Since
every artist has their own style and method of application, brushes are
available in multitude of shapes and sizes to accommodate everyone.
Where one artist might work with a traditionally shaped brush, another
might prefer working with a larger blunt cut brush. A custom designed
brush can take on many forms, styles, and price ranges. These customized
brushes can be made with many different types of bristles, including
natural bristles like horse hair or synthetic bristles like nylon or
polypropylene.
The magnitude, scope, precision, beauty, strength, durability,
function, and cost of the custom brush depends upon the requirement of
the artist. Created out of different colors, densities and textures,
customized brushes perform as per the desired specifications of the
buyers. Custom made brushes provides the opportunity to choose the color
& size of the handle, ferrule color and specific type of brush head.
Brushes
used for acrylics have long handles that allow the artist to work at a
distance from the canvas. Acrylic paints are more caustic than oils, so
acrylic brushes are designed with synthetics and bristle. Acrylic
brushes are usable in other mediums, particularly oils, while brushes
designed specifically for oil painting and watercolors are unsuitable
for acrylics. Artists can very effectively use glazing and layering
techniques when using acrylic brushes.
Both natural and synthetic bristles can be used with acrylics,
depending on the artist's preference. But, acrylics, being alkaline in
nature, can be hard on natural hair brushes. Those made with high
quality synthetics have excellent durability and offers excellent
stiffness, snap and hair shape retention for maximum control. The
brushes must be kept clean. If acrylic paint dries in a brush it is very
hard to get out without using strong solvents that might damage the
brush. Brushes are cleaned promptly by washing them with warm water and
mild soap when finished painting.
