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A paintbrush is a brush used to apply paint or ink. A paintbrush is usually made by clamping bristles to a handle with a ferrule. They are available in various sizes, shapes, and materials. Thicker ones are used for filling in, and thinner ones are used for details. They may be subdivided into decorators' brushes used for painting and decorating and artists' brushes use for visual art. History Paintbrushes were used by man as early as the Paleolithic era in around 2.5 million years ago in order to apply pigment. Old painting kits, estimated to be around 100,000 years old, were discovered in a cave in what is now modern South Africa. Ancient Egyptian paintbrushes were made of split palm leaves and used by ancestors to beautify their surroundings. The oldest brushes ever found were also made of animal hair. Parts Bristles: Transfer paint onto the substrate surface Ferrule: Retains the bristles and attaches them to the handle Handle: The intended interface between the user and the tool Trade Brushes for use in non-artistic trade painting are geared to applying an even coat of paint to relatively large areas. Following are the globally recognized handles of trade painter's brushes: Gourd handle: Ergonomic design that reduces stress on the wrist and hand whilst painting. Short handle: The shorter handle provides greater precision when painting small spaces such as corners, trims & detail areas. Flat beavertail handle: This shape is rounded and slightly flattened to fit perfectly into the palm of the hand whilst painting. Square handle: Square shaped handle with bevelled corners is featured mainly in trim or sash brushes and is comfortable to hold when painting. Rat tail handle: This handle is longer & thinner than the standard making it easy to hold to give greater control. Long handle: Rounded and thin, a long handle is easy to hold like a pencil giving great control & precision when cutting in & painting tricky spaces. Decorating The sizes of brushes used for painting and decorating. Decorating sizes Decorators' brush sizes are given in millimeters (mm) or inches (in), which refers to the width of the head. Common sizes are: Metric (mm): 10 • 20 • 40 • 50 • 60 • 70 • 80 • 90 • 100. Customary (inches): 1⁄8 •1⁄4 • 3⁄8 • 1⁄2 • 5⁄8 • 3⁄4 • 7⁄8 • 1 • 1+1⁄4 • 1+1⁄2 • 2 • 2+1⁄2 • 3 • 3+1⁄2 • 4. Decorating shapes Angled: For painting edges, bristle length viewed from the wide face of the brush uniformly decrease from one end of the brush to the other Flat: For painting flat surfaces, bristle length viewed from the wide face of the brush does not change Tapered: Improves control, the bristle length viewed from the narrow face of the brush is longer in the center and tapers toward the edges Striker: Large round (cylindrical) brush for exterior painting difficult areas Decorating bristles Bristles may be natural or synthetic. If the filaments are synthetic, they may be made of polyester, nylon or a blend of nylon and polyester. Filaments can be hollow or solid and can be tapered or untapered. Brushes with tapered filaments give a smoother finish. Synthetic filaments last longer than natural bristles. Natural bristles are preferred for oil-based paints and varnishes, while synthetic brushes are better for water-based paints as the bristles do not expand when wetted. A decorator judges the quality of a brush based on several factors: filament retention, paint pickup, steadiness of paint release, brush marks, drag and precision painting. A chiseled brush permits the painter to cut into tighter corners and paint more precisely. Brush handles may be made of wood or plastic while ferrules are metal (usually nickel-plated steel). Art Short handled brushes are usually used for flat or slightly tilted work surfaces such as watercolor painting and ink painting, while long handled brushes are held horizontally while working on a vertical canvas such as for oil paint or acrylic paint.: 51 Art shapes The styles of brush tip seen most commonly are:: 52–59 Round: pointed tip, long closely arranged bristles for detail. Flat: for spreading paint quickly and evenly over a surface. They will have longer hairs than their Bright counterpart. Bright: shorter than flats. Flat brushes with short stiff bristles, good for driving paint into the weave of a canvas in thinner paint applications, as well as thicker painting styles like impasto work. Filbert: flat brushes with domed ends. They allow good coverage and the ability to perform some detail work. Fan: for blending broad areas of paint. Angle: like the filbert, these are versatile and can be applied in both general painting application as well as some detail work. Mop: a larger format brush with a rounded edge for broad soft paint application as well as for getting thinner glazes over existing drying layers of paint without damaging lower layers to protect the paintbrush Rigger: round brushes with longish hairs, traditionally used for painting the rigging in pictures of ships. They are useful for fine lines and are versatile for both oils and watercolors. Stippler and deer-foot stippler: short, stubby rounds Liner: elongated rounds Dagger: looks like angle with longish hairs, used for one stroke painting like painting long leaves. Scripts: highly elongated rounds Egbert: a filbert with extra long hair, used for oil painting Some other styles of brush include: Sumi: Similar in style to certain watercolor brushes, also with a generally thick wooden or metal handle and a broad soft hair brush that when wetted should form a fine tip. Also spelled Sumi-e (墨絵, Ink wash painting). Hake (刷毛): An Asian style of brush with a large broad wooden handle and an extremely fine soft hair used in counterpoint to traditional Sumi brushes for covering large areas. Often made of goat hair. Spotter: Round brushes with just a few short bristles. These brushes are commonly used in spotting photographic prints. Stencil: A round brush with a flat top used on stencils to ensure the bristles don't get underneath. Also used to create texture. Art sizes Artists' brushes are usually given numbered sizes, although there is no exact standard for their physical dimensions. From smallest to largest, the sizes are: 20/0, 12/0, 10/0, 7/0, 6/0, 5/0, 4/0 (also written 0000), 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 2 inch, 4 inch, 6 inch, and 8 inch. Brushes as fine as 30/0 are manufactured by major companies, but are not a common size. Sizes 000 to 20 are most common.: 51 Art bristles Bristles may be natural—either soft hair or hog bristle—or synthetic.: 50 Types include: watercolor brushes which are usually made of sable, synthetic sable or nylon; oil painting brushes which are usually made of sable or bristle; acrylic brushes which are almost entirely nylon or synthetic. Turpentine or thinners used in oil painting can destroy some types of synthetic brushes. However, innovations in synthetic.... Discover the Walter Foster Creative Team popular books. 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The Great Gatsby
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Dark Psychology and Manipulation
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Enemies With Benefits
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Teach Me
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Dracula
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Masters of Restraint
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The Holy Bible - King James Version
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Law of Attraction
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The Icing on the Cake
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The Seduction Series Boxset
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