Comparing Two Top Sable Watercolour Brushes - Jackson's Art Blog

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We have been asked this question a few times recently “Is the Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable watercolour brush worth the high price and how does the Da Vinci Series 10 sable compare?” We thought we’d ask a skilled watercolour painter to compare the two watercolour brushes and give us an expert answer to this question. We asked watercolour artist Juliette Losq, who studied Fine Art at Wimbledon College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, to give us her feedback. She worked on one of her complex layered paintings using both the brushes and has given us her verdict. Juliette painted with the Da Vinci Maestro Tobolsky Kolinsky Red Sable Series 10 and the Winsor & Newton Kolinsky Sable Round Series 7 both in size 6. Comparing Watercolour Brushes: Winsor & Newton Series 7 and Da Vinci Series 10 review by Juliette Losq I build my work up in washes, applying layers of masking fluid in between, before gradually adding more tone and detail. In this instance I was working on a monochrome landscape composition using Winsor and Newton Lamp Black watercolour in washes. At the stage at which I tested the DaVinci Series 10 I had laid