golden maple Artist Paint Brush for Acrylic Watercolor Oil Painting. (Travel Paint Brush)

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It has taken me a bit to get around to trying these travel brushes. OMG! I am completely impressed. For inexpensive travel brushes, they are as good as my more expensive Princeton watercolor brushes. They have a fantastic fine tip point, that keeps its shape and the bristles are flexible but spring back nicely. I love these! I have a couple sets for my travel kits. I have multiple travel watercolor kits for different travel situations and location. I can’t recommend these travel brushes enough. I added one set to my regular stash of brushes for everyday painting. They are my new favorite brushes.

These are literally my all-time favourite paintbrushes. I use them every single day. They are part of my watercolour kit. I love how they collapse into itself making it super easy to travel. I toss the garbage because it’s pointless for me, but the paintbrushes themselves are amazing. I wish they had more sizes.

I got these brushes for travel, but I have been using them at home almost exclusively since I got them. I'm very happy with the quality especially for the price. If you have used golden taclon brushes or something similar for watercolor, than you will know what to expect from these. They have a nice sharp point and hold a decent amount of water. They are not a replacement for a thirsty squirrel brush, but they are not meant to be. If you are looking for something to throw in your travel bag that takes up less space than a regular sized brush, and you don't want to worry about the bristles being destroyed... These are fantastic. There were a few hairs that stuck out on one of the brushes when I got them, but I just trimmed them off. Not sure if that is how you are supposed to handle that or not but it worked for me. If they were more expensive, or from a big name maker I would have been upset about the stray hairs, but as these were under $20... I'm quite happy. There is one brush that when assembled in just the right way has a bit of wiggle to it. All I have to do is twist the cap on the handle a bit and it becomes perfectly stable. Again, not bothersome enough to complain and the only reason I'm mentioning it is because I have seen some reviews where people have had trouble with this. I included a photo to show these brushes (silver handle) next to the Princeton Neptune brushes (copper handle) I purchased at the same time. The picture with the dots on it has been done with the Golden Maple brushes only, and the other 2 have been a combination of both brushes.

As a beginner, I don't have the experience to judge the quality and precision of the hair but they've done well with everything that I've asked of them. They are easy to maintain, hold a predictable amount of pigment/water and flow smoothly. After a bit of trial and error I was able to get precise lines, the way I wanted. However, as others have stated, the handles don't stay on and wiggle while you're painting, which is very annoying when you're trying to be steady. Once the handle came right off and caused a blooper on my painting. For this reason, I'd put the build quality of the overall product at 3/5. Buyer beware!