Set of 6 Squirrel Hair Mop Brushes

Six natural squirrel mops that carry more water than any other brush we sell, for skies, washes and wet-in-wet. Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, from a small soft round to a full wash mop Natural squirrel hair, the softest and most absorbent brush hair there is Traditional quill binding, tied and wired by hand, with no metal ferrule to corrode Balanced wooden handles, light in the hand for long sessions Suits watercolour, ink and gouache A mop does the one thing a round cannot. It holds enough water to carry a wash right across the sheet in a single pass, so a sky goes down without a hard edge drying behind you. Squirrel has almost no spring, and that is the point: it lays colour down softly and lets the water do the work. This is not a detail brush. For fine lines reach for the Paris, and for the shapes in between, the Florence. Rinse, reshape and dry them flat, and never leave them standing in water, and they will point for years.