4 Crème De La Crème Paint Brushes for Oil Painting and Acrylics

Sara Illahi
4 min readJul 28, 2020

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Exhausted and tired of using ordinary brushes for oil painting? Not anymore. Did you know — from Raphael to Van Gogh to Picasso, paint brushes have been a cornerstone of dazzling and glorious paintings? There are very few professions or hobbies that give you creative freedom. Art is one of them. You can splash the happy colors onto a canvas or use the solid hues to depict a sad story. All in all, in this field, you are the sole creator and narrator of your art. But inadequate paintbrushes should be the last thing to stop you in this vibrant journey of being your teacher and judging your work; therefore, we bring you the top 4 paintbrushes that are perfect for oil painting.

Oil painting requires a thickness of the pigments along with a hundred other things, and ordinary brushes don’t do the needful. So, without further ado, let’s see which paintbrush suits your awe-inspiring oil paintings.

Crafts 4 All Paint Brushes Set

The best thing you can give to an artist is a set of paintbrushes with various shapes and sizes. Crafts 4 is a set of 12 paintbrushes. These brushes come with round, flat, filbert, and angular shapes with a tip as sharp as a razor enabling you to paint smoothly and enjoy the process. The best part about these paintbrushes is that they are compatible with every artist of any level. Be it kids, seasonal artists, or professional artists — this set of brushes fits everyone.

You can use these multi-purpose paint brushes for watercolor, oil, acrylic miniature, model, and craft-art painting. Apart from being versatile and compatible, these paintbrushes come with wooden handles preventing rusting and corrosion. Rusted and corroded paintbrushes also result in bruises in one’s hands. But with these premium quality wooden paintbrushes, your hands are going to be safe and your paintings — your paintings are going to be out-of-the-world.

Lastly, ordinary paintbrushes are a big struggle when it comes to cleaning because lukewarm water disrupts the shape of regular paintbrushes. But Crafts 4 brushes can be easily reshaped using your fingers. Pro tip: This set of 12 can also prove to be an ideal birthday gift.

Mont Marte Art Paint Brushes Set

This set of 15 paint brushes comes with brushes having long handles perfect for professional painters who have a consistent flow of work. Short-handled brushes are usually tricky and difficult to use when it comes to oil painting; therefore, long-handled brushes are preferred by most people. The Mont Marte paintbrushes are hand-made, and the material used in the brushes makes sure that the bristles are not loose, limp, and don’t end up causing blisters in the artist’s hands while using.

Ordinary brushes are quite a hazard because of their sub-standard material quality, but the Mont Marte paint brushes are made up of Taklon hair hinged by the aluminum ferrule, which ensures that the brush is not easily damaged.

You can use these paintbrushes for acrylics, watercolors, gouaches, and oil paintings. Moreover, most paintbrushes are either misplaced or broken, but this set of brushes comes with a gorgeous zippered holder. Now, you can carry your equipment outside, perhaps in the countryside in Australia, and blend beautiful oil-paintings on that white canvas. As easy these brushes are to use, they are also effortless to clean.

Detail Paint Brushes Set

This is yet another durable set of paintbrushes that are perfect for oil painting, water coloring, and acrylics. This set comes with five paintbrushes with sizes 10/0, 5/0, 3/0, 0, 2. The differently sized paint brushes allow you to explicitly paint and show the details involved in oil painting and acrylics because in arts and crafts, the clearer the details, the perfect you are. The varying sizes of these brushes can be used for practicing purposes to overcome your weak areas in oil painting.

The best thing about this painting set is that these sleek brushes come with protective tubes preventing dust and corrosion. These protective tubes also tend to increase the life of the paintbrushes.

Another benefit of these paintbrushes is that the handles come with a triangular shape, and ordinarily triangular shapes are easy to grip because of the shape. So, with these paintbrushes, your canvas will feel as flat as a pancake. All in all, this set of paintbrushes comes with a complete package giving your oil paintings a new definition.

BOSOBO Paint Brushes Set

Made up of Nylon, these paintbrushes come in 2 packs having ten pieces each. Now, mixing and accurately blending colors requires effort, but with BOSOBO paint brushes, mixing is no more a problem. The varying sizes and shapes allow you to do miniature painting and help you paint the details more carefully and cautiously. Moreover, the variety in these paintbrushes also provides you a chance to do the experimentation and figure out what brushes are suitable for the intricate details.

These paint brushes are ideal for oil, watercolor, acrylic, enamel, cel-vinyl, gouache paints.

Australia is famous for its wild-life animals. The beauty of the outskirts can best be portrayed by using the BOSOBO paint brushes set. The fun thing about this set is that the brushes don’t require high-maintenance at all. A bit of care and proper washing can go a long way.

In conclusion, these paintbrushes are amongst the most reviewed out in the market. Although all of the brushes have their qualities, their common trait is that they are all long-lasting and durable. If you are into artistic stuff, you know how expensive things can be, and you cannot rely on low-quality paintbrushes because those will ruin your paintings. Any set of paintbrushes amongst the above four is your best bet. If you’re into capturing beauty and nature, then here’s the pro-tip: North Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales are amongst the most charming towns in Australia. A trip to the North should make one heck of an oil painting. So, what are you waiting for?

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Sara Illahi
Sara Illahi

Written by Sara Illahi

BSc. (Hons.) Social Development and Policy @ Habib University’23 I Researcher I Freelance Writer I American University’18

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