Spotting Brush
ahfaye
it in many art stores, camera stores... with no luck
Thanx
faye...@hotmail.com
L. J. Powell
I bought mine in an artist's supply store. It's an ordinary 0000 artist's
brush.
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Paul Butzi
(ahfaye) wrote:
>Does anyone know where I can get 0000 spotting brushed. I have look for
>it in many art stores, camera stores... with no luck
>
>Thanx
>faye...@hotmail.com
Go to a store that carries supplies for the serious watercolor
painter.
Many people swear by the Windsor and Newton Series 7 brushes,
in various sizes. I have one and it is indeed excellent.
However, I prefer (and thus use) Isabey detailing brushes; I have
one in size 00 and one in size 0000.
The big problem with very, very small brushes is that they don't
come to a finer point, but they hold less spotting dye. This appears
to be the appeal of the Windsor and Newton Series 7 brushes, which
hold quite a lot more than the Isabey brushes do. However, I seem
to find that the Isabey brushes come to a finer point and deliver
a more consistent amount of spotting dye as they touch the print.
As a side note, the single worst brush for print spotting I have
ever handled in my entire life was branded 'Delta', purchased
from a camera store, and cost MORE than either of the very
nice Isabey brushes I use now. Do not buy spotting brushes
from a camera store.
If you live in some part of the world which does not have a decent
art supply store, I can recommend Daniel Smith as an excellent store
which certainly will have more watercolor brushes than you could
reasonably want. They now have a web site, so I presume they will
do mail order.
-Paul
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Msherck
>it in many art stores, camera stores... with no luck
Years ago, in another hobby, I spent a lot of time and effort trying to use
'00000' and '0000' hobby shop brushes. What I learned then proved just as
applicable to print spotting: hobby shop paint brushes are overpriced junk.
Find an art store (even a chain such as Michael's) and spend $6 or $7 on a
brush with which comes to a good point. The one I use and like most is a '0'
which comes to a superb point, easily the best I've ever seen for spotting (and
it holds a lot of dye, too!)
Mike
Steve1chsn
>which comes to a superb point, easily the best I've ever seen for spotting
>(and
>it holds a lot of dye, too!)
That's right, it isn't the size of the brush, it's the shape of the tip that
counts.
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steve vancosin --
L. J. Powell
> >Does anyone know where I can get 0000 spotting brushed. I have look for
> >it in many art stores, camera stores... with no luck
>
> Years ago, in another hobby, I spent a lot of time and effort trying to use
> '00000' and '0000' hobby shop brushes. What I learned then proved just as
> applicable to print spotting: hobby shop paint brushes are overpriced junk.
> Find an art store (even a chain such as Michael's) and spend $6 or $7 on a
> brush with which comes to a good point. The one I use and like most is a '0'
> which comes to a superb point, easily the best I've ever seen for spotting (and
> it holds a lot of dye, too!)
>
> Mike
Years ago, a friend who was pretty seriously into power boats said that he could
buy boat hardware at the boat shop or at the hardware shop. The difference was
that the boat shop was more expensive.
Very valid point - you will pay more for a "spotting brush" at a camera store than
you will for an artists brush at an art supply store - at you will get the same