Water Brush Comparison and Review By request I am comparing 8 different brands of waterbrushes. Please note that I recommend waterbrushes for travel sketching. I think you can get better brushes for your money for in studeo work that are not waterbrushes but for times when it is inconvienient to have a bucket of rinse water nearby they are a great option!

Here are the brands I will demo:

Caran D'ache $8$10 each http://www.jerrysartarama.com/carand...

Koi $7.50 each http://shrsl.com/?dw1n or it comes in the Koi watercolor pocket box that I use en plein air painting: http://hallmarkscrapbook.com/products... This brand offers the most compact brushes, including really short mini brushes. Don't throw away the black stopper that comes with these because you can use it to plug the wayrt in the handle if you want to take aprart the brush for compact travel storage.

Niji $7 http://hallmarkscrapbook.com/products... or http://shrsl.com/?dw1l These were the first waterbrushes I owned and they are going strong after 15 years of frequent use. I think they were the first to make a waterbrush and probably have inmproved in technology over the years. A tried and true brand.

Prima Round (2/$8) http://hallmarkscrapbook.com/products... or http://shrsl.com/?dw1p and Flat (3/$10)

Aqua Stroke (4/$12 3 rounds 1 flat) http://www.jerrysartarama.com/aquastr... I have used these for years too, they are fine but the barells are harder to squeese and would be hard for people with arthritis or other strength issues.

Mudder (6/$12 3 flats, 3 rounds) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Royal (3/$5 rounds)*I do not recommend these brushes as waterbrushes, they do not have a regulator inside so it is hard to control the water coming out and it tends to suck paint back into the barell making the paint water dirty. I use these to make DIY glitter pens    • DIY GLITTER Pens {Homemade "Wink" of ...  

Generic (Came in Jerry Q art kit)

There are other brands I do not have that other artists have recommended but I can't personally recommend because I have not used them:
Tim Holtz/ Ranger has a round detailer $10 http://shrsl.com/?dw1j and flat $12 http://shrsl.com/?dw1k
Derwent
Pentel Aquawash http://shrsl.com/?dw1m
If you have a reccomendation let me know in the comments!

Bottom line, other than the Royal water brushed (which I do not recommend) I found that most of them preformed about the same with no big advatages over the rest other than price so see what you can fine and that is affordable and have fun!

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They are both wonderful & amazing companies though:)

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