Being a begineer to oil painting could you advise which brushes are suitable for oils (I have been told hog?)
Yes, hog (or bristle) brushes are suitable for oil paints. Kolinsky sable brushes are suitable for oil paints as well but you have to clean them properly (you have to take extra care compared to bristle brushes). Also Kolinsky sable brushes are much more expensive. I require fine art brushes equivalent in hardness to bristle hair brushes. Our hog hair brushes are equivalent to bristle hair brushes. I’m wondering about your synthetic brushes. What are they best used for? Do they keep a fine point, like your other brushes? (Do all your brushes keep a fine point?) Are they good for use with acrylic paint? What can you tell me about them, and how do they compare to your other brushes? * Yes, our synthetic brushes keep a fine point. Synthetics fiber is specially designed in such a way that its diameter decreases towards the tip. In this property they are similar to Kolinsky sable and Siberian squirrel hairs. As for the bristle hair — its diameter decreases somewhat towards the tip but not a
