Reply To: Miniature paint brushes – What do you recommend?

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Actually if you are painting using acrylics (or enamels) then sable (and other natural hair) brushes are NOT recommended. Acrylic paints wreck natural hair brushes over time (and they don’t like being overly damp, as when you clean the brush in water), and you’re much better off using decent quality synthetic brushes instead.

Sable Brushes are good for using oils, watercolours. But in this case spending that extra isn’t going to reap you rewards. A lot of the time synthetic brushes get a bad reputation because the painter has bought cheap “hobby” brushes (which have trouble keeping a fine point). But spending a little extra for artist grade synthetics will get you a good brush that will last longer (and keep it’s point) than it’s natural hair equivalent 🙂