What are the best brushes to use for Griffin Alkyd colours?
Winsor & Newton have over 100 years experience in making brushes for artists. A selection of good brushes provides a choice of marks and makes it easier for you to paint. If well cared for, brushes will have a long lifespan. If using thickly applied colour or impasto, bristle brushes are the most common. Winsor & Newton supplies three ranges particularly suitable for oil;Artists’ Hog (Rathbone in the USA),Winton and Azanta. If you prefer a synthetic hair brush, the Artisan range has been specifically designed for use with oil colour. The stiff nature of the bristle and its natural split tips, called ‘flags’, produce brushes which wear well and carry considerable quantities of colour. If blending and glazing is more prevalent in your technique, a soft hair brush is recommended. Cirrus sables or the blend of sable and synthetic in the Sceptre Gold series are most commonly used (in the USA Lexington II – bristle/synthetic and Monarch – synthetic mongoose brushes are also used). For furthe
