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5 Essential Brushes for Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy[5_basic_brush]

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Expand your artistic horizons with this comprehensive set of five essential brushes, each meticulously crafted to meet the demands of Chinese brush painting and calligraphy. From bold washes to intricate details, these brushes offer versatility, precision, and historical significance, making them perfect for artists of all levels. Here's what makes each brush unique:

1. Essential Washer - a Refined "Goat" Hair Soft Brush 

Specifications: Bristle length 1-1/2", diameter 3/8", total brush length 11".

Material: Made from 80% fine synthetic sheep hair and 20% thicker synthetic goat hair, forming a sharp tip.

Purpose: Ideal for applying washes and colors, this brush delivers smooth, even strokes and retains moisture beautifully. Perfect for creating soft edges and delicate gradients.

2. Foundational Liner - a "Wolf" Hair Stiff Brush

Specifications: Bristle length 1-3/16"(2.7cm), diameter 5/16", total brush length 10".

Material: A stiff yet flexible brush designed for precision strokes.

Purpose: Excels at calligraphic strokes, such as bamboo leaves and orchid petals, making it a versatile tool for painting and calligraphy.

3. Core Detailer - a Small "Weasel" Hair Brush ("Ye Jing")

Specifications: Bristle length 3/4", diameter 1/8", total brush length 8" with a bamboo handle.

Material: Traditionally crafted for strength and precision.

Purpose: Perfect for defining leaf veins and intricate details. It also functions as a liner or signature brush, allowing you to add finishing touches with ease.

4. Versatile Texturer – a Shu-xu "Rat Whisker" Landscape Brush

Specifications: Bristle length 1-1/4" (3cm), diameter 5/16" (0.8cm), handle length 9-1/8" (23.5cm).

Material: Made from high-quality weasel hair, known for its sharp-pointed tip and spring back.

Purpose: Inspired by the legendary "rat whisker" brush favored by fourth-century calligrapher Wang Xizhi, this stiff brush is perfect for creating textures and choppy strokes. Specially crafted by Master Xu, it carries historical significance while offering exceptional performance.

5. Super Washer – a Large Goat or Sheep Hair Soft Brush

Specifications: Bristle length 2", diameter 7/8", handle length 9-1/2" (24cm).

Material: Made from goat or sheep hair with a synthetic core, complemented by an ox-horn ferrule and bamboo handle for durability and elegance.

Purpose: Designed for wide washes and multiple color loading, this brush is excellent for painting flower petals or creating landscape backgrounds.

This set combines tradition with functionality, offering tools that are essential for mastering Chinese painting and calligraphy techniques. Whether you're exploring bold strokes or intricate details, these brushes provide everything you need to bring your artistic vision to life.

 

 

 

Set of All 5 Set of All 5 [5_basic_brush_00] $55.00 Quantity :
Basic Soft Basic Soft [5_basic_brush_01] $9.99 Quantity :
Basic Stiff Basic Stiff [5_basic_brush_02] $9.99 Quantity :
Basic Detail Basic Detail [5_basic_brush_03] $8.99 Quantity :
Shuxu Landscape Shuxu Landscape [5_basic_brush_04] $12.95 Quantity :
Super Wash Super Wash [5_basic_brush_05] $31.95 Quantity :
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I'm so happy with this brush set! All 5 brushes are useful and you cannot go wrong ordering this. The largest brush works like a charm for lotus leaves and since it holds so much water/ink, you can really work on the color variations. The other brushes are really good for their 'official' use: the happy dot brush makes great dots on plum flowers, the bamboo orchid brushes enables me to paint pretty orchid leaves and bamboo, and so on! All working wonders. My order arrived well packaged and everything is A1 quality!
by Elise Michaud Date Added: Monday 28 May, 2018
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Unfortunately, there are not a lot of reviews on BHA, but they seem to have been around for a while and I've utilized their youtube videos to get excited and get started with Chinese ink painting. I encourage anyone who reads this to leave a review if they purchase anything to help other people decide on purchases. That being said. I LOVE THIS BRUSH SET! I've only been working with this medium and art style for about 2 months now, and previously used brushes from a chain store, and these brushes blow those out of the water! Just looking at the brushes I can see a visual difference with the brush heads. I can definitely tell a difference between the chain store brown weasel/wolf brush and the brush from this set. I can also definitely tell a difference between the white cloud brush/goat hair and the one from the chain store. So far I havent really had any brushes shed on me. The thin line rat whisker brush seems to be really good for adding stamen to flowers. I was unable to do this with the chain store brush.
by Andrew Broussard Date Added: Monday 23 October, 2017
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