Painting thin lines with brushes.

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Many people got problems painting thin lines with brushes and thus end up buying smaller brushes tend they need, IMO.
I blame the brush rather than the painter for this.

Most common available brushes sold for modelling don’t hold a nice point, thus when painting or applying even slight pressure the bristles spread out in a fan pattern and thin lines cannot be painted.

The brushes I found the best for holding a good point are Japanese Calligraphy Brushes, I prefer Bunseido here as they are sold in most of the HS over here and are very affordable.

Another point about Calligraphy brushes , they bristles are bound together and fixed inside the handle without any glue thus making them long lasting as the glue won’t be disolved by thinner, etc. [;)]

Most of this Brushes come in a assortment of thicknesses for the handle, I found that a thicker handle allows better control of the brush strokes.

Natually good cleaning and care will ensure that they will produce a good result everytime.

FYI, I have some 0 & 00 Bunseido brushes that are still good after 6yrs of usage.

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I know those ox hair, dark haired, brushes that people use for model painting are not good. They absorb and hold paint like a sponge. I use sable and sableline brushes. Sable brushes, the red/brown (horse hair) tips cost much more but they hold their point and if you clean them well they are durable and long lasting. I’ve gotten my moneys worth with sable brushes and I suppose I got my moneys worth with the ox hair brushes. I use the ox hair brushes to swish cleaning solutions in my air brush.

I get very fine lines with sable brushes.

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Agreed that Sable brushes are good I used those until I came across the Calligraphy brushes.