The artist brush is a tool for oil painting, blending paints, and painting colors. It is composed of a brush rod and a brush head. The brush rod is mostly wood and has a certain length, which is suitable for the painter to sway in a wide range. The brush head is made of various animal hair or artificial fibers. According to its nature, it can be divided into hard Brush and soft brush. The brush head of the hard brush is made of pig bristles, also called bristles. Its texture is harder, and it has strong elasticity and toughness. Therefore, it can stir up thick pigments for painting. Leave a trace of brush. Soft brushes are mostly made of sable hair, but also made of soft hairs of animals such as squirrels and monkeys. The brushes are softer, generally shorter than hard brushes. They cannot be used to blend too thick pigments, but they are mostly used. Apply the paint softly and evenly. Another soft brush is a nylon brush. The brush is a synthetic fiber, which is soft and flexible. It can be used to portray details or apply paint.
The shape of the brush head of the artist brush is flat, hazelnut, round, and fan, each of which has different sizes. Different brush heads brushes play different roles in the painting process. The flat head brush can dip more paint to sweep, swing, and draw, drawing broad brush touches and flat straight lines. Hazelnut brush is a round, flat-headed brush that can draw elegant and smooth curved brush strokes. The bristles of the round-headed brush are cylindrical, and the tip of the brush is thick and blunt. It is often used to draw round and soft brush touches and various color points. You can also lie on its side to paint a large area of color. The brush of the fan-shaped brush is flat and fan-shaped. Painters often use it to wipe one color over the existing background color, so that the two colors merge and become more varied. In addition to the various painting brushes mentioned above, some painters also use paint brushes as a cheap and convenient painting brush.