Cheap Pentel - Aquash Water Brush 1/Pkg Fine Point

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I've been using water brushes with pan watercolors as my travel kit, and I keep returning to this brush, it's my favorite. It's the easiest to fill with water, it doesn't leak in my bag, and the bristles are surprisingly durable and they maintain their point nicely despite the fact that I really grind this thing into the hard, dry watercolor paint. In fact, water brushes do a better job of softening up the dry paints and they're cheaper to replace than sable brushes. The previous reviewer was unhappy about how much water is released when you squeeze the brush, but all water brushes are like that and you quickly learn to mix your paints a little more concentrated to compensate for that. You can make a perfect little travel kit with a mechanical pencil (never needs sharpening), a water brush, a set of pan watercolors or water-soluble pencils, and a small sketchbook or 4x6" watercolor postcards, and just keep it in your bag!

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My headline says it all: this is by far the best water brush on the market. I have tried every single one. This one squeezes much, much more easily than the others, the tip lasts longer, is easiest to fill, and never leaks in my bag or on airplanes. Simply the best. Bravo Pentel!

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This Pentel water brush is far and away the very best. Other brands, and I have tried them all, either leak or are made of such hard plastic that it is very difficult to squeeze. Also, the brush holds up much better than other brands. This is a great product that has changed the way I do location sketching and painting. Thank you, Pentel.

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This little brush goes with me wherever I wish to do quick sketch watercolors. I usually fill it at home and then hit the road with some extra water. I have been at several botanical gardens and arboretums and just sit and do water color washes over sketches. I think I will order some more! The shipping was fast, product was exactly as advertised and I would order from this seller again.

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I tried waterbrushes a few years back and quit, concluding they were just too much trouble and mainly because I couldn't get much water out of the barrel and onto the tip.

But recently I read a review about the main brands, and this one came out one of the best. So I decided to give it another try, and I'm glad I did.

I use this one for sketching outdoors. Wouldn't be without it.

It has an nicely flowing watersupply, which I like. I work with this by blotting on a paper towel when I want less water on the tip. To me, more water available when painting is better than less.

I bought the large and the small. But the large alone would be enough because the tip is synthetic and the best synthetic brush tip I have found on any brush. You can get very thin lines to quite wide lines easily. You do not have to reform the tip each time either for the next stroke.

I use the small, though, with small ink-wash studies, using water-soluble ink in an ink pen (also, a black Flair has wonderful ink for this). I draw with the ink pen, then wash over the lines with the waterbrush to create monochrome watercolor-like wash effects. Gives a neat and very quick little study that simulates how a watercolor of the scene would look.

For traveling light and compact, a waterbrush is ideal. This brush works well with small watercolor boxes and half-pans. My favorite sketchbook is Aquabee's Super Deluxe. Wonderful paper for pen and ink, watercolor (not too heavily wet), pencil, colored pencil, pastels. When I plan to color my sketches with watercolor, I use Noodler's bulletproof black or Lexington Gray waterproof ink.

Highly recommended.