Black Gold brushes are premium quality artist paint brushes, designed to satisfy an increased consumer demand for a higher level of performance.

Dynasty hand-crafted Black Gold brushes are as distinctive looking as they are unique in their professional characteristics. The Black Gold brush series can be immediately identified by their regal black ferrules and two-tone varnished handles. All brushes are hand-crafted, kiln dried and offer ‘seamless’ metal ferrules to provide safe, long lasting, water resistant beauty.

Black Gold brushes possess the features and performance discerning fine artists demand and expect.

This artist quality hake brush is made with extremely fine goats hair and is excellent quality. A hake brush is an oriental wash brush with a long, flat wooden handle. It is perfect for wetting surfaces or applying large areas of colour. Hake brushes hold a lot of water so they're perfect for wetting the surface, doing a large wash, or for picking up excess paint. It is also a soft brush so it won't lift previous layers of colour.

A useful brush when used for foliage, grass & trees.

Popular and versatile brushes - Prolene brushes use refined synthetic fibres specially developed by Pro Arte.

Prolene Series 107 Spotting Brushes are formulated with the model maker and miniaturist in mind. Little of the brush filament is visible but the tip is very sharp, giving great spring and precision.

Pro Arte Prolene Synthetic Signwriter Brushes are a range of good quality signwriters’ brushes manufactured entirely from Prolene fibre.

These brushes have good spring and holds their edge well. Each brush has a seamless nickel ferrule and black polished handle with gold tip.

Pro Arte is one of the world’s leading brush makers. In the 1980's, the UK based company were responsible for the first good quality synthetic alternative to the sable brush, with the creation of the Prolene range.

Pro Arte Sablene Brushes are a synthetic alternative to a traditional sable brush. This synthetic fibre offers an alternative for artists looking for a cruelty-free sable alternative.

The Series 110 round has a fine point that is great for detail and a belly capable of holding large amounts of colour for washes. They have polished black handles and gold colour ferrules. Each brush is made from a selection of graded hairs that are blended together carefully to create a brush that looks, feels and performs like sable.

Pro Arte Sablene Brushes are a synthetic alternative to a traditional sable brush. This synthetic fibre offers an alternative for artists looking for a cruelty-free sable alternative.

The Series 110 round has a fine point that is great for detail and a belly capable of holding large amounts of colour for washes. They have polished black handles and gold colour ferrules. Each brush is made from a selection of graded hairs that are blended together carefully to create a brush that looks, feels and performs like sable.

The Pro Arte Series 45 Sablesque Blended Mop brush is made from a blend of synthetic and natural animal hair, all finished in a traditional wire mop style. As prices of animal hair increase, Pro Arte sought to make a brush with the performance of a natural hair brush but with alternative materials. Made with a blend of natural and synthetic hair, this brush gives the performance of a sable but with the durability of a synthetic. It looks, feels and works like a traditonal sable but at an affortable price.

This brush has a great belly and holds an excellent amount of colour, making it perfect for watercolourists who like to work on a large scale or who favour bold strokes of colour. This brush also has a nice fine point, allowing you to create details.

The Pro Arte Series 45 Sablesque Blended Mop brush is made from a blend of synthetic and natural animal hair, all finished in a traditional wire mop style. As prices of animal hair increase, Pro Arte sought to make a brush with the performance of a natural hair brush but with alternative materials. Made with a blend of natural and synthetic hair, this brush gives the performance of a sable but with the durability of a synthetic. It looks, feels and works like a traditonal sable but at an affortable price.

This brush has a great belly and holds an excellent amount of colour, making it perfect for watercolourists who like to work on a large scale or who favour bold strokes of colour. This brush also has a nice fine point, allowing you to create details.

Pro Arte Polar Series are white nylon brushes that are suitable for all purposes. They offer the excellent performance you would expect from one of the worlds best brush makers at a very reasonable price.

Perfect for use with all types of water-based paint, this range of durable but soft brushes are perfect for experienced or beginners artists. They produce soft clean paint applications and their white nylon fibres have a good colour holding capacity whilst maintaining their shape excellently.

This set contains 4 brushes:
Round - Sizes 2, 4 & 8.
Flat - 3/8.

Pro Arte Polar Series are white nylon brushes that are suitable for all purposes. They offer the excellent performance you would expect from one of the worlds best brush makers at a very reasonable price.

Perfect for use with all types of water-based paint, this range of durable but soft brushes are perfect for experienced or beginners artists. They produce soft clean paint applications and their white nylon fibres have a good colour holding capacity whilst maintaining their shape excellently.

This set contains 4 brushes:
Round - Sizes 2, 4 & 8.
Flat - 3/8.

Pro Arte Twist Grip Brushes are a general-purpose range of brushes that have specially designed ergonomic handles providing artists with extra control and comfort when working.

Twist Grip Brushes come in a choice of nine different brush shapes allowing for a wide range of techniques and painting applications. Choose from Round, Flat, Filbert, Angled, Comb, Dagger, Wash, Fan, and Deerfoot brush types.

With the exception of the Deerfoot Brushes which are made from black bristle hog hair and the Wash Brushes made from black goat hair, this range uses good quality synthetic hair compatible with a range of artists’ mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolour, and gouache.

The Da Vinci Cosmotop-Spin is a light brown, extra smooth fibred brush. These fibres are held in place by a seamless silver coloured ferrule with a short red lacquered hexagonal handle.

This unique Da Vinci brush is popular for its water-holding capacity and excellent value in large sizes. It is a blend of 5 different diameters of extra smooth synthetic hair. Da Vinci has built specialized machines that can sort synthetic hair in varying diameters. This sorted hair is then turned over to a master brushmaker who hand shapes the CosmoTop Spin. The thicker hair is placed on the outside and the thinner hair in the middle to ensure high colour-absorption while maintaining a fine point, stable shape, and energetic spring.

Ergonomic lacquered hexagonal handles allow for maximum painting control and seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules are rust-resistant. The result is a revolutionary, durable, synthetic brush for artists.

Da Vinci: Spin Synthetics Series 5584 Brushes Dimensions pdf=davinci5584.pdf

An almost perfect imitation of squirrel has been achieved with this artificial hair. Thanks to the special fiber in this ÚLTIMO series, extraordinary softness and a capacity to retain liquids is achieved which is virtually the same as that found in the natural squirrel hair. The Último series could become a synthetic hair benchmark to gradually replace natural hair in the future. Ferrule Diameter: 12mmBrush Head Length: 39mm

Professional quality Kolinsky-Tajmyr Sable watercolour brush. Higher quality hair than standard Kolinsky Sable, these brushes offer excellent holding capacity, fine point and retainable shape. This brush comes highly recommended at a price very favourable when compared to other brushes in their class.

Ferrule Diameter: 4.4mm

Brush Head Length: 22mm

MAESTRO water colour brush, round Siberian Kolinsky red sable hair from selected male winter tails so-called silver ferrule short black polished handles standard sizes No. 10/0 to No. 36 and No. 50 From size 12 up, the series 10 and 35 are packaged piece by piece in a special gift box, which includes also some pure soap for the care of these precious brushes.

Made from carefully selected hair from the winter coat of the Siberian Red Kolinsky Sable. These particular hairs are so valuable that they are only used in this series of the Da Vinci range. The large sizes are sometimes unavailable due to the scarcity of the larger hairs.

Specifications..

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Considered the elite hair for watercolour, Escoda selects only the best Kolinsky male sable hair for this brush. This hair comes from the Tajmyr region in very northern Siberia. Points perfectly and has an extraordinary capacity to retain liquids. Excellent quality travel brush that comes highly recommended - a beautiful brush with a dark wood and brass handle/cap.

Ferrule Diameter: 2.82mm

Brush Head Length: 16mm

MAESTRO water colour brush, round Siberian Kolinsky red sable hair from selected male winter tails so-called silver ferrule short black polished handles standard sizes No. 10/0 to No. 36 and No. 50 From size 12 up, the series 10 and 35 are packaged piece by piece in a special gift box, which includes also some pure soap for the care of these precious brushes

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Made from carefully selected hair from the winter coat of the Siberian Red Kolinsky Sable. These particular hairs are so valuable that they are only used in this series of the Da Vinci range. The large sizes are sometimes unavailable due to the scarcity of the larger hairs.

Specifications..

Click below to view a guide to the dimensions of the brushes in this range

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Escoda Toray White is one of the finest quality synthetic fibers available for artists working with watercolours.It keeps an excellent point and edge for a soft, yet controlled application. Escoda cures each brush to improve the spring and resilience of the hair.The short, green lacquered wood handle is triple crimped to the nickel-plated brass ferrule. The nylon filaments vary in diameter to allow for a more natural appearance. Ferrule Diameter: 2.02mm Brush Head Length: 13mm

Professional quality Kolinsky-Tajmyr Sable watercolour brush. Higher quality hair than standard Kolinsky Sable, these brushes offer excellent holding capacity, fine point and retainable shape. This brush comes highly recommended at a price very favourable when compared to other brushes in their class.

Ferrule Diameter: 0.8mm

Brush Head Length: 7mm

MAESTRO water colour brush, extra long and pointedly shaped Siberian Kolinsky red sable hair from selected male winter tails so-called silver ferrule short black polished esagonal handles English/American sizes No. 3/0 to No. 24 two millimeter longer in visible hair length as series 10; From size 12 up, the series 10, 11 and 35 are packaged piece by piece in a special gift box, which includes also some pure soap for the care of these precious brushesSometimes referred to as a designer brush, this is a very popular brush amongst floral artists.All hair used in daVinci natural hair watercolor brushes is dressed and prepared in the daVinci factory by skilled artisans who turn over the prepared hair to experienced brushmakers for hand shaping. In this way, quality standards are assured from raw material to finished brush. Kolinsky Sable rounds point and snap with unmatched resilience and strength. The reservoir, or belly, of the brush recharges the tip. The Maestro designation denotes the highest quality Selected Winter Male Kolinsky Red Sable hair from the Tobol river region in Eastern Siberia. In this region, hair from male, winter tails grows the longest and strongest due to the extreme cold. Expertly shaped, these brushes are unmatched for spring, resiliency, color- & water-carrying capacity and their ability to hold a sharp edge or point. They are excellent for precise, controlled brush strokes, detail work, illustration, and restoration. Each brush features a durable, seamless, nickel- or gold-plated brass ferrule.



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VERSATIL is the perfect synthetic alternative to Kolinsky sable. Designed with versatility as its main feature, VERSATIL really lives up to its name with exceptional snap, superior absorption and fluid retention. It is excellent for use with both watercolour and oil/acrylic, allowing artists to create fine details as well as providing superior performance for colouring larger areas and background. VERSATIL is an exciting new addition to the synthetic brush world. Ferrule Diameter: 5.70mmBrush Head Length: 25mm

Da Vinci Casaneo Watercolour brushes are made from synthetic Kazan squirrel hair and are vegan and animal-friendly.Designed for use with watercolour or fluid acrylics, the Casaneo line possesses both the springy elasticity of Kazan squirel hair and its high paint-holding capacity. Available as flats, rounds, pointed oval, mottlers and wash brushes.The Series 5898 Flat comes in the following sizes: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24. The synthetic hairs are mounted on their short, black, polished esagonal handles by means of an imitation silver ferrule. This is a Da Vinci Casaneo Series 5898 Flat Size 16.

The Davinci COSMOTOP-MIX B Quill Wash brush, round | Series 438 The Cosmotop Mix brush is now available also as a traditional wash brush with a synthetic quill, a blue lacquered handle and a mix of classic natural hairs combined with synthetic fibre, to make the best of each type. Available in sizes 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8.

All hair used in daVinci natural hair watercolor brushes is dressed and prepared in the daVinci factory by skilled artisans who turn over the prepared hair to experienced brushmakers for hand shaping. In this way, quality standards are assured from raw material to finished brush. Kolinsky Sable rounds point and snap with unmatched resilience and strength. The reservoir, or belly, of the brush recharges the tip. The Maestro designation denotes the highest quality Selected Winter Male Kolinsky Red Sable hair from the Tobol river region in Eastern Siberia. In this region, hair from male, winter tails grows the longest and strongest due to the extreme cold. Expertly shaped, these brushes are unmatched for spring, resiliency, color- & water-carrying capacity and their ability to hold a sharp edge or point. They are excellent for precise, controlled brush strokes, detail work, illustration, and restoration. Each brush features a durable, seamless, nickel- or gold-plated brass ferrule.

The Da Vinici Cosmotop-Spin is a light brown, extra smooth fibred brush. These fibres are held in place by a seamless silver coloured ferrule with a short red lacquered hexagonal handle.

This unique Da Vinci brush is popular for its water-holding capacity and excellent value in large sizes. It is a blend of 5 different diameters of extra smooth synthetic hair. Da Vinci has built specialized machines that can sort synthetic hair in varying diameters. This sorted hair is then turned over to a master brushmaker who hand shapes the CosmoTop Spin. The thicker hair is placed on the outside and the thinner hair in the middle to ensure high color-absorption while maintaining a fine point, stable shape, and energetic spring.

Ergonomic lacquered hexagonal handles allow for maximum painting control and seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules are rust-resistant. The result is a revolutionary, durable, synthetic brush for artists.

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