Got my brushes in the mail today and am I pleased! They paint like a dream and were so reasonable in cost. It’s an irony of the global marketplace: how is it that I can purchase handmade sable brushes from England at a lower price (far lower shipping costs) than I can here in the States? Go figure.  (BTW, it took about a week to receive my brushes, from emailing the order to opening up my mailbox.)

In any case, I urge you to take a look at Rosemary.com and try her brushes for yourself. You have little, if anything to lose.

I got an 8 and 10 series 99 pure sable rounds (though not Kilinsky) for about $12.50 and $28.00 respectively. And a 1/4″ and 1/2″ pure sable one-strokes (not Kilinsky) for about $7.40 and $24.80 respectively. Shipping direct to me from England: $4.00. Total cost for four pure sable brushes including shipping, $76.42. Pretty decent value.

Of course, the best part is that the brushes are marvelous. Hard to explain the difference between painting with sable and synthetic. You’ve got to try it for yourself. But I’ll mention that when I mixed a good puddle of color and pushed each brush down for a nice wide stroke, the #10 synthetic stroke was about 3/8″ wide whereas the #10 sable spread out to a delicious 3/4″–I’m not kidding! And smooth as glass to boot. I’m sold, as you can tell.

Of course, now I wish that I had purchased several more of Rosemary’s brushes, but patience, patience. Besides additional sables, I definitely am going to try her specialty rotary tree brush (synthetic, it appears), because I have the dangdest time painting good trees, and this looks to be the ticket. Two sizes at about $20 and $26 apiece.

Catch you later cause I’m going painting!

Lane