I found that same dagger brush and love it... I just got from Princeton as well another brush that has only about 1/3 of the bristles going to to edge and the rest cut way down with no defined spaces in between. I have those same kind with the defined spaces that I was using for grass to save time but come out too thick. I hope these new ones will be the answer save time but still produce thin lines. Have you tried these brushes?
I love the Silver Brush Ruby Satin Synthetic S/H 3/8” dagger striper for detail work, but I believe the Princeton Select one in your video is double to triple less expensive than SBRSS, so I will be trying it soon. There’s no difference in that the Princeton Select is S/H and my SBRSS is S/H. I did notice that PS only comes in 1/4” and the SBRSS comes in only 3/8” and 1/2”. There is one brush by SBRRS that I have been wanting to try and that is the extra small Pointed Triangle brush which looks promising for detail work.Thank you for demonstrating all of the different brushes, Chuck. 🙂
I put superglue on my line brush to harden the end and left just enough brush sticking out so I can paint.. works just like a pen lol! Best hack ever, I’ve been using this technique for awhile now.
After much searching, finally found a tutorial that was exactly what I was looking for. By far the best info, instruction and helpfulness on this subject. Thank you!
I bought that Princeton dagger brush after watching my this. It's a game changer! I had some dagger brushes I got at hobby lobby but the Princeton is brush is superior in every way. It paints hair thin lines easily. I love it!
awesome..I have tried liners and fans and have the most epic struggles with fans. I want to like them. But I use the dagger and get such nice lines. I am glad to see you using them the same way, Chuck!
I’m brand new to painting and I don’t own a single brush right now. (My sister got me hooked on painting this past Christmas. I painted my first painting at her house). I don’t want to waste money on worthless paint brushes just to get a huge stash. Im willing to spend a decent amount of money to get a few good quality brushes that are necessary. I’m about quality vs quantity. I learned the hard way in another expensive hobby. I had an entire room dedicated to the hobby. that wasn’t filled to the brim. It was my most expensive room in the house I’ve been researching the types of supplies needed before I go out to the store to avoid buying willy nelly hoping I got a good deal and the right ones. I’m so happy I found your RU-vid channel. I added your advice on paint brushes to my notes. Your painting are awesome !! I look forward to seeing more videos. Oh by the way.it looks like the dagger stripper paint brush would make for good brush lettering which is something else I want to learn. Got another question You said the dagger paint brush isn’t good for thick body paint. Can I just add water to thin it out to make it work or does that diminish the pigment too much?
oke, you've convinced me. I'll buy a dagger brush next time I'm going past the art store, and ofc I'll go princeton as I've noticed they're so much better at holding their shape and have much better integrity. I don't really ever want to get a fan brush, they look way too dainty
I found detail rubber brushes to be very useful for me, especially with distant details like mountains and trees. It operates like a palette knife, but they’re shaped like normal detail brushes, so you have more control.
Very informative. I have a couple of the Dagger brushes, and sometimes use them for details. The one I use for very tiny details is a 20/0 round by Master's Touch. It has short bristles, and with it being a 20/0, you can imagine there's not that many bristles in it. Using it is basically like painting with real egg tempera - one dip, one stroke. It does make an extremely fine line though - like painting eyelashes on an ant. I don't thin my paints, so the 20/0 works great for me Another thing the Dagger will do is calligraphy. The way it can be turned, to create thicker and thinner lines, in the same stroke, works great for calligraphy. Great video, Chuck!!! Keep'em coming!!!
I often use the long thin nail-art liner/striper brush for my miniatures, I can get incredible details with it for 1:24 scale and even smaller. The longer bristles help keep the paint wet and can carry more paint to draw on.
Very, very helpful. Thank you, Chuck. Please make more of these videos that just show brushstrokes and what the different brushes can do. I have bought so many brushes, but I'm not sure what I can do with each one specifically. I keep buying them, but wind up using my old ones that I'm familiar with because I don't really know what the new ones can do, or how to use them correctly.
I sort of do the same thing myself. I don't think brushes have that many unique applications, I end of using the same 4 or 5 styles in every painting. It's only once in a while that I stumble across something new that has a new style of brush stroke to it. But I'll keep this in mind thank you for the feedback!
Gee, one important thing I just learned in this video, is that if I first wet the brush and then pinch and pull the brush bristles I can get the fine lines. I’ve had the dagger brushes, but didn’t wet the bristles first, I didn’t get those real nice thin lines. Amazing what a little bit of knowledge can do! THANK YOU, CHUCK!
Do you have these brushes for sale ? I would like to buy those brushes you recommended.Thank you for the guides to have good results in our paintings.Hope you'll publish the stores who have these brushes. I'm from the PHILIPPINES do we gave these here ? God Bless.
I bought something like a dagger striper, it needed to be useful for both acrylic and watercolor. The tip worked very well and made some of the parts of my work go faster. I really needed that since I have an upcoming exhibition. I bought a #0 size round for detail work a few months ago and the ends started curling in every direction after only a few painting session which was very frustrating. The dagger brush has saved me! Thank You!
have it ever happened to you that you like a video during the first 3 seconds? XD omg your smile gives such a great welcome and im to watch the entire video for that!
I have three different sizes of the dagger brush. I got them mainly for drawing fine lines like in still life paintings. Now I find I can do more with it. Thank You 👌💫💫💫
I got a set called microliners and was unhappy trying to do branches. I chopped brushes to reduce the hairs and still hated it. This was a GREAT video! The right tools help reduce the stress. Now to practice putting a consistent amount of pressure on the brush. Thanks Chuck, you always deliver quality content.
Hi Chuck, I was wondering if you can tell me about brushes...can I use my oil paint brushes with acrylics or do I need to have a separate set for each?
This is a revelation. I spent yesterday with a 00 that has all but died, trying to paint feathers on a hen. Not literally, that would be cruel. Lacking access to an art supply store. I took a 1/2" flat and cut it diagonally with scissors, then meticulously shaved it to shape with an Xacto blade. It's not perfect, and it won't do the job I want it to. But it produces some excellent lines and loaded with a main colour of viridian/lemon yellow for a spring green if you add a dot of viridian in the middle of the edge you get incredible effects as the colour moves down with each stroke. I love it. Now to travel the 30 miles to the art store and find some better shaped versions. 🎨👌😘
Hey Chuck (and everyone). I just bought one of these dagger brushes, and they are indeed GREAT!! I highly recommend you get one if you like painting wildlife, for sure
Hi Chuck. First time I watched your channel. Excellent content! I am not a person that paints on canvas and have a different kind of question if I may. I am a model railroad person building a fairly large HO scale model railroad. I do paint generic mountain type backdrops for my mountain style railroad (to add depth) and I do a fairly well with this type painting. Question: Would a fan brush be the best choice for creating very small (1/16" to 1/32") dots/specs?. I need to simulate the railroad roadbed (rock ballast between the railroad ties) on cork roadbed. I first paint the cork a medium dark grey and then I want to add (after the paint drys) very small lighter grey specs. This is to simulate the rock ballast between the ties which are usually a few variations of a grey color because not all the rocks in the prototype are exactly the same color grey. I tried to stipple the specs/dots, but I need a brush (or technique) that will yield finer and more detail with very fine specs. I hope this questions makes sense! Thanks and excellent job on your video. Phil NYC / Jersey Shore Area
I have been trying to figure out for a while the best fine detail brush-and just by chance I recently bought this same Princeton dagger striper thinking it was cool and I could do some foliage or something. Fast forward today- working on a small sail boat in shadow in my picture and struggling to get the rigger lines right, and your video magically appeared on my feed. It's perfect- I feel like I just hit a jackpot-especially since this is over five years old. I need to go buy a lottery ticket. This is my lucky day :)
I'm trying to paint some indented lettering on some very expensive wheels I bought. I bought some fine liner brushes and have just tested them on some paper and got either raised bumps of paint or not enough paint or paint that was too spread out! The lettering is about 0.3mm thick - what would you recommend for painting this? I've considering spray painting them but I have a problem: some of the letter have islands and I'm not sure how to mask them off (e.g. a capital "R" and a lowercase "e"). I need to get this right first time as I'm painting on top of paint which I don't have - where do I even start?
Such a helpful video, i will look for such a brush and try it out, until now i used a liner brush for those fine details. Cant wait for your video about that painting you are working at, it looks amazing just how it is.
A ruling pen can also be used for painting thin lines. However, its use with acrylic paint requires greater skill than with any paint brush. With a ruling pen one can control line thickness extreemly precisely.
you can get very fine lines if you cut 1 or 2 hairs from a 2 or 3 or 4 inch brush depends how fine the hairs are then you cut the small plastic tube you get on new brushes then get an old brush and alien the cut hair on the end of old brush and slide the tube over it to grip it to the old brush and hey presto you have a very very fine liner , it works very well for fine grasses and line work good luck
Thank you so much! I was at a difficult point in a painting yesterday that involved putting the detail onto the face of a pocket watch. I took your advice and like magic it was a success! Thank you again!
Thanks Chuck! Very helpful in seeing that dagger in use, I had bought one awhile back because I too was searching for a better detail brush but I wasn't using it right apparently! Cleared alot up for me! Sometimes just seeing someone else use these tools in different ways can help so much!😊😊 💝💝💝xxx
Hola tus pinturas y videos son muy buenos, pero me gustaria que hagas un video en donde nos puedas enseñar como mezclar colores ejemplo que colores se mezclan para pintar una montaña cielos arboles agua animales etc. Estaré muy agradecido un abrazo.
Thanks, It's kind of difficult to use just a few brushes and think that you can be boss over the brushes. Just getting to use more than one or two brushes thinking that I can make them both work, that just ain't happening. I do believe that I've got every brush have shown me,I do believe in triplets. I appreciate you very much. I was getting very thick with my painting technique and thought if I just turned the brush on it's side, hey,TA'DA. NOPE, NO TA'DA. FROM AUSTIN TEXAS KAYE LEE ASTON AND THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN.
Question Chuck; I don’t do watercolor but I am looking for a detail brush to do tiny lettering and detailing with chalk paint…What would you recommend for that type of painting? I just like to paint on wood signs and glass jars but struggling with lettering or outlining letters. Appreciate any recommendations-thank you for the video. P.S. can you use watercolor paint over chalk paint?
Thank you for your advice, I'm kinda new to painting and I had a set of brushes I didn't knew the use for. I was about to buy a liner brush but your video did save me from the extra cost, thank you lots, this was super helpful 💖💖
That is one thing that you should not use the fan brush for. You should lie down your liners and rounds a bit and that will help more control and less spatter. If you notice, the angle of the dagger brush is forcing a lower angle which better for what you are doing. Scripted and riggers work very well for drawing lines.
There is an artist on Instagram, her ID is @annidrewwildlofeart. The first time I saw this kind of brush was because she uses it to paint fur, I was amazed with the quality of her painting... I am looking forward to buying it! Thank you for this amazing video! 🤩 (Annie's profile: instagram.com/anniedrewwildlifeart?igshid=1bcgdne0j53dd)
I'm a beginner and this video REALLY REALLY REALLY Helped!!!! i now understand the differences between liner tipped and round tipped and the disadvantages of the liners! thanks!:)
The Princeton Dagger brush looks like it works well. I have a set of fine detail brushes that were given as a gift. The name is so small on there I can’t read it. I do want try the Princeton brush.
Great video, Chuck. I have used many of the same brushes you've used to make my detail work, including having gone to the dagger, which seems to be the best at detail. I have also found that a good rigger brush works for making a fine line such as ship's rigging... not so good for grasses though.
Yah, George, I experimented a lot recently, to find my favorite brushes for doing fur, and a rigger is pretty much at the top of the list. The bristles are stiff enough that it's almost like you're drawing with the brush. I've also had good luck with the chisel edge of a good ol' flat brush.
Even in a pinch you can use a Princeton brush for fine details just by learning to use it lightly those are badass brushes the problem is their price sometimes for finding them I like the aqua Elite ones they do because they fold in on themselves so you can cart them around I thought I would try them on a lark just one and unfortunately I fell in love with them so much so that I really don't use anything else and have almost refused to buy anything else however I do have three trying The DaVinci brush
