With the development of painting expressions, brushes have also evolved in a variety of evolution.
In particular, in Oriental Art, as you can see from the word "calligraphy", there are many cases where books (letters) and paintings (pictures) are expressed on one screen.
It was necessary to have various hair quality brushes, such as writing for writing, as well as brushes for painting, and brushes for blurring.
In the West, the lineage of brushes different from Oriental Art has been created after the rise of water -based paintings, the establishment of oil paintings, and the invention of tube paint.
Of course, what kind of brush do you use for? There are many combinations depending on the artist's ingenuity.
Oriental art brushes may be used for oil paintings, and on the contrary, it is possible to draw Aya ink using a brush for watercolor.
It was such a brush, but there were too many kinds and I was troubled to choose. Isn't that the case?
This time, we will introduce the picture brushes handled by this lab from the perspective of raw wool.
Which brush is suitable for your work as a material, not just the viewpoint of the Oriental/West? While searching for your favorite picture brushes and brushes.
The hair that is generally referred to as wool uses Chinese goat hair.
The hair quality is different from Japanese goats, and the more you use it, the more elastic you can use.
The quality of the hair is different depending on the body, the hair of the torso is soft, and the hair is very good.
The tail hair has a strong waist in wool.
It is often used mainly for brushes and calligraphy for Japanese development.
Flat brushes and brushes can also be used with oil paint and acrylic paints, and there are flat brushes specialized in design applications.
Use only itachi tail hair.
It is brown hair, soft and stiff, and is also an ideal hair quality as a brush.
It is a tip, and the thin lines are written neatly, and it is used as paintings, documents, etc.
What is called Colin Ski is the highest quality and expensive hair in weasel hair.
It is made in Japan and China, and Japan is high quality and is mainly used for phase and hairbooks, but it is rare because it is rare.
The back hair is called a black raccoon, and the chest hair is called a white raccoon, and it can be used separately by brush because the hair is different.
The root of the hair is thin, and if you do not use it with the waist hair, it will be a weak brush.
The hair tips are thick, so you can draw a hard and sharp line by adding or cutting down the lower hair hair.
It is widely used as soft hair, such as oil painting brush and watercolor brush.
The fiber is thin and very soft, and the water content is the finest among natural hair.
It is mainly used for watercolor brushes and makeup brushes (teak, etc.).
It is mainly used for oil paintings with a unique hard hair with unique elasticity and durability.
Chinese products are high quality and mainstream.
There are many types of deer, and the hair quality varies depending on the region.
Because of the hard hair quality, it is often used for core and root lumbar hair because it lacks unity.
It has a good inclusion, has excellent elasticity, and has a bulge in the hair itself.
The species called Samba in the Southeast Asian region are the hardest hair quality of the raw wool, but cannot be imported because they were banned by the Washington Treaty.
Currently, the brushes that are being distributed are produced using the raw wool purchased before the treaty.
The hair quality is soft and the hair tips are slightly swollen, and if you include paint, the hair tips will be rounded, so it is also called ball hair.
In particular, white hair is the most expensive raw material because the amount is very high, but the amount is extremely small.
It has a characteristic not found in other hair quality, but it has a high degree of consumption and a short life.
It is relatively inexpensive because it has elasticity and can be mass -produced.
It is widely used as the spread of resin paints and is mainly used for acrylic paint.
With the improvement of the technology, the shape and surface processing of the hair are performed, and the inclusions and drawings that are close to natural hair are reproduced.
It is used not only for acrylic paint but also for oil painting and toll paint.
It is sometimes used as a substitute for what is no longer available in the Washington Treaty and Animal Protection Ordinance.
Art Materials Expert at PIGMENT TOKYO
Akira Oya
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.