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Taklon is the common name for a synthetic fiber used in artist-quality paint, makeup, shaving and pin stripe brushes.It is a smooth, soft, and somewhat fragile polyester derivative devoid of any protein component or allergen elements and is therefore used in the cosmetic industries as a "green," "vegan," "allergy free" or synthetic alternative to animal hair brushes.
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Natural hair, squirrel, badger or sable are used by watercolorists due to their superior ability to absorb and hold water. Soft hair brushes The best of these are made from kolinsky sable, other red sables, or miniver (Russian squirrel winter coat; tail) hair. Sabeline is ox hair dyed red to look like red sable and sometimes blended with it.
A small wolf-hair brush that is tapered to a fine point can deliver an even thin line of ink (much like a pen). A large wool brush (one variation called the 'big cloud') can hold a large volume of water and ink. When the big cloud brush rains down upon the paper, it delivers a graded swath of ink encompassing myriad shades of gray to black. [2 ...
The long hair brush are more keep to hold an ink than the short hair brushes as their length. So, it used for continuous long or short stroke line scripting such as Japanese traditional hiragana style by renmen (Japanese: 連綿). The hair of long hair brushes tend to be made by hard texture hair to keep their hair form, but there is a not one.
“Hrebinets’” (“Comb") - a brush stroke that begins with a heavier pressure and thick line, then finished with a lighter touch and thin line. So called because a series of such strokes look like a hair comb. “Zerniatko” (“Seed”) - a brush stroke that is the reverse of the “hrebinets’", with initial light and final heavy pressure.
"After the color image is established, the black silver-based image is dissolved away, leaving the color behind." #28 The Cathedral, Amsterdam, Holland Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company
In painting, it is a technique in which a paint brush that is very wet with solvent and holds a small load of paint or ink is applied to a wet or dry support such as paper or primed or raw canvas. The result is a smooth and uniform area that ideally lacks the appearance of brush strokes and is semi-transparent.