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Acrylic painting brush with synthetic bristles
Princeton 6300 series. Slightly stiffer: Creative Mark Pro-Stroke Powercryl. The latter is a brand sold by Jerry’s Artarama / ASW Express (2 sites, same ownership, alternating “mega” sales). On the ASW landing page for Creative Mark oil and acrylic brushes, it’s called “Pro-stroke ultimate acrylic brushes and sets,” but “Powercryl” in the pages linked to the Creative Mark brush landing page.
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May 11, 2011 at 8:14 am #1148446
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I just tried the Creative Mark synthetic brushes, I don’t care for them. I think I will stick to my hog’s hair.
Solvent = Leaner Oil = Fatter Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. (Arshile Gorky)
May 11, 2011 at 9:22 am #1148448
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Princeton 6300 series. Slightly stiffer: Creative Mark Pro-Stroke Powercryl. The latter is a brand sold by Jerry’s Artarama / ASW Express (2 sites, same ownership, alternating “mega” sales). On the ASW landing page for Creative Mark oil and acrylic brushes, it’s called “Pro-stroke ultimate acrylic brushes and sets,” but “Powercryl” in the pages linked to the Creative Mark brush landing page.
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll give them a try. A couple local places have Princeton 6300’s, so I’ll be able to take a look at those.
May 11, 2011 at 9:23 am #1148449
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I just tried the Creative Mark synthetic brushes, I don’t care for them. I think I will stick to my hog’s hair.
What didn’t you like about them? Have you tried other synthetic brushes?
May 12, 2011 at 12:01 am #1148443
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Princeton 6300. Trekell Legion synthetic mongoose. Yeah, I scrub with them. Not stiffest, but tough.
May 14, 2011 at 2:19 pm #1148441
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The Princeton 6300 series brushes, also called La Grande Synthetique, are the best, stiffest synthetic bristle brushes I’ve ever used. There is no other that comes as close to the natural hog hair brushes, in my experience. They are strong and tough and will take years of hard use and abuse. I would disagree that the Creative Mark Pro Stroke Powercryl brushes are stiffer than the Princeton 6300. I’ve used both types of brushes for several years. The Creative Mark brushes (mentioned above), marketed by ASW and Jerry’s Artarama, were developed primarily for use with acrylic paints. Their synthetic “hairs” are much finer than the ones used in the Princeton brushes and, therefore, softer and more pliant. They work pretty well with heavy body acrylics and the fluid ones, as well. I don’t find them quite so useful for heavier oil paints, although they will work with slightly thinned oil paints. Because of their finer “hairs”, they leave little or no brush marks and can paint a smooth passage with little texturing where needed. They are fine and smooth enough to work with acrylic washes. The same cannot be said for the Princeton 6300 series brushes. These are the best substitute for natural hog bristle brushes that I have ever used (and I’ve tried a lot of brushes!). But they keep a finer edge on the flats and brights, thus providing more control. Although I like the Creative Mark Pro Stroke brushes with acrylics, I have one major complaint about them. The larger sizes of these brushes shed hairs on your painting like a St. Bernard dog with mange. The smaller brushes don’t seem to suffer this same problem. Let the buyer beware. Beverly
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May 15, 2011 at 12:10 pm #1148447
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What didn’t you like about them? Have you tried other synthetic brushes?
I found that they don’t carry paint as well as a hogs hair brush does. They are also much softer and I found that I couldn’t press as hard and therefore not paint a line as well as I could with the hogs hair brushes. For me I take a cheap natural brush over one of these. Besides I been picking hairs out of my paintings for almost 40 years, why stop now …….
Solvent = Leaner Oil = Fatter Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. (Arshile Gorky)
May 18, 2011 at 1:41 pm #1148442
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Bristlon would probably be most suitable. I love Silver’s Ruby Satin for smooth, but stiff response. I love Da Vinci Top Acryl for smooth and flexible (most of my linear paintings use these). These aren’t mushy like taklon types. The Princeton’s are stiff, but lack the flexibility I prefer.
May 18, 2011 at 5:06 pm #1148450
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I found that they don’t carry paint as well as a hogs hair brush does. They are also much softer and I found that I couldn’t press as hard and therefore not paint a line as well as I could with the hogs hair brushes. For me I take a cheap natural brush over one of these. Besides I been picking hairs out of my paintings for almost 40 years, why stop now …….
Ha! Well, you do want your work to appear urgent and authentic. That can be done by sticking a few bristles at strategic locations. (I often wondered if Degas did that). The first-gen synthetic brushes (way back) were truly horrible, but I haven’t had much problem with newer version synthetics. Good thing, cause I’ve sworn off using animal products. I remember my old hog bristle brushes getting splayed fairly easily and staying that way. The synthetics that I’ve been using have been staying coherent. That’s a plus, especially for anyone working with controlled edges (much of my older bristle stuff was of a looser impressionist feel, so it didn’t matter as much).
May 18, 2011 at 5:49 pm #1148451
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Bristlon would probably be most suitable. I love Silver’s Ruby Satin for smooth, but stiff response. I love Da Vinci Top Acryl for smooth and flexible (most of my linear paintings use these). These aren’t mushy like taklon types. The Princeton’s [I]are [/I]stiff, but lack the flexibility I prefer.
I’m trying out a new technique just for the rough-in of portraits and figure painting, so lack of flex in this case would be a good thing. I do use Silver Brush Ruby Satins for a lot of the subsequent ‘detail’ painting. Yeah, that’s a great economical brush. I’m starting to like them better than their Black Pearl, which was my previous ‘backpack’ mainstay. I originally bought both for the outdoor kit cause they’re less expensive than my Escoda and Isabey brushes, but it turns out they have their own thing going, so I’m using them some in the studio now as well. (Still love Escoda Prado filberts for delicate top-layer and detail stuff) So you use Top Acryls! I had tried those at one time and didn’t really connect with them. I’ll give them another try, given your endorsement. Thanks to all for the replies. I did buy a set of Princeton 6300 brights for this app, and they seem fine so far. I’ll also mention a couple others that I’ve found, for anyone interested: Pearl Golden Synthetic Bright 1000B: This is Pearl Paint’s own brand. No doubt made by one of the other major manufacturers, but I haven’t seen any other brushes that look like this. This is not an attempt at fake hog bristle; the filaments are smaller diameter. But it’s a thicker group of tightly packed filaments that does provide some stiffness not found in most other brushes. This is -not-the Pearl white bristle series, BTW. Utrecht Tuscan 206 Synthetic: Again, not as stiff as 6300’s, but very inexpensive. And so far, they also work pretty well for scrubbing and pushing paint into place for rough-in. In all cases above, I bought Brights. Obviously, flats and filberts would have much more flex. I do use filberts for just about everything else aside from this.
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- Bristle Material: synthetic
- Brush Head Type: Filbert
- Brush Size: 1,2,4,6
- Number of Brushes: 4
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Set Includes : 4 Pcs. Synthetic Hair Filbert Brushes Brush Shape & Sizes : Filbert 1, 2, 4, 6, BRISTLES – smooth synthetic hair that gives your artwork a perfect finish WOODEN HANDLES – Naturally balanced solid wooden handles for comfort and ease of movement. MULTI MEDIUM – Great for water, acrylic, watercolor, face painting and model work, for all artists levels DURABLE & EASY CARE – Quality constructed seamless anodized aluminum ferrules keep bristles in place and synthetic bristles make cleaning a breeze. EASY TO CLEAN – To clean your brushes, just run them under warm water to wash out the paint and use your fingers to gently reshape brush hairs. They remain soft and flexible after cleaning and retain their ‘spring’
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General
- 4 Filbert Brushes in Synthetic Bristle for Water , Poster Color & Acrylic Painting
- 4 Paint Brushes
Brush Features
- Filbert
- Watercolor & Tempera, Acrylic Color, Gouache, Poster
- 1,2,4,6
- 4 Brushes
- synthetic
- wooden
- metal Ferrule
- Enjoy long term performance from the brushes., Ideal for for acrylic & watercolor painting, Ideal for Art Students, Hobbyists, Amateurs and Professionals., To clean your brushes, just run them under warm water to wash out the paint and use your fingers to gently reshape brush hairs. They remain soft and flexible after cleaning and retain their ‘spring’
Additional Features
- Short Handle offers more control while giving the freedom to zone in on the fine details and work up close. These Artist Paint Brushes offer the best liquid holding capacity and spring back, Synthetic Hair Filbert Brushes Brush Shape & Sizes : Filbert 1, 2, 4, 6, BRISTLES – smooth synthetic hair that gives your artwork a perfect finish
