What's the Best Paint Brush For You?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2019
- Pro painter Sam Lenz and Uncle Atom sit down in the studio for a talk about brushes: what to look for to get the best brush for you, how to treat your brushes, and what to do with old brushes.
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Listening to Sam talk is like my own personal meditation tape.
Meditate, violently.
I love this kind of chit-chat videos... It's great help for us begginers. Than you 😄
I prefer the Windsor Newton brushes because they don’t mask the taste of the paint.
I always appreciate how humble Sam is. He is a great painter and knows all the fancy terms but doesn’t toss those terms out there to confuse us or make himself look superior. Great painters don’t need to tell you they’re great, and He gets it. Thanks for the video.
Very well said. I agree. Thanks for watching!
And this went straight into my "Mini Painting Advice" playlist for when I need to share it with new hobbyists. Personally I really enjoy the Fine Touch teacher's pack of 30 synthetic brushes. The medium size round brush usually lasts me a month, and my hobby lobby often does 50% off. The pack is half rounds and half flats, and all those flat brushes just become my dry brushes.
Cool video, would like to see more chats like this. As normal the answer is kind of it depends 🤣👍🏼thanks for the video!
MANILLA ROOOOOAD!!!!
90% of the Sam videos I watch to see what Metal shirt he is wearing. This one was by far the best so far. Crystal Logic is the shiiiit!
The content being good and informative is just a bonus ;)
It's not so much the size of the brush that's the issue, it's the ability of it to keep a good point.
Good point.
Kinda. Longer brushes have a softer "snap," so I find them a bit trickier to do edges with. But, when you're doing edges, you're not using the point.
Okay, but what about filberts, and round? Angles and others that aren't pointed* -- definitely need to keep them clean and properly maintained, depending on material.
@@brendanmatthews8236 The point of specialist brushes is that they inhibit my ability to use the word point far too much, which is why they're pointless. I hope I'm pointing you towards an understanding of my point.
I have been painting miniatures for over 30 years, and have always been frustrated by brushes. This video helped me a lot! Thank you men!
You can also use Acrylic Medium to clean your brushes and break down old solidified pigment. (Or Lahmian Medium)
Great video with usable, valuable advice. I recently bought a moderately priced pack of brushes, from a discount department store, for well under the price of a single "leading game company's brush" and found the brushes from the pack to be just as, if not better than, the later brush. Now I feel rather sheepish for paying 10 dollars for a single brush.
i recently used the shade brush for basecoating, a whole new world opened up for me, the belly helps a lot
Comfy talk with friends is great! 😊
You two play off each other so well. And you're both fantastic painters!
Thank you for your insight and tips.
I appreciate it, but Sam’s the fantastic painter. I’m decently workable. Thanks for watching!
Talked with Sam about the same thing during a painting class he was running. Great info and Sam is a great teacher.
I'm exactly the same, cheap synthetics for the dirty work and sable for the fancy times.
We love your videos! Anything with Sam is a humongous bonus! Thank you to both of you for having one of my favorite channels!
I like this format. Definitely keep exploring this style of video.
Really good video that is candid. Simple and straight forward tips that I learned something from. Thanks Atom, and I hope you put more like this out.
That was a nice video...too many people talk about prestigious brands vs cheap brands and prestigious materials vs cheap materials, not enough get into the subjective side of what makes a brush work with how you paint rather than fighting against you the whole time: belly size, bristle stiffness, bristle length, snapping action, capillary action/paint release, tip angle, etc.
Love it my painting has massively improved since I stopped going for fancy brushea and going with my gut
It took me a while to get used to fancy brushes. I actually prefer synthetics for doing things like edge highlights, sable brushes just seem to act weird on me.
Loved this so much! I chatted with you, Atom, at Origins, and you really hit it out of the park with this. Please more like this. Really enjoyed both of your thoughts.
This was a really great format/style, would like to see more. Also answered a lot of questions I'd been stuck with for quite some time.
Nice format! I could listen to you and Sam talk for days!! High intensity painting is apparently great exercise!
This was a great video! I know I'm a little late to the party but I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in...I'd love to see more of this content from you and other creators! I love seeing the stuff you guys paint but what I really want is stuff that I can learn from rather than stuff that I "compare" myself to. I'll never be an award-winning painter and that's okay but seeing what can be done makes it difficult for me to be consistently happy with my own work. These types of discussions really help me understand the tools and techniques and motivate me to try them.
Great video format, getting the experience from Sam is always eye opening. I started using bigger brushes after the video you made with the interview and it helps a lot!
I highly recommend Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 1 / 2 brushes, they are quite literally all you need for detailed work.
wow, fantastic video probably the most informative video on the miniature painting subject in the hobby ever! thank you so much!
I enjoyed the format and would watch more! All the tutorials and painting tips videos I've seen, and still I was able to get something new that I didn't know before. Great Job!
We’re going to try to do more of these types of videos going forward, so hopefully those will be helpful, as well. Thanks for watching!
sam's comment about the moisture in the reservoir keeping the tip wet is so true. a year or two ago i bought the smallest brush the local michaels had in stock, a 20/0 spotter, intending to use it for eyes etc--but quickly realized that half the time, the tiny drop of paint on the end was drying out before i even got to the model. ive since kind of managed to bludgeon it into submission through generous use of acrylic retarder but a decent larger brush with a good point on the tip would certainly be easier
REALLY enjoyed this video, great discussion and learned a few things 👌🏼
Thank you for this, love to hear not only what you use but WHY you use it.
Nice sit down and chat with Adam and Sam
I love this. I'd love more informal chats like this.
Oh, and they're on sale at Hobby Lobby this week! As a newbie painter, I was drawn to that size brush vs the tiny ones. Thanks for the videos, it makes starting a new hobby that much more fun.
One of your best videos. Thank you for the insights.
This is extremely well timed for me.
I am loving this experimental format! More of that plse.
Great advice in there. I was a bit snobby about synthetics but I actually use them as my base coat brushes and even do some detail and layering work with them now. I keep my old Rosemary and Co. 0 brush around too for doing large flat areas like plates or muscles. My Raphael is for finer work and I've started using a dedicated brush for lifting paint out of pots when I'm not using dropper bottle stuff from my wet palette.
YES! I've been buying the same 4 pack of brushes for the one brush I use since forever. I need this!
Great video, Thanks guys! Very informative and fun.
Thanks 4 that! :) As always, great fun to listen to you both :)
I like the format, it may not be my favorite, I'd have to see some more to be sure. But I think this one was very informative because you got into more of the why this choice or that choice is made (for example why he likes the synthetic bristles) rather than just saying, "I use cheap brushes and they're just fine". So I'd call this new format a success and this was a great video. Thank you both.
Love the Sam tip videos , big help and inspiration
I thought the video was great. I had never considered using conditioner on my brushes, but what you two said makes total sense. Your video got me thinking about the different techniques of painting, and how to effectively load the brush with paint with some of the earlier techniques, and what the effects of the different paint and water loads do to the paint itself. Anyway, you two offer so much insight into a hobby I have just started enjoying and I thank you for it!
Always great tips from him. Wet palette improved my paint job immensely. Now I'm told why my walmart cheap brushes keep separating is because I put on too much paint. Always like listening to these two.
Absolutely love this kind of video, it is every bit as helpful to me as a visual representation technique video. I find that there is a stage towards the end of my brushes lives where they get relegated to dry brush duty, because dry brushing, particularly with metallics, really takes a toll on a poor brush.
this really helps me the clear the mist! thank you
Nice video! I like this format.
Noob getting back into paint after over a decade. Just ordered all 3 sets from Artis Opus. Glad I watched this. Find the perfect, springy synthetic brush for 80% of the job makes me feel better about my pricy purchase
So yes, I enjoyed this video quite a bit and would like to see more like it.
I also very rarely throw out brushes and, when teaching my friend to paint, also told him to hang to brushes even when they start getting beaten up and ratty for things like stippling, dry-brushing, mixing paints, applying PVA glue, etc. When Sam started talking about the "life cycle" of brushes I found myself nodding my head.
Fantastic video, I learned a lot! Thank you!
I always thumbs up painting with the pro! - AJ
More of these please.
Came for tips. Left with a sweet brush pun. Thanks!
Great, very helpful, more of this thank you.
I’ve got a bunch of GW starter brushes that I use for the bulk of my work. I’m not a Golden Daemon painter by any means but I find they suit me perfectly for what I need. Once I wear it out I repurpose it to a stirring brush, dry brush or something else.
Man, Sam got huge! 💪🏻
(I come from watching videos from years ago, so that’s why I’m so surprised 😂)
Man, i love my boy Sam. More of this please my man Atom.
So, if Sam is your boy and Uncle Atom is your man, then are you my auntie?
Im using a size 2 kolinsky sable brush from AK's Abteilung range. €6 and its just as good as any high end artist's brush I've ever used. Snappy bristles that hold a decent amount of paint and a nice sharp tip. I have a few old GW brushes for doing rough work or slopping on washes.
Looking at AKs site now, they're all sold out..
Thank's guys. Really helpfull and fun video.
Great video, would love to see more sit and chat type videos.
Amazing! Thank you.
I have a veritable horde of various brushes I've accumulated over the years. I REALLY only use something like 5 or 6 of them regularly, with the rest being circumstantial brushes. None are really expensive, even though I check Amazon from time to time to put expensive brushes in my cart and then never buy them.
Also, that hair tie around the water cup idea is some serious simple genius stuff. I immediately copied the idea and moved my brushes.
Great video. I think I have found the brushes I like. I’ve been using the brushes from Army Painter. I like the angular holder my hands don’t cramp as quick. Also to clean my brushes I use the brush shampoo and that works great too.
I enjoyed this a lot. These videos will be nice as an occasional treat. I would still like the solo Atom to be the bulk of the videos.
SamHulk is the chillest there is.
This was definitely helpful!
I loved this video...very informative for someone getting into the hobby
We did both drink from iced coffee from the local coffee shop, so you’re right, we had just partaken some of that. Thanks for watching!
I didn’t think i would like this video, but damn Adam i just love hearing you talk 😊. Keep up the great work!
They both have pleasant speaking voices. I don't actually care that much about the subject matter, I'm just like halfway interested in painting minis that don't look like they were painted in a dumpster fire on top of a tornado but I find myself watching these just to hear them say things I don't really even care to know lol
I always want more Sam Lenz
This video was great. Like to see more like this.
Thanks for this.
Enjoyed the chat video with you and Sam. Very helpful knowledge. Hope you'll have more. I recently bought a couple of Windsor & Newton brushes a 0 and 1, haven't used them enough to form an opinion yet, but I heard they are like the "Gold Standard" for painting mini's, I always used much less expensive brushes before and wanted to see if this would make painting better and easier with the natural hair brushes.
I went to the art supply store and I was lucky with a guy who works there that use to paint models as a boy. He helped me pick out hobby specific brushes and they were on sale.
Lets see how these brushes are.
great video! i would love more of these kind of videos - maybe even podcast/sit and paint and talk style videos could be very cool :)
This is like brush science 101. Really good concepts here!
Love these kinds of videos too thanks guys! Sam Lenz is looking beeeefy! Lifting them weights hey haha
I was really disappointed with my Windsor Newton series 7.... Lost its tip day one!!! Maybe I got a dud.
But I got a Raphael #2 brush and it's great!!
Otherwise on Amazon there's plenty of "mid range" brush sets for about 20$ made of sable, and they all work good too!
I found my painting improved alot when I started using bigger brushes with fine tips instead of teeny tiny lil brushes.
Had recently come to the realisation that I was often using the wrong tool for the job, thanks for clearing things up guys!
This is a great video that just showed up in my feed. Great Q&A. I like my hobby lobby size 8 craft brushes where I can use them, and fancy Raphael 8404s when details are needed.
Nice video and good info. I've recently started using Escoda Prada synthetic brushes in size 4 and 8. I love these brushes - great point and really seem to hold paint well. I've also got a Winsor Newton sable size 2 and 0/1 and find the Escoda synthetic just as good. Yeah, these synthetics are about $8-10 CAD each, but still feels worth it.
I still use the old citadel brushes which are blue ( they are even older than the yellow tipped Uncle Atom showed) and i dont use any expensive cleaners.
My trick is, to have a empty vallejo bottle without the tip and filled with with Airbrush Cleaner around. After the paint session i stick the 1-2 used brushes inside that bottle for 1h or until tomorrow . the bottle neck is thin enough that 2 brushes will sick inside without the brushtips hitting the bottle floor. This gets the still humid paint out of the bristles and ferule. After that i use some conditioner to get the a nice tip again.
One important thing i forgot: you need to watch that only the metal part of the brush is sunk inside the airbrush cleaner - if you stick it down to the wooden part the wood gets soaked and this will damage it
I like this kind of video and hope to see more.
I don't often "like" videos... This one got a thumbs up from me. Love the chit chat format (it's always fun to see your friendship with Sam on film). My suggestion for another one... When to switch different types of paint. For example, you have the same color blue in Citadel and Air Brush paint (that you aren't shooting through an air brush), why choose one over the other.
I pretty much use the same cheap brushes for the grunt work like base painting or washes, but the sable brushes for detail and highlight. Its worked out! But I will have to start using the end of the paint brush instead of drawing paint using the bristles.
Nice video and great studio awesome !!
Great video!
I'll add that if you've found a brush that you love, don't use it with metallic paints. The fine metal pigments are, quite literally, little razor blades that accelerate the wear on the bristles. Find a decent synthetic you like with a good belly and tip, and use those, instead.
This is a very good point, unless you mainly just use cheap synthetics as your standard brush, I suppose. But fancy, expensive natural bristles are best kept away from metallics, for sure. Thanks for watching!
That might be why I seem to be going through brushes so quickly. I've been painting a lot of medieval dudes with varying degrees of armor.
I have both expensive and cheap brushes... I find I use the cheap ones way more. I like watching you guys talk about our hobby. Do more :)
Good stuff. I do the same - inexpensive synthetics for most of the work, size 8 mostly, save my W&N S7 for flesh, faces, freehand detailing.
I was stoked to find out that Sam digs the same brushes that I do. I tried so many before those, and was supervised to find the $6 pack at hobby lobby was my go to. Now I know I'm not crazy!
learned a lot thanks
I use Raphael brushes. Love them
MOAR!
I dont care what kind of video this is. If Sam is in there it is a good video.
Going to try one of those larger synthetic brushes. Been using tiny ones for too long I think.
Full support to that Crystal Logic shirt
"Winsor & Newton Sceptre gold II" are really good , they are a mix of synthetic and red marter. Royal Talens van Gogh are good synthetic brushes. both won't brake the bank and get good results
It took me many years to understand that the fine point is more important than having small and short bristles. My favourite brush for devils nowadays is about 3 times as big as the fine detail brush I used for the longest time.
However, even though I am usually critical of people saying a certain brand is the be all end all, I did give the series 7 a shot and absolutely love the control I have with them.
Uncle Atom, love the diversity of topics on your channel! Please convince Sam that if he started a channel it would be a huge compliment to yours. I use rubbing alcohol to clean my synthetic brushes. Brings them right back!
Sam and I discussed this very thing during shooting. Potentially more to come soon. However, you know he’s on Twitch, right? Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great content. I personally am very fond of Escoda brushes They aren't expensive, and last awhile with proper care. I find other synthetics, don't last me long, no matter how well I care for them. I always clean my brushes with rubbing alcohol followed with The Master's brush soap/conditioner. I have found this process to give the brushes a really deep clean, and as mentioned they keep longer.
I like to recommend "zest-it acrylic brush cleaner" I have been using it for about a year. Easy to use and comes in a good bottle very practical.
I own three Windsor Newton series 7 brushes. Sizes 0, 1, 2. I clean them with Vallejo brush cleaner. They have lasted three years now. I’m sold. Never use anything else.
pbeccas Yeah, I’ve got sizes W&N 000, 0 and 2. They are fantastic brushes and as you say if you look after them they last years.
I don't know what I am doing wrong by winsor newton no7 never, ever keep a point for me....I use the bristle brush, I don't get paint into the ferrule, ive looked everywhere for guidance. I use Raphael and escoda brushes now and love them....its a shame, I really want to love the w&n as loads of people rave about them.
Andrew Kennedy Sound strange indeed. Do you use a brush cleaner/soap? I use it on the brush after every painting session.
@@Vengeance161 Yes I use the masters brush n soap tub. I don't doubt its an operator error on my part as its happened to me several times, across sizes 1,0,00, but the others I mentioned last for ages. I just don't get what it is im doing wrong. They are all cleaned and conditioned during/after every painting session and all have the plastic sleeves for protection. I have tried it wiping, blotting and air drying, Ive tried washing the conditioner out and leaving it in, always the same. After a few weeks the W&N lose their points and end up splayed out to the 4 winds, lol.
@@andrewkennedy9134 You probably got some bad brushes. WN has really fallen down in quality and they often split as yours are doing.