Decorative Painting Brushes
Answers
to the Quick Quiz Brush Up (Part 3)
Specialty Decorative Painting
Brushes
Like the decorative painting brushes in Part
1, these brushes also have bristles set
into flat ferrules. (What's a ferrule?) The difference is that instead of squared tips, the
tips of the brushes below have been shaped in various ways to perform
special functions.
(Note: The specific names given to a brush type often
vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.)
(Note: The actual fiber that the bristles are made from
would be a separate variable to consider when choosing decorative
painting brushes.)
Angle shaders are just like
shaders or flats,
except that the end is cut at an angle. In many cases, except for some
stroke work, angle shaders and regular shaders can be used
interchangeably. Angle shaders are particularly good for painting into
tight corners and for floating paint.
Filberts and ovals are simply
shaders or
flats which have had the tip cut to a rounded shape. This creates a nice
rounded shape to the start of a brush stroke (compared to the flat start
of a flat brush, or the pointed shape of a round
brush).
This also makes it a nice brush for painting into a rounded area.
Cat's tongues and daggers
are also shaders or flats with shaped
tips. In this case, the flat brush is cut so that the end comes to a
point in the center of the brush tip. This creates a pointed shaped to
the start of a brush stroke. It's a good brush for painting into
tight corners.
Note: There is another type of brush more commonly
called a "dagger" that does not have a flat ferrule.
(Sometimes the name given to a particular brush depends on the
manufacturer.)
The word comb refers to the staggered cutting of
the tip of the brush which allows the brush to work like many tiny liner
brushes at once. The multiple lines produced by this brush are perfect
for painting hair, grass, and other texture effects quickly and easily. The regular
comb is simply
a shader/flat with this special staggered tip. It is also sometimes
called a grass comb.
The filbert comb
is a filbert brush that has been given the staggered cutting. The rounded shape of the
filbert provides a softer start for the lines.
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Comb and/or Grass Comb
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Dagger and/or Cat's Tongue
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Filbert Comb
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Filbert and/or Oval
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P.S. All 8 of the names of types of
decorative painting brushes are correct! Three of these brushes
each have at least 2 different names!
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