Slanted natural hair watercolor and wash brush

The angled cut provides two distinct working areas. Held almost flat, the full width of the tuft can lay down a band of color or a wash. By raising the handle and working with the longest angle, the contact surface decreases and the stroke becomes narrower.

Squirrel hair deforms easily under pressure and follows the irregularities of the paper. This flexibility is useful for applying a wet layer without repeated strokes, especially over a wash or background.

In return, the tuft has less snap than a synthetic brush. It is therefore less suitable when you are looking for a very firm point, sharp changes in direction, or highly structured marks.

#8: localized washes, intermediate areas, edges, medium-sized shapes, and work on sketchbooks or small formats.

#12: wider flat tints, backgrounds, wet areas, and formats requiring more water capacity in the tuft.

The number does not correspond to a fixed line width. The final mark also depends on the angle of the brush, pressure, the amount of water, and the paper texture.

• Type: angle brush
• Tuft shape: oblique
• Hair: squirrel
• Available sizes: #8 and #12
• Techniques: watercolor, wash, and ink painting
• Main action: carrying and depositing a significant amount of water or color
• Distinguishing feature: high flexibility and low snap compared to a firm synthetic fiber

Dampen the tuft completely before picking up color. Press it very lightly against the edge of the container or on a cloth if it contains too much water, without pinching or twisting it.

For a wash, load the entire width of the tuft and place the brush at a fairly shallow angle to the paper. Move forward without going over an area that is already beginning to dry: late corrections can displace pigments and create marks.

To obtain a narrower line, lift the handle slightly and use the tip of the angled cut. Precision depends primarily on the amount of liquid present in the tuft: if it is too loaded, it releases an amount of water that is difficult to control on a small area.

After use, rinse the hairs thoroughly with clean water until the color is gone. Reshape the tuft without pulling on the hairs and leave the brush to dry flat.

Do not let the brush rest on its hairs in water. Squirrel hair is very soft and can deform if the tuft remains compressed for a long period.

To prepare washes from tube color, pair it with the Super Vision watercolor pigment 15 ml . Prepare the dilution on a palette before loading the brush: the tuft's large capacity makes it harder to correct a mixture that is too concentrated once it is on the paper.

To maintain multiple levels of dilution while working, use the 5-well ceramic palette . You can reserve one well for dense color, a second for an intermediate dilution, and a third for the lightest wash.

For consistent details, small shapes, and lines requiring more snap, complement it with the Art Secret 40RT round brush . The synthetic round brush and the squirrel angle brush thus fulfill two different functions rather than duplicating one another.

Before a large wash, load the brush and then make a stroke of the same length on a scrap of the paper being used. If the mark lightens or becomes dry before the end, load it more. If a pool of water forms at the edge of the stroke, remove a little liquid. Testing allows you to adjust the brush load before touching the final composition.