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Mottlers Explained: Find the Best Fit

Do you already have wide brushes? If not, it’s high time to get some! These versatile painting tools make working much easier—especially on large canvases or for broad washes of color. In this post, we’ll introduce the different types of wide brushes and show you what they’re best used for.

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Finest artists' water-mixable oil colours for beginners with the NOVA-BLUE brush set series 11660

We offer the da Vinci NOVA BLUE SET as the ideal brushes for the new Schmincke NORMA BLUE water-mixable oil colours. The set contains a mottler and three artist brushes (flat, round and filbert shape), which is ideal for all beginners in the new medium. The set comes with a free course via QR code inside the packaging. We have created this blog post for you to go with the course. You will see that it is great and easy to get started with a new medium

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Abstract painting using da Vinci TOP-ACRYL series 5040

TOP-ACRYL - the extraordinarily durable synthetic fibre mixture of different diameters and lengths provides this proven series with perfect colour absorption, hight elasticity and strength. It is especially suitable for painting with acrylic colours, both transparent and pasty. We show you how to create an abstract piece of art for your home using our TOP-ACRYL artist brush no. 5040. Convince yourself how easy it is!

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A flamingo – painted with da Vinci´s COLINEO brushes

Since decades, the brush industry has invested in researching all options to imitate the special properties of Siberian Kolinsky Red Sable hair with synthetic fibres. With COLINEO da Vinci has now succeeded in creating a composition of wavy and straight synthetic fibres, which comes very close to its natural ideal. The 5 different shapes in the COLINEO line are perfect for painting with different effects and textures with liquid colours – such as a flamingo, for example.