What brushes???

[Doremi Fasol Latido]

Any suggestions for decent sable brushes? Not interested in W&N as they're overpriced. Around £3 a piece is good for me.

I've used Creative Models brushes for quite a while but they've been out of stock of the ones I need for what seems like a couple of months, plus the last batch I ordered shockingly went to shit really quickly (a few were duds to begin with and a couple were fucked within a few hours of painting - not fucking impressed to see twenty odd quids worth of brushes pissed away in a couple of weeks!). Fell back on Em-4's brushes, not quite as good as the Creative ones (prior to the last lot!) and they're a little hit and miss at times. Burnt through those fucking quicker than expected too. Need something in stock and ready for despatch immediately, so Wayland can get fucked with their 3 to 9 day bollocks. I think Rosemary and Co. might have been mentioned in the past but I'm not sure which series of brushes.

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Rosemary & Co's Series 33

[Skipp]

I use (and would recommend) W&N artists watercolours sables, seem to be fairly long lasting, I think they cost about 3 quid in the range...

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Keep meaning to try the 323s as well...

[OrlandotheTechnicoloured]

Rosemary & Co Series 33 if you want proper Kolinsky(?) Sables

Series 98 if you're always dropping your brush as they've got triangular 'no roll' handles (they are 'just' red sable though)

[Duff]

I've been using the Rosemary 33s recently and found them to be of a similar quality to the W&N Series 7s.

[Skipp]

Factoid - rosemary & co are based in Keighley, as is Timothy tailors.. You'd think that was evidence of it being a great little town, but no it's still a bit of a shithole...

[mr tough guy]

On a related note, how are your experiences with buying brushes online? I've always bought brushes in a brick and mortar shop as I tend want to at least see the brush before I buy, as I found with new brushes in stores there's always a few that don't look so good, split ends and stuff even if they're new. But the place I used to buy brushes is gone, and it's probably easier to get a decent brush online. So what do you guys do?

[freakinacage]

Dunno what line but another vote for Rosemary and Co. Superb quality and great service. They don't have as much spring as the w+n imo but for about half the price....

[Pablo Spandangle]

And another vote. Though if you're tempted to be a cheapskate and buy the 401 sable/synthetic blend, I found mine curled at the tip really quickly. The 33s are great though and no probs ordering online in terms of quality.