These synthetic filament blend brushes are designed for students and professionals. Durable Cotman brushes feature excellent point and spring. They are considered a soft brush, slightly stiffer than sable. The soft filament is designed with watercolour, offering reasonable flow control and colour carrying capacity.

The set of 5 includes:

• 667 – Angular brush: The point can be used for detailed work or pressed to create a curved or straight wedge. 1/8 inch, 3mm (width at ferrule)
• 111 – Round brushes: For fine detail, lines and washes. A traditional and popular head shape for all-purpose watercolour work can be used for broad strokes, yet it will also form a sharp point. Size 1, 5
• 888 – Fan brush: To blend and soften edges and create textures. Size 2
• 333 – Rigger brush: An extra-fine point for painting lines, long scroll work and detail. Size 1

Cotman brushes are a range of pure synthetic watercolour brushes of the highest quality that have been created using the same skills generated over many years as those used in making the finest sable brushes.

Choosing the right brush is essential, and Winsor andamp; Newton have over 150 years of brush-making experience. This experience enables them to provide several brushes ideal for watercolour painting.

Watercolour brushes are designed to control the flow of colour. The perfect brush will have a fine point, the ability to hold and evenly control colour and should be able to spring back into shape after every stroke.

As Gouache colour has the same properties as watercolour, all our watercolour brushes are interchangeable with Gouache, and the same brush characteristics apply.

Winsor andamp; Newton provides a variety of high-quality brushes made from different hair types to help you achieve other effects.