Winsor & Newton Series 7

[StarFyre]

$140?

$140 would be for the larger sizes I think...

6, 7, 8, etc...

Sanjay

 

[demonherald]

@modderhu cough cough indeed.
......I noticed afterwards the links from Krom he also p.m\'ed me the same message..
I\'m going blind through working on GD entries at the moment.....

Orb a little more helpful...I would prefer to buy in a shop rather than online as I would like to have a play and test them first before diving in I am happy with the brushes I\'m using at the moment but am curious to try these.

 

[MPJ]

Originally posted by Bill
The animal is bred for its meat and pelt, the tails are a byproduct. The animals are treated in as humane way as possible.

Now see, I was right, if they are dead then they won\'t feel any fur plucking from their tail at all. Totally painless.

 

[chrismisterx]

Thanks for the links guys.

Just spent £130 upgrading my brushes, ssshhh dont tell the wife :twisted:

 

[Logan]

You haven\'t looked hard enough man

Originally posted by demonherald
Anyonwith a link for sellers in the U.K ??
I\'ve trawled all the art shops round this part of the country and no joy..

DH,
It was earlier this year but Gadsby\'s opposite North Bar at the top end of Leeds had some Series 7\'s and would also order me some miniature ones in if I wanted. They\'re also nice people (not a pre-requisite I know but it helps).

I actually got mine from Eagle Press in Wakefield.
They had many various sizes and even had the Miniature ones as well as ordinary series 7\'s.
I didn\'t want to order from somewhere online as I felt it better to see the brush in person in order to give it a thorough once over (Hey they are a fiver a pop you know and I am a Yorkshireman lol )

I\'d give \'em a ring first though as they seem to be in and out of stock quite quickly.

 

[mickc22]

I\'ve been using Rune\'s \'Kappel Series\' brushes for a while now, they are really quite nice. A good second choice if you can\'t get hold of 7\'s

 

[J2FcM]

I\'m about to get a Series 7 brush just to see what the stink is about.
But I still wonder... how does a different brush improve or make painting more enjoyable?

To me it seems the only difference would be brush spring, and tip retention. Do the Series 7 somehow deposit paint differently? Are they more gentle on the figure? What\'s wrong with a GW brush as long as it has a fine tip? I use the small GW dry brush, and it has been carrying a nice tip for a while now. Sure it might die faster than a series 7, and of course buying 1 series 7 every 2 or 3 years maybe more economical... but is that it?

 

[provoke me]

ive always found that a decent brush \"glides\" better and is much smoother while painting. the feel alone when you switch should let you know that youve made a good choice on brushes.

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by J2FcM
But I still wonder... how does a different brush improve or make painting more enjoyable?

Brush control. A good Kolinsky brush will put the paint where you want it to go, not where the brush wants it to go. There are a whole bunch of other things, like a finer and more reliable tip, etc.. but for me, brush control sums it all up. A good sable compared to a GW brush is like a clutch pencil compared to a marker pen, now matter how fine the marker pen\'s tip is.

 

[J2FcM]

oye, pip pip... well said govena. I now have a clearer sight on the matter.
I think a WN S7 (mini...hmmm...) size 1 is in order.

 

[provoke me]

dont forget to buy a few diffrent sizes!
never hurts to have a few diffrent sized brushes.

 

[farseerlum]

i\'m unsure why people insist on getting the 0 or 00 sizes. the tip of a 2 is damn fine on a W&N7, good enough for near any freehand.

i use my 1 for just about everything. if it needs to go on faster i use a wedge synthetic. but the 1 is perfect for everything else.

so i don\'t actually care if you get a 000 but makes sure you get a 1 at the same time

 

[matty1001]

I use Stanton and York, Keilder series, i have a 0 a 1 two 2\'s and two 4\'s, I use the 4 for base coating and large areas and the 2\'s for everything else, hardly ever touch the 0 and 1.

 

[Fizl]

I use a 1 for basically everything.

My preference is not to use the miniature line, i find the bristles too short and the paint seems to dry quicker

Shaz

 

[J2FcM]

If I read Silphid\'s article correctly...
he used a 4/0 and a 10/0 in the creation of Magmatrax....

whats up with that crack! On top of that, a lot of his painting was what I thought as hardly diluted... 20% diluted? stuff like that.... damn, Magmatrax is still a beauty.

 

[Wren]

He must have been using something other than Winsor Newton brushes, because they only go down to 000. Though that\'s equivalent in size to what I\'ve seen other brands call 5/0 or 10/0. A good natural hair brush does feel very different than a synthetic. I don\'t know if it\'s because the hair itself soaks it in or what, but the brush holds more paint and keeps it liquid and flowing longer than a synthetic, in addition to the points made about brush control above. I\'ve never seen a synthetic longer than 10 minutes out of the package with a point as fine as a good hair brush, either.

Currently I use the regular 1 and 00 the most, the 1 for larger areas and the 00 for detail stuff or small areas. I use the 000 for lining or super detail stuff. I think my 0 is just a bad brush, I need to try another of that size to see what I think of it. Like Fizl, the miniature line brushes aren\'t really to my taste.

 

[karmazov]

got them this weekend (finally) and tested then, it was a \"wow\" feeling, theyre great!

 

[krom1415]

Great stuff Erik,