One thing that wasn’t mentioned about cleaning brushes is to use cool water, warm or hot water can melt the glues in the ferrules and you can loose bristles over time and ruin the brush.

I truly appreciate the education on brushes that you’ve provided for us today. There was one thing you said that was of great help to me…”It to me a lot of years” in sorting out what you like and your style (my wording with yours). We watch edited videos so not always seeing the full process and I for one have had to remind myself that it takes the artist I’m watching much longer, as a rule, in painting something very nice and finished. I’ve been painting with watercolors now for over six years and I still consider myself a newbie😊

Hey Sarah! Just wanted to let you know how happy I am with the subscription boxes. I hesitated in signing up because we're trying to save money these days; but, the quality of all of the included products is great, and the video content is just incredible!! Can't believe how much I've learned in just the first three months!! Well worth the investment!!

It’s so easy to go monkey brain and just try to do everything with just one or two brushes. (You know, just holding on to what’s in my hand lol.) This is a great reminder of the possibilities! Thanks!

Hi there! I was painting for a couple of years (watercolor) and then life prevented me from painting for the last 2 years. Now my mother gifted me a Caran D'Ache Gouache set and I start painting again. And I thought 'watch some brush video's to get back the vibe'. I painted along side your video, and had a lot of fun. Thank you for your amazing videos! ☺🤗

Thank you Sarah, that was so helpful and clear! I've really struggled to find brushes I like and the 2 brushes of yours I now have are absolutely perfect. I'm definitely going to be looking after them very carefully.

Great video! For me, my favorite brushes are quill mops for watercolor and long flats for gouache. I haven't found any super weird brushes yet, but I haven't quite figured out fans yet. One day!

i can hardly wait for my first subscription box to arrive! I think my fave brush is the flat. I am really looking forward to learning how to use the other brushes you have in your sub box.

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, much appreciated. Looking forward to more. (You voice tone and speed are calming, thank you for that. Some are unbearable, like last one I watched . Lol )

I keep trying to make friends with my dagger brushes 🥴. I used my angle brushes for adding shadows mostly. Funny you didn’t like the comb brush- I love it for painting fur. I bought a quill brush that I think is mostly meant for lettering but I love it for everything- it can make super thin lines, thick lines, it holds a ton of paint or water, I have painted entire paintings with this one quill brush! Thank you for posting such great content- I always look forward to your videos!

This was a very helpful video! Watercolor intimidates me, but I’m excited to learn.

Perfect timing, I was just playing with all my brushes yesterday like this to see which ones did what. I found a hog hair? Stencil brush that makes great marks for foliage and love using a dip pen for fine lines in watercolour.

Thanks so much for your great explanations and demos! I do have a unique brush I bought quite a while back... In the 70s, when I was a teenager learning how to paint, I spent what was a LOT of my babysitting money ($15) on a small paintbrush... I can't remember if it was a size 0 or 1 round. It was made of white ermine hair. I don't even think you can find those anymore! I took AMAZING care of that paintbrush and it lasted for years, although I eventually did have to toss it. I wish I'd kept it just for the memory of it! lol! I think $15 then is around $100 now!

Love your brushes!!! Wish I could do your subscription boxes but currently on a newly retired budget from hell low/no buy. Brush story. This week have been acrylic painting and noticed a long handle brush which I ended up LOVING. Soft... great shape/size. But after a few days I noticed it was showing some wear n breakage on lower edges. Decided to buy another only to discover it was like a $28 sable brush. Mew mew. Not replacing. Good gracious. Very nice but ... 😮

Hi Sarah, I just discovered your channel today. Your artwork is beautiful and inspiring. I love the way you use colour and your creamy blues and washes of magenta hue choices are my style too! I'm in the process of learning, at what is the very beginning it feels like. As you gain knowledge the more and more you realize there is to learn 😅 Mostly watercolour. I like the idea of mixed media and also have qouache I want to become good friends with. This video of yours on brushes is exactly what I need. It's fun to have versatile brushes in your arsenal like the round type. Also, I think it could be fun to try some of those very specific brush types to make easier work of some techniques. I'm going to go play with the various types I have and learn more about them through exploration! Thanks for the inspiration, Sarah!

I look forward to collecting all the brushes in the gouache boxes!

I am so excited for the subscription boxes as well replenishing my brushes!

Yay!!! I’m so grateful for my weekly dose of Sarah knowledge 🤲🏽😁 I love learning more about brushes, thank you!!

Great video Sarah!! Impatiently waiting for the gouache boxes to start!!

I have a set of five 'special effects' brushes. After playing with them for an afternoon, I went back to my usual set of three: 1 inch flat, size 8 round, and a rigger.

i enthusiastically await my first Sarah Burns Box! 💕🎶💃🏻🎶💕

I ordered the monthly kit, I’m excited for all the new brushes that will come with them every month, but especially the dagger and cat tongue brushes since I’ve been wanting to try them for a while, and not only will I get to try them but I assume that the painting we do that month will use them in some way so I can get used to them right away! I think this is the first time I’ve ever commented but I’ve been watching your channel for a long while now and I cannot wait to get my first kit in the mail! Thank you for putting everything together and for the 12 tutorials to come!

All the brushes look great, I can't wait to start getting the subscription boxes! I have your original brush set from Craftamo and I love them. They are perfect for gouache and there are no other brushes like them. 😊

Thank you for the brush toturial. This is worth seeing again.

Your idea of the boxed set w tutorial is just fantastic. I don't know of anyone else doing this. Perfect for anyone who wants to get started in a medium (like gouache) that's new to them. BRAVO!

Thanks for sharing all the different kinds of brushes that’s going to be available in your subscription boxes. It’s nice to see how they perform with each having a different shape. Got a better idea now. I have your original set of brushes and love them.

Thank you Sarah, I look forward to playing and learning lots with these with the monthly box :)

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

I appreciate your video explaining the uses for each type of brush.

Another useful and insightful treasure trove of great brush info - thank you, Sarah! It really is a journey to find tools that we love and that make our art easier (and more fun) to do. Luckily, we now have your help 👏😉✨ and you’re definitely making my art journey more fun! ❤

Ever since I saw Liz Steel using only a dagger brush for her plein air sketches, I’ve been using one in my kit. I think it’s a really versatile brush and she was so right, it’s such a good choice if you only bring one brush with you.

It was interesting hearing about how to use all the different brushes. I am excited to start getting my subscription boxes next year!

Thankyou for the brush cleaning tips and explaining the different brush types. Great video

Thanks Sarah, really helpful vid, they’re in my wish list 😊

You're brushes are so pretty! Great information!

I can't wait to have a play with these when they arrive next year. Thank you for showing us how to care for them too. I'll have to get some brush cleaner.

This shows me how much I need to start using more brushes than my rounds. That is one thing I am looking forward to with your gouache subscription box is learning more about using the other brushes.

I am pretty good at taking care of the material, so when I found what kind of brush/brushes I like the most I get one little expensive, but it doesn’t have to be the most expensive either. I wanna buy 2-3 of them at the time that I buy them in a different sizes (one smaller and one bigger and a mop brush, in the same brand those that accidently was in water too long got some tape around it and I used it for masking tape with sopa on first. I also use it for white ink splashes.

Recently found your channel and really appreciate all your detail and dedication to making such high quality teaching materials!

My favorite brushes are the flat brushes. I am really enjoying your brush set from Craftamo. I hope you can release some more brush sets in the future!

I needed this is info! Thank you 😀

fantastic video, really useful for beginners ❤❤❤

Thanks Sarah can’t wait to try them out!!

Love everything you do ❤

Thanks for sharing about the variety of brushes! I might have to try some of the more interesting brushes like the dagger!

Great information, thanks!

This helps people decide what brush would be best for them. Thank you Sarah

Flats and angles for me! Nice to see all of your brushes Sarah 🤩

Thanks for this great video. In watercolor class few years ago we used a angled shape brush to create a bit of highlight where needed by removing easily pigment with just the wet brush

I love the look of your brushes. Congratulations on your subscription boxes. Hopefully after Christmas ♥️

This is helpful information and it was fascinating to see how the different brushes act on the paper and the paint. The only brush I don't quite know is the cat's tongue brush and I'm interested on trying it.

Great video! I just found squirrel hair brushes and am loving them! Other than that, my fave brush is a cat’s tongue shaped sable. They are extremely versatile and make such great shapes. I’ve never used a dagger, but after watching this I’m going to get one and try it out. Thanks again!

Nice brushes thank you for going over the purpose of each brush. Years ago, I found a good way and a cheap way to clean your brushes and that is a bar of original Ivory soap and it reminds me of the product you just used because the paint comes out on the soap and it works really well. Thank you for sharing your videos

Great & informative video! Thank you😊my favorite brush is the long flat😊but as your new brushes come in the subscription boxes I look forward to experimenting with them!😊

Hi Sarah! This video was so useful, I've saved it in a playlist to refer to it in the future :). The grass brush is the weirdest brush I've ever used as well, I actually still use it from time to time to paint fur without having to paint each individual hair. For that I find it quite useful! Lots of love

so looking forward to the box!!! Thanks for this video.

An excellent demonstration Sarah. Thank you so much. God Bless

Thoughtful review Sarah. Thanks

The right brush is Important, so thank you for this video. I was painting a few nights ago, upstairs in my house instead of downstairs in my studio. Mainly because my husband was out of town and I didn’t want to leave the pups alone (one is a senior and has a hard time with stairs). I only brought up 2 brushes and quickly found out that I needed a different one. I was too lazy to go back downstairs and thought I could just make it work. Well I ended up struggling with the brush I had and even though it all worked out, I could’ve saved myself some time if I had just gone to get the right dang brush. 😂 lesson learned.

Really helpful! Thank you so much.❤

This video was so insightful! I didn't realize how some of these could be used until I saw this and it made so much sense! Thank you so much for sharing this ;w; 🖤💜💙💚💛🧡❤💖🌈

These brushes look so nice! :D Some of my favorite brushes for watercolor is the Silver Black Velvet round brushes. They are just so versatile, often I only use one size for a full painting!

Thanks Sarah. Loved this video ❤

Thanks. Great information!

This is good information to know. Thanks for sharing.

Very good video on brushes and their care.

That was such a great explanation of the types of brushes, especially some I was curious about like the rigger and the cat’s tongue. Thanks for all the education you provide. It is very much appreciated. I’m so sad to have missed your subscription boxes. Do you think you’ll be repeating them or creating new ones?

I love your Craftamo brush set, it's my go to every time. ❤

Great information, thank you

Thanks for another fun video

I’m new to gouache and learning a lot from your videos. I also just ordered your 7 brush set and can’t wait to play!

Very informative. Thank you so much for the education.

Hi Sarah...this video was SO informative...you make it look effortless...thank you❤

Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience! Helpful overview.

🙏 Love your style and how you paint it!

i love to illuminate lettering (for calligraphy) and thanks to you, I now have added the rigger brush. Faithful subscriber!

Fab video, I love the versatile mop brushes personally.

I ordered your brushes. Can’t wait to try them. 🤗

What a wonderful first class as I await my first kit! I absolutely had no idea how to hold or move a paint brush and was astonished by how limitless the brushes are - and then the application of color! Truly amazing to watch the paint move and transform - thank you Sarah for this tutorial! I can't wait to get started! Leah (aka Lynn)

I cannot wait to get all these brushes in the monthly boxes !!!

Just got your Gouache brush set - I am very happy... can´t wait to explore all of them - wohoo!

daggers are my fave! i have some really soft ones, and i love the spontaneous, organic marks

round,rigger,flat , dagger,fan brushes, water brushes for outside paintings are my favourites and thanks for the brush technique on teaching me what I should know, my tables need a good cleaning so I can find some room.

Really helpful video.

I love using the round brush. Your videos have helped me learn how to have fun and play again when it comes to art!

Cat tongue, dagger are my favs

Congratulations on the art boxes. I’m sure they will be jam packed with priceless knowledge. 💪😎 As for the brush of choice 🤔 a nice chonky round mop with a good point 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you great tips !

15:38 Just got the first gouache box set. Tried the flat brush with quin red and developed a mad crush on both. Haven't used gouache before. It's so smooth, creamy, and omg vibrant. Don't know if it's the paint, the texture, or brush, but it feels like I have much more control of what I'm doing.

Thanks Sarah! I always appreciate your videos: logical but also inspired/inspiring! I don't know why, but I have better control with angled brushes than with flats - maybe because I'm left-handed? I know, that doesn't make sense, but it seems to be true: much easier for me to lay down a flat wash and make consistent gradients (I just do watercolor, not gouache - yet!) with an angled brush. I also wanted to share my DIY brush drying system: I took an old clamp-style pants hanger, and added some non-slip foam on the inside of each slat of the clamp. After cleaning my brushes, I put the tips of the handles between the padded slats, close and fasten the hanger, then hang it on a nail or hook or whatever's convenient. The brushes dry with the bristles hanging straight down: no bent bristles, and the water's draining away from the ferrule. LOL, I know, silly, right? But as a beginning hobbyist, I want to keep my brushes nice without spending $$ on one of the fancy drying racks. I guess it's a different kind of creativity!😄

Oh, thanks for that. Great video about brushes. I just bought some cheapo ones to practice with. I think there's one of those you mentioned at the end in there. Haven't tried that one yet. Looking forward to your next video. Take care. 🥰

Hi! I found your video to be very informative, yet in a laid-back manner, easy to absorb. Gouache is new to me, and my soft watercolor brushes aren’t working the way I’d like. I’m ready to give your brushes a dip into my gouache! Thanks for all the info. 😊

great information!

Congrats. Watching you grow since you were on 1fw. Happy you have found your grove. Also now because of you I have to make it out to Scotland and do some painting.

I like my #12 and #6 round brushes the most. Thanks for the video!

Hello Sarah, thank you so much for all the videos you do, especially when you are out and about plein air painting in the Highlands and forests of Scotland. Just love those videos. But this one was really great too. Your assessment of all your favourite brushes was superb. I did enjoy it. We do not have a teacher for our art group now as our original teacher retired with ill health. We all watch art videos and bring the expertise of professional artists like yourself to our group and share our researches. My favourite brushes are the Winsor and Newton professional pointed round brushes. They hold large amounts of water/paint and have a long fine and delicate point, all real sable hairs. Had my set for years and with care, they will last me out. Kind regards, Kathy Moffat.

Great videos Sarah, the last brush you showed us at the end is a "Rake brush" they require a bit of experimenting to get the right paint consistency and pressure ect but they work well for grass and fur, def worth giving it another try- if you find it again lol

Thanks, Sarah!

Short useful video. I have most of the types you covered, except the filbert and the fan brushes. Thanks for the tips on washing them out. I worry that gouache will wreck my watercolor brushes, so wash them after each gouache session@

Really good video it helps👍