This is my first post in 2017. and here are some new paintings I’ve finished in the last couple of months. I am exploring big, flat brushes and Chinese brushes in these works. Have a nice day!
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2 Washes 
Beautiful work! I love your style…you mentioned big flat brushes, what size and kind? I was just looking for some at a local store. The widest I have currently is 1 and 1/2 inch I am thinking of getting even wider brushes.
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Thank you very much, Margaret!
I’ve been experimenting with a lot of them. First I tried Ron Ranson hakes small (3/4″), medium (1 and 1/4″) and large (1 and 3/4″). The have goat hair and are great for texture. After that I started with some cheap synthetic brushes which are 1″, 1 and 1/2″ and 2″ big. I’ve used those along with a squirrel hair 1/2″ for 2 of these paintings here and Chinese brushes for the others. If you enjoy larger formats definitely go for a bigger brush. I use the 2″ inch brush quite a lot for medium sized paintings (11 x 15)
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Thank you for the info. I saw a video where a Pakistani artist used what looked like a 3-4 wide brush. It looks like it can be quite useful in blocking in large areas of color and of course to loosen up those strokes.
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Well done. Very smooth washes especially in that first painting. Love where you’re headed!
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Thank you very much, Wout!
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How did you like Ron’s hakes by the way? I’ve seen comments that they shed quite a bit of hair, which made me hesitant to spend money on them.
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I like them, but don’t them as much because of the handle. It’s long, thick and very uncomfortable to manipulate the brush. I haven’t had a problem with hair shedding, they keep up pretty good.
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