Pro Arte Renaissance - Juego de pinceles redondos (pelo de marta)

The shaft of each brush is made from a single, highly endangered Australian Yellow Cedar. The tree trunk is gnawed to its heartwood by a team of carefully trained beavers and then taken down to final size by Amazonian Carpenter Ants, whereupon it is rubbed smooth on the inside of a lumberjack's thighs. Because Australian Cedar is highly toxic, the beavers and ants (and occasionally the lumberjack) die in the process, so the breeding and training must begin anew for each brush. It is then painted using the traditional Shawnee Indian technique of "nose-spray-painting" - a truly disgusting spectacle and for the love of god, don't stand too close to the Indian while he's working. The brush heads are formed from carefully selected pubic hairs from the Belgian Sable - thirteen of these near-extinct creatures are c@strated for each 000 brush. The hairs are then glued to the shaft using the Shawnee Indian brush-shaft-painters' residual nose excretions. Treasure these brushes for many have suffered to bring them to you... Seriously. these are beautiful art brushes, with lovely heads that are both stiff enough to hold their shape while painting but soft enough to make paint deposition smooth and streak free. I use them with acrylic paints for my aircraft model building and they work well. There's a decent range of head sizes provided from the very finest, suitable for painting 1/72 scale pilots' faces all the way up to a large brush head for painting wings and fuselages. Yes, they're expensive, but well worth it for the great results they give. Just don't hold them in your mouth like real painters do. If you've read this review then you know exactly where they've been...

Best set of sable brushes for the price! They hold great amounts of paint and are so lovely.

I purchased the Pro Arte Renaissance sable brushes specifically for fine minature painting. The brushes arrive well secured in a plastic wallet which is more than adequate for safe storage. Two of the larger brushes contain transparent tip protectors but unfortunately the three smaller brushes did not. Seeing as these are the more fragile brushes, it's a shame they do include tip protectors also. The first thing I noticied was the length of the brushes seem about an inch longer than regular brushes and have longer bristles also. I have not found this to be an issue and the brushes are well balanced, fitting the hand nicely. Construction appears to be of a high standard with a lovely dark green and gold finish. I am not sure what sable these brushes are, but they don't appear to be Kolinsky sable. At this price point I would not expect them to be either. The sable is of good quality though and the brushes hold paint well, keeping a fine point at all times. I have noticied that one brush did have a stray bristle which is a shame, but this was easily trimmed. For the price point these brushes appear to be good value. I have found them perfectly adequate and to perform well. Comparing these to other brushes I have, I would say they are the best value by a margin. My only preferred brushes are Winsor & Newton Series 7, but they are an unfair comparison due to the vast price difference. A great value brush set for both beginners and intermediate users.

Great little set. Use em with acrylics and use water and flow improver, and they lasted for almost 6 months among the others in my rotation. 😁

For someone who doesn't know anything about paint brushes they are excellent value for money they hold their shape after use and application is good they feel good too only downside is could have done with a size bigger than an 8s for a wash other than that great. ps. I realise a larger brush size would have been more expensive a good set to start out with.

I was a little disappointed when i opened the brushes to find that 3 of them didn't have the little plastic covers over the tip which meant they had been ruined during the delivery! However the brushes that did were perfect. I've only used them once so far and they are really nice to use, the biggest brush holds quite a lot of water which means it is great for water colours if you prefer a really wet mixture. They hold their shape after use very well too. They really are a nice set of brushes that need looking after it's a shame they weren't delivered with care!

Splashed out for these and have been really disappointed in the quality, especially their ability to hold water. Found some of my synthetic brushes much better. I won't be buying again

Lovely brushes, perfect for my watercolour use