Silk-Painting Brushes

Very important tool for your professional work is the best silk-painting brush.

 How to choose the right silk-painting brush:

Below are several pictures of different types of brushes used in silk-painting. Those brushes vary according to the purpose they are made for.

The first two pictures show brushes you will use most often. They are made for painting with the silk-paints and have two characteristic in common:

• high capacity to absorb and hold the silk-paint.
• long fine tip (even wide silk-painting brush will have a longer thin tip)

Following pictures show silk-painting brushes used for specific techniques and you'll find the information in the caption.

Mohair Silk-painting brushes for priming and working large areas.

Fan- and marbling brush for silk-painting

For our work on the design enhancement you will need a silk-painting brush similar to the first picture shown above.
If you can not find a specific silk-painting brush, choose one with not too soft bristles but with a long, fine tip (synthetic brush is OK as well).
Enjoy your Thursday:)