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Brushes for Drybrushing
Bribo
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Louisiana, United States
Joined: May 05, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 10:12 AM UTC
What type of brushes do you use to drybrush? I tried drybrushing for the first time today, using my 3/0 red sable brush, but the results were poor. Just wondered what type of brush most people use.

Thanks.
dioman
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: June 06, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 11:22 PM UTC
I use a selection of flat brushes.....round don't work so well I find....I have narrow ones up to quite wide all for different purposes.
scoccia
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Milano, Italy
Joined: September 02, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 02:03 AM UTC
The same as Grant, but some times I use to "round the side edges of the flat brushes to have better control of the results.
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viper29_ca
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New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: October 18, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 05:28 AM UTC
Has anyone tried the special "drybrushing" brushes from Micro-Mark? Was just wondering if they were any better for drybrushing than normal flat brushes....or if they were worht the money!!
Bribo
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Louisiana, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 10:46 AM UTC
That's kind of what I was wondering also. Are those the best brushes to use, or are there some others that will work just as well?
Grifter
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: November 17, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 01:23 PM UTC
I use a trio of flat #6, 4, and 2 brushes...not expensive ones, maybe $2 each. The bristles are brown, i'm not sure if they're sable or not, but they work great.
Bribo
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Louisiana, United States
Joined: May 05, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 02:10 PM UTC
Thanks for your replies, i think I'll hit the art supply staore tomorrwo and see what I can find. Thanks again.
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