especially if you are working on woven canvas. I actually prefer to use natural hog bristle brushes with my heavy body acrylics for this type of painting but that’s a personal preference.
Experiment with what you can comfortably afford. It took me many years of trial and error to learn that different brushes work better with some kinds of acrylics than others.
Beverly
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January 20, 2018 at 6:52 pm #548781I believe that April Numamoto uses Donna Dewberry Brushes, which are designed for one stroke decorative painting.
I love mixed media!
January 20, 2018 at 7:29 pm #548772Dewberry paints in oils. Brushes for oils are unsuitable for acrylics or watercolors. Any brush can be used to achieve one-stroke painting as long as it is wide (flat or filbert).
January 20, 2018 at 7:37 pm #548782Dewberry paints in oils. Brushes for oils are unsuitable for acrylics or watercolors. Any brush can be used to achieve one-stroke painting as long as it is wide (flat or filbert).
There are LOTS of videos of Donna on YouTube one stroke painting with FolkArt acrylics, and her lines of brushes for Plaid and Weber are primarily for acrylics.
I love mixed media!
January 21, 2018 at 6:44 pm #548766Dewberry paints in oils. Brushes for oils are unsuitable for acrylics or watercolors. Any brush can be used to achieve one-stroke painting as long as it is wide (flat or filbert).
Unsuitable for watercolors, yes, but there are LOTS of brushes made for oils as well as acrylics. I’m just careful to keep my set of oil brushes exclusively for oil use and my set of acrylic brushes exclusively for acrylic use. But there are many of the same brand/type of brushes in each set.
Beverly
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January 24, 2018 at 8:43 am #548779Tole is the decorative painting style wherein useful, everyday, household items are painted upon to make them more pleasing to look at. Originally the term was reserved for tin and other metal products, today it encompasses just about any material. One Stroke is one of the methods used to create some dazzling effects, especially with floral designs.
As already pointed out, acrylic or enamel craft (:eek: ) paint is often used by Tole painters because it is a thinner paint than heavy body tube paint, and flows easily without the need to thin and reduce pigment load.
Brushes. The style requires some control, so many artists prefer short handled brushes for these type projects. Either synthetic or natural bristles work well as long as the brush picks up a fair dollop of paint and releases it easily on the surface being painted. The Mimik Creative Mark line (sold by Jerry’s and other large art supply outlets) works well. Princeton, also, has a number of excellent brushes. A favorite of some Tole artists is manufactured by Xuancheng and marketed by Plaid, a maker of craft paints.
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February 6, 2018 at 9:06 am #548778I’m a bit addicted to brushes and different tools for the application of paint. I love synthetic brushes for acrylic. My favourite stiffer brushes are Isabey Isacryl. If you’re in the UK Jackson’s own brand Shinku are like the Isacryl and also work beautifully for thicker paint. For thinned down acrylics for me synthetic watercolour brushes are the way to go. My favourite are Da Vinci Nova which come in the standard shapes (flat/bright, round, filbert, angled). Pro Arte Prolene Plus are good too and Pro Arte do some nice effects brushes. I like their sword and script brushes. Daler Rowney System 3 also have some good effects brushes for thin paint, as do Black Gold by Dynasty.
I also use palette knives (from small to very large), sponge brushes, sea sponges and paint rollers. Silicone tools are great for thicker applications of paint as well as manipulating thick mediums – there are many by Colour Shaper and Princton Catalyst. I find a Liquitex Free-Style splatter brush is better than a toothbrush and suitable for working small scale as well as large. You can get great little plastic bottles with metal applicator tips for doing fine lines and dots with fluid acrylics – a UK brand is Masquepaint (same company that makes the Masquepen) and a US brand (available at the moment in the UK through Amazon or eBay) is Fineline Applicators. Pipettes and/or dropper bottles are good for dripping and making much looser dots than the applicator bottles. Yesterday I tried putting acrylic ink into a Derwent waterbrush (fine tip) and it worked very well indeed but I’m not sure whether it will dry up in there. I’m waiting to see if I can store the filled brush and still use it later. Then of course there are things from general life – those in my stash include old credit cards for stamping straight lines, the top section of plastic bottles for stamping circles, DIY wire brushes for scraping through paint, wooden sticks, a fork, a pastry brush … and who knows what I’ll add tomorrow!
February 6, 2018 at 9:40 am #548769I use Daler Rowney system 3 brushes and paints.
I find them suitable for my needs and at a reasonable price.Cherish yesterday,dream tomorrow,live today
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