The 5-Star Icon Watercolour Brush - Jackson's Art Blog

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Last updated 05 Jun 2024

Jackson’s Icon watercolour brushes are made from a blend of natural sable hairs, the traditional favourite of watercolour painters, and the new technology of a very special micro-synthetic fibre. This provides the artist with the combined benefits of great colour holding capacity, shape retention, and a longer-lasting brush. The frequent comments from artists praise their wonderful pointing ability, the balanced feel in the hand and the sensible price. These brushes consistently receive 5-star reviews. Jackson’s Icon Sable and Synthetic Mix watercolour brushes A mix of tradition and modern technology, Jackson’s Icon brushes represent the advancements of science combined with the classic needs of the traditional water colour artist. Natural sable hairs are mixed with a micro-synthetic fibre. The uniqueness of the micro-synthetic fibre is two fold. Firstly the fibres are treated to produce millions of tiny indentations. This increases the surface area of the hairs allowing a much greater colour holding capacity for the brush. The hairs are then treated with a special process that frees the micro-synthetic fibres of any static electricity which would make the brush fibres stick together. After which the hairs can smoothly and precisely react to any kind of stroke, either delicate or abrupt. The