Grumbacher Gainsborough Fan Oil and Acrylic Brush, Hog Bristle, Size 4 (1271N.4)

it never fails to amaze me that beginning painters and even those who have quite some experience turn up to oil painting classes with a cheap and oddly assortment of mostly the wrong brushes and no idea what would be a better choice or how to use them is that you there is a huge assortment of brushes available to the artists do you know what you should be using or anything at all about choosing a brush let me show you through the types of brushes primarily used for landscape painting also I'll show you why you need them and what each one does most brushes have three components the bristles a wooden handle and a metal ferrule to clamp the bristles together and keep them attached to the handle bristles can be divided into two major categories hard and soft hard bristles are tough and springy and mostly made of hog hair yep from the backs of pigs and the best quality Chinese Chung King reg