Specialist brushes are designed for specific techniques and marks that a standard round or flat simply can't replicate. Each shape has a distinct purpose, and having the right one to hand makes a real difference to the quality and efficiency of your work.

This collection includes:

  • Rigger & liner brushes — long, fine-tipped brushes that hold a generous reservoir of colour and release it slowly and evenly, ideal for continuous flowing lines, rigging, fine branches, and lettering
  • Sword liner & script brushes — angled or curved fine-tipped brushes for calligraphic strokes, scrollwork, and expressive linework
  • One stroke brushes — wide flat brushes designed to lay down a clean, even band of colour in a single pass, popular in decorative painting and signwriting
  • Signwriter brushes — long-haired flats and rounds built for the precision and paint-holding capacity needed for lettering and sign painting
  • Ox writer & designer brushes — longer, more tapered rounds for illustration work, fine detail, and any technique requiring a sustained fine point
  • Spotting & miniature brushes — very short, fine-tipped brushes for the smallest detail work, touching in highlights, and miniature painting

Brands include Pro Arte, Winsor & Newton, and Daler-Rowney, suitable for watercolour, oil, acrylic, and ink.