Set of 3 sword liner brushes great for decoration, calligraphy, silk painting and general flowing brush work.
AMI Sword Liner Paintbrush Set
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Description
The sword liner was originally designed as a brush for the signwriting trade. The elongated bristles made it an ideal tool for creating long flowing lines that varied from thin to thick. Like any unusual shaped brush, sword liners allow the artist to make expressive marks that are harder to create in any other way.
Confusingly, some manufacturers refer to sword liners as daggers, as they are similar in shape. Usually the sword’s bristles form a shallower angle than the dagger, giving longer bristles and a finer point.
Sword-liners are available in three different types, natural hair such as sable, squirrel or hogs hair, synthetic (often referred to as “nylon”), or a blend of synthetic and sable. They are usually sized by fractions of an inch, i.e. ⅛, ¼, ⅜, ½, which refers to the width of the end of the ferrule.
Synthetics are suitable for use with all paint types. They have plenty of spring, making them a joy to use. The softer types work best with fluid paint; the stiffer ones being better for oils.
Synthetic sword-liners are useful with acrylics too; diluting heavy body with airbrush medium or flow enhancer gives the paint a more workable consistency. All my examples here use either acrylic ink or acrylic heavy body paint.
As different types of acrylics are compatible with each other, it is quite acceptable to use heavy body for some parts of the painting, with the addition of a sword-liner/ acrylic ink combination when necessary, especially for thin lines e.g. the whiskers of a cat or a squirrel’s tail.
Pure natural hair gives the best liquid holding capacity, making it ideal for watercolour. Kolinsky sable is the luxury option; beautiful brushes but with a significantly higher price tag.
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KSh350 – KSh850- Made of 100% cotton, this stretched canvas is ideal for any painter to paint & draw on
- Gives a smooth result of the painting with its tripled primed surface
- With 380gm thickness of the sheet, you can blend your colors well on this canvas
- Goes well with oil paints, acrylic paints, poster paints and more
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Original price was: KSh1,700.KSh1,400Current price is: KSh1,400.- 10 brushes included (1 x Angle Shader 1/4, 1 x Fan 2/0, 1 x Flat Shader 12, 1 x Flat Wash 3/4, 1 x Flat 1″, 1 x Round 6, 1 x Flat Shader 6, 1 x Filbert 4, 1 x Liner 1, 1 x Round 1 )
- Perfect intro set
- Great for travel
- Short handled ergonomic brushes
- Ideal for painting with Acrylic or Gouache paint
Handy Hints
- Do not allow the paint to harden on the brush
- Rinse out colour thoroughly in warm water and re-shape when finished
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