Best Paint Brushes For Detail

[Jaymack]

I am starting to highlight my carvings with different colors of Fiebings pro oil dyes. I'm looking for advise on the type of brush I can use for smaller detail. The brush will need to hold it's shape and come to a small point. I don't know anything about brushes or the materials that they are made of that would be best for alcohol based dyes.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

John

[lightingale]

You don't need expensive or fancy brushes, the synthetic ones will do just fine. Walmart sells a pack of 10 or so brushes in different sizes.

The best shape for detail is the round brush. The end tapers off so you can make fine lines.

Round brushes meant for watercolour are my favourite. Be sure to have a separate brush set for blues, reds, yellows, and blacks because it's hard to clean the brush completely of oil dyes, the the "old" colour you last used can bleed into your project the next time you use the brush with a different colour.

I find dye reducer to be the best solution for cleaning brushes.