The usage methods of different types of oil painting brushes are diverse. Here are some common oil painting brushes and their usage methods:
Round-tipped oil painting brush
The tip of a round-tipped brush is round and pointed, making it suitable for dipping thin paint to draw fine lines and longer strokes.
The small round oil painting brush can be used for outlining. When used on the side, it can create a large area of blurred color halos. It can also be used in pointillist techniques.
Flat-head oil painting brush
Short flat-head oil painting brush: The brush is short, with the length and width of the brush head being approximately equal. It is used to dip in relatively thick paint to draw short and heavy strokes.
Long flat-head oil painting brush: The brush head is square, and the bristles are longer than those of short flat-head brushes. It has a strong adsorption capacity for pigments and is suitable for drawing longer strokes or thinner lines at the edges of paintings.
Flat-tipped pens can be used to create wide, trailing strokes. Rough lines can be drawn with a flat side. Rotating the pen body to use the brush in a dragging and sweeping style can result in uneven strokes of different thicknesses.
Hazel tip oil painting brush
The brush head of the hazelnut tip brush is a relatively flat oval shape, which can draw relatively round strokes.
Its shape determines that it can draw both thick and thin strokes. When depicting curvilinear brushstrokes, it is a more elegant and fluid brush.
Fan-shaped oil painting brush
The fan-shaped brush is flat and fan-shaped. It is a new type of specially made oil painting brush with sparse bristles.
It is used for light sweeping and brushing in wet painting techniques, or to soften overly distinct contours. Painters who like the thin painting technique often use this kind of brush. When using a fan-shaped pen to knead color, it must be kept clean; otherwise, it will hinder its dexterity.
Oil painting scraper
Although the scraper is not a traditional paintbrush, it is often used as a tool in oil painting creation.
It can be used for drawing and scraping out rich and diverse textures. It can also be used for color mixing. It can also be used to scrape off the wrongly drawn parts on the canvas.
Other special-shaped oil painting brushes
Bevel brush: The bevel design can reach narrow areas, such as the transition of shadows at the junctions of corners and the edges of still objects, which can enhance the accuracy of the geometric structure of the picture.
Waist pen: The soft bristle feature is suitable for blurring the boundaries of colors, such as the transition of light and shade on a person’s skin or the gradient effect of the setting sun. It achieves a natural blend through gentle sweeping.
Flower stand: Hard dispersed bristles are used for thick coating, allowing for the accumulation of thick pigments to create a relief texture, such as the representation of tree trunk texture or wave foam.
Maru pen: The “V” -shaped brush head can imitate leaf clusters, cloud edges or water wave patterns by touching or rotating the pen tip, making it suitable for the rapid shaping of natural elements in landscape paintings.