High
quality finely balanced brushes are the most important tools of an
artist's trade. Filberts are a compromise between flat and round
brushes, being shaped to a slight curve at the tip to produce soft,
tapered strokes. The curved tip allows to control the brush well, and is
useful for fusing and softening edges. Filberts are one of the most
useful brushes one can own, in fact with several different sizes, a
painter can do just about anything. They are particularly useful in
traditional figurative work as their shape allows the paint to be
applied smoothly with very little brush strokes.
Filberts come in three sizes. The standard size is the middle, but they
also come in short and long versions. The short length lends itself to
controlled work, while the long filberts tend to be a more bold and very
free style of painting. A range of general-purpose, these brushes are
suitable for craft work and for use with oils and acrylics. The long
filbert paint brush can also be useful for drawing-in the initial under
painting. It's also good for blending. design requirements, together
with many of those for glass painting, ceramic design and general craft
work. Apart from general painting, blocking in and impasto development,
filbert paint brush are ideal for scumbling and glazing and are usually
recommended for portrait work.
