Watercolour Paint Brushes

Uncover our range of Watercolour Brushes at Discount Art & Craft Warehouse. Spend more time creating by finding the right Watercolour Brushes you need at discounted prices!

We believe that art should be accessible and available to everyone within every budget. Whether you are a professional or a beginner, we aim to provide you with exactly what you need! We stock a wide range of Watercolour Brushes from the biggest art brands around including Derwent, Reeves, Winsor & Newton, Faber-Castell, Art Spectrum, Copic, Matisse and many more.

 

Neef 987 Shader Short Flat Brush

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $6.80

The Neef 987 Shader Short Flat Paint Brush has a flat ferrule with square, synthetic hair. Ideal for blocking in colour, shading, blending and highlights, the Neef 987 Shader Short Flat Paint Brush is suitable for use with most mediums.

 

Neef 990 Robert Wade Liner Brush

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $7.05

The Neef 990 Robert Wade Liner Paint Brush is a long-haired round tip synthetic paint brush, ideal for delicate lettering, highlighting, outlining and long continuous strokes. This paint brush is suitable for use with watercolour, inks and decorative & sign paints, the Neef 990 Robert Wade Liner Paint Brush possesses large color-carrying capacity.

 

Neef 995 Angle Shader Brush

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $7.65

The Neef 995 Angle Shader Paint Brush is a flat-ferruled synthetic paint brush featuring an angled top edge. Predominately used in decorative painting, the Neef 995 Angle Shader Paint Brush is ideal for blending and floating colour. This paint brush is also useful for precise strokes, lines and curves with watercolour and acrylic paints.

 

Neef Camel Oval Wash Brush

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $16.40

The Neef Camel Oval Wash Paint Brush has rounded hairs and flat ferrules to produce a soft edge, with no point. Ideal for use with watercolour. The Neef Camel Oval Wash Paint Brush is perfect for the artist looking to lay in large areas of water or colour, wet the surface or absorb excess media.

 

Pentel Aqua Flow Brush

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $8.45

The Pentel Aqua Flow Paint Brush features a flexible nylon tip which has been specially treated to absorb and hold ink for longer lasting strokes.

Fill your Pentel Aqua Flow Paint Brush with water, coloured inks and water soluble paints to create watercolour effects on almost any surface.

 

Reeves Assorted Acrylic Brush Packs

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $12.50

Reeves Assorted Acrylic Paint Brush Packs are ideal for use with Acrylic paint, but can also be used with other waterbased media like watercolour, gouache or ink. Great value sets.

The sizes/shapes in each set are:

Pack 4 Short Handle: Round No.1 and No. 5, Flat No. 10, Filbert No. 3
Pack 4 Long Handle: Flat No. 6, Filbert No. 3, Round No. 2 and No.6
Pack 7 Short Handle: Round No. 2, No. 3, No. 6, Flat No. 1, No. 4, Filbert No .4, Flat No. 10"

 

Reeves Mixed Media Brush Sets

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $20.40

Reeves Mixed Media Brush Sets contain a good selection of shapes and sizes to work with many media. The hog brushes are best used with oil or acrylic paint and the synthetic brushes are ideal for watercolour, gouache or ink work.

Assorted Brush Set 10 contains: Synthetic Round No. 3 and No. 6, Flat No. 6, Hog Round No. 2, Flat No. 8 and No. 10, Filbert No. 4 x 2, 30mm Falter.
Synthetic Brush Set 2 contains: 1.5" and 2" Flat brushes.
Synthetic Spalter 3 Pack contains: 0.5", 1" and 2"
Hog Spalter 3 Pack contains: 0.5", 1" and 2""

 

Reeves Watercolour Brush Sets

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $14.55

Reeves Watercolour Brush Sets contain a good mix of round and flat golden synthetic brushes in assorted sizes. Ideal for use with most water based media, including watercolour, acrylic, gouache, ink and more.

Pack 4 Short Handle contains: Round No.1 and 6, Flat No. 4 and No. 8.

Pack 7 Short Handle contains: Round No. 2, No. 4, No. 6, Flat No. 2, No.6, No.10, Filbert No. 4

 

Micador For Artists Achiever Flat Taklon Brushes

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $11.05

Micador For Artists Achiever Flat Taklon Brushes are student quality flat white taklon short handle brushes great for laying down and filling in colour.

Micador For Artists Achiever Flat Taklon Brushes are suitable for use to apply a wide range of media including watercolour, acrylic, gouache and ink.

 

Micador For Artists Achiever Round Taklon Brushes

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $4.35

Micador For Artists Achiever Round Taklon Brushes are student quality flat white taklon short handle brushes.

Micador For Artists Achiever Round Taklon Brushes are suitable for use to apply a wide range of media including watercolour, acrylic, gouache and ink.

 

Micador For Artists Purity Sable Brushes

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $11.25

The Micador For Artists Purity Sable Paint Brush range provides superb moisture holding capacity due to the natural scaling of pure Kolinsky sable hair.

These paint brushes are hand made and layered to the perfect shape, the hair returns to a point after each mark is made making the Micador For Artists Purity Sable Paint Brush one of the finest watercolour brushes.

 

Winsor & Newton Artists' Watercolour Sable One Stroke Brushes

Watercolour Brushes

FROM $55.80

Winsor & Newton Artists' Watercolour Sable One Stroke Brushes is a short flat watercolour brush, perfect for edges and shapes or applying washes.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Watercolour Sable Brushes are hand-made, with each brush constructed using the finest Kolinsky sable hair and birchwood handles. Due to the strength, spring and snap (ability to retain shape), of Winsor & Newton Artists' Watercolour Sable Brushes, they are highly regarded by watercolour artists.

FAQs about Watercolour Paint Brushes

Want to clean your watercolour brushes? This is how you can do it!

Due to the nature of watercolour paint, it is generally quite a bit easier to clean watercolour brushes compared to other types of paint.

Step 1 - Clean the watercolour brush as you go

All you need to do it swish your brush in a jar of water between washes as you are painting. You can even use a holder to keep the brush bristles out of the water when not you are not using it.

Step 2 - Dry bristles with a cloth

Using a cloth or some paper towels, dry off the watercolour brush to get rid of any extra water.

Step 3 - Reshape the watercolor brush bristles as you like

Before you store them away, make sure you are forming your ideal point with your fingers. 

The short answer is, yes, you can safely use watercolour brushes with acrylic paint. However, it's important to keep in mind that acrylic paint is harsher on paintbrushes compared to watercolours. This means the paint brush being used should be synthetic rather than natural to avoid any possible damage to the brush.

The best paintbrushes for watercolour painting are natural haired brushes. But, to be even more specific, sable hair brushes are regarded the best for this field of painting. These brush hairs are generally sourced from sables (a species from north Asia) or weasels. Sable brushes can maintain their shape and texture for years when well cared for.

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