Real, Mixed and Fake Squirrel Brushes 

+Debbie Riley The synthetic performed surprisingly well. I can't tell the difference from the real squirrel.

What series of Casaneo?

@@sudsn1532 I'm guessing to quill ones if they're using a size 0 as their primary brush

Hello, I'm almost buying Da vinc 0 as my first watercolor brush

The Stoned Videogame Nerd Thanks for the link! I love me some factory tours so this will be an interesting watch 🙄

susinok those are quill brushes, which have different sizing.

Thanks I don't want to use real squirrel hair because it's cruel. They are farmed for their hair so it's essentially no different to the fur trade in coats.

I was debating whether to try one. I have two Raphael Petite-Gris quills and they’re among my top favourites. I’ve been hesitant to try an imitation squirrel, but hesitated cuz I didn’t want to be disappointed. Might try a small one. Thanks.

I love my #6 Neptune quill. It's one of my best brushes. I liked it so well I bought a few rounds and flats recently. They have great points and are very soft. Don't tell anyone but I like them better than my Silver brushes.

Look for Silver Black Velvet brushes. They are quite worth the money for beginners

Larger round brush can keep their shape better and are better for painting details. It's difficult to paint with mob brushes because they are too soft. Mop brushes are good for mopping the paper. lol

+Anthology Notes Thanks 😁

I've not used those before so I can't say much

I just found out today that ColorPro is actually the brand created by Straits Art, the art store here in Singapore. So I doubt you can find ColorPro in Japan. Anyway, any brush with the same type of hair should perform similarly.

It's a very good brush.

The Real Mythril Yes, and i see that its sponsered by Fabio Cambrenelli a very talented and well know artist from Brazil.

The ones shown in the video are ColorPro Series 2803, Da Vinci Series 5530 Cosmotop Mix B and Escoda Ultimo.

@@teohyc thank you, but I meant the kolinsky brush that you used to compare to those - you only said that it's a kolinsky red sable, but you didn't say what brand you specifically used ☺️

@@thebooksofmylife It's a Rosemary watercolour red sable pocket brush.

@@teohontech7141 thank you! 😃

Pam Brown black velvet line right? 😄.. Those are pretty popular, I'm sure he has heard of it😜

TheSgyro yes. That's the name of the line. You never know ...

+Pam Brown I've heard a lot about those brushes. I've just ordered a few to try

Teoh...maybe give us a review of the Black beauty brushes when you get a chance? Thanks!

Not sure about makeup brushes. But for painting, the quality and performance of synthetic squirrel is very similar to natural hair, so there's no compelling reason to get natural squirrel hair brushes.

@@teohyc I see. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer ❤️

+Mithrarin Elysian I don't use fan brushes. They are for painting long parallel strokes such as hair, grass.

+Sharon Nolfi I've just published the text article.

The wire is to hold the bristles together. Don't remove them.

You explore the world by doing things. Of course you can remove it. Thats how you find out how stuff works. You can also take apart a refrigerator. No one's stopping you.

Welcome :-)

+billy gates I've not used those for painting before so I can't say much.

+kym rhymer Welcome 😁

J.Sheetz - Artwork Rad comment! Love the pun. :-)

J.Sheetz - Artwork Rad comment! Love the pun. :-)

ladyshadow79 Thanks. Its pun to make them!

J.Sheetz - Artwork You are good lol! Oh, and I enjoy your art videos. I'm a big fan of yours.

ladyshadow79 thank you :) if you would like i can do a drawing of you. You can message my linked email on my channel in the about section.

Escoda Ultimo is better than Silver Black if you have the budget.

Thankyou! Will buy that :) :)

Not sure about that. lol. They probably shake themselves dry

Lol.

HA! actually, with the rosemary pure squirrel mop that I have, it almost seems like the fur refuses to mat together, and that's why it holds more water, because the bristles DON'T actually want to clump together completely. My sable brushes are the same way, the floof apart when dry but you have to sort of work them a little with water before they will form a point wet because the water actually fills the spaces between the hairs. Animals often have an "undercoat" kind of like what birds do. They have little fluffy down feathers close to their skin which keeps them warmer, and the flight feathers are the smooth ones we tend to think of first with the pretty colors. Mammals often have several layers and types of hairs in their coats. I don't think the paintbrush hairs are the soft little dense undercoat hairs, they seem more like the sleeker topcoat hairs. those hairs tend to repel water away from the undercoat, keeping the animals warmer in wet weather. next time you get to pet a more fluffy kind of dog or cat, check out their fur... it's sometimes got long shiny hairs that come out from their shorter closer undercoat which keeps them warm.

Wow, very interesting facts.....thank you , and yes i totally understand what you mean as you explained it so well 🧡🧡🧡

@@fredeemoon6053 of course, that's why what Teoh says about shaking themselves WORKS. 😋

The Stoned Videogame Nerd oh that didn't happen to me😐.. Maybe your brush had those metal ties too loose.. Sorry to hear about your experience

The Stoned Videogame Nerd oh yeah! I've seen those 😁.. But usually people buy goat hair in the hake format.. But i guess a pointy brush is always more versatile

Even kolinsky brushes look wonky when dry. Mine do, but when u get them it's razor sharp! Got mine off of AliExpress and I love them! The brushes I got seem better made than my more expensive ones too, kind of disappointed 🤔 never buying expensive brushes ever again.

S Warner have you tried the art secret kolinsky? How are they?

S Warner ya if i bought really expensive brushes, I'd be too worried about them to ever use it properly, so it's better to get cheap ones😁

Da Vinci Casaneo is very good.

@@teohyc Thanks! Would you rather choose the Da Vinci Maestro, series 35 or 10 over the Casaneo? If so which one?

@@volcanowb A Da Vinci Maestro uses real sable brush and those are the best hair for painting. BUT Casaneo hair mimic sable characteristics (sharp point and holds good amount of water) quite well at a cheaper price. If you're using Casaneo, it's actually not very different from using a sable brush.

Squirrel brushes are for covering large areas. You can get a large sable brush to do the same job but that's going to be a very expensive brush that cost several times more than a squirrel. Squirrel is soft and behaves like a mop, so it's floppy when wet and difficult to control the hair compared to sable which is more firm even when wet.

@@teohyc Right. Thanks

I was thinking the same thing!!! glad someone pointed that out

Thank you so much. You are very correct. Sable, Squirrel, Goat, Fox, Horse, Rat and Wolf hair are some of the animals used to give painters their artistic joy and pleasures when painting.

I guess so but human hair is too coarse.

I might have a go with my hair, as its very fine. Thaanks for replying xx

My apologies for accidentally posted my comment to you. My phone misjudged what I was trying to get to open.

"Squirrels are evil" -dog

victor carvajal they dont kill the squirrels 😒