EscodaVersatil 1549 Series Artist Watercolor and Acrylic Paint Brush, Short Handle, Rigger, Size 0

I was worried when I ordered such a fragile brush, a #2 rigger, for a couple reasons. I worried that it might get damaged in transit (as has happened to me before with other brushes), or that this rigger wouldn't be what I was looking for, but oh boy... it is better than I expected. The brush came with no issues, the point is excellent, great snap and it is quite thirsty, while keeping its point. This brush also releases the water and paint at a good pace so I could paint easily with the detailed thin lines I needed. Good grip on the brush and steady lines. Truly a joy to paint with.When testing using only one load of paint on the brush, it was enough for me to work on MANY tree branches and it just kept going and going, giving me thin lines and a bit thicker too, whichever I needed using only one brush. I was loving it!I have a few riggers of other sizes from other brands, but they didn't give me the thin brush strokes I needed and weren't the quality I was looking for. I recently got the Escoda versatil red travel kit and it quickly became my favorite go to "synthetic" brushes (and I have many different good brands of brushes). So after seeing that they also had a rigger I wanted to see if it would work for me. After testing this rigger, I would say this is the best out of all the others I have. Escoda is setting the bar so high! I wish I had known about this brand of brushes sooner, bc now all the other brushes I have pale in comparison. I love my new brush and see myself using it often. Highly recommend it!

I use synthetic brushes from several different brush manufacturers in my work. I'm am an artist and illustrator who frequently works with ink, watercolor and goauche. Recently, the Escoda Versatil has my favorite overall brush for watercolor and ink, as it just has this perfect balance between springiness and color carrying capacity. The performance is very close to that of a sable brush, but without the unnecessary animal cruelty and at a much more affordable price for the quality it provides. It's everything I want in a watercolor brush and nothing that I don't. Perfect!I use the rigger size 0 round I recently purchased on Amazon to paint long thin lines in some of my illustrations. It holds more paint than a short-tipped round of the same size, so I can make longer strokes before running out of paint. I tend to opt for shorter tipped rounds when working on fine details, but when I need longer strokes than they can provide, the rigger is my go-to. This is also an excellent brush choice when doing hand-lettering. That is a skill I am always working to develop and I think this brush makes that job easier for me. That's exactly what a good tool should do, right?I highly recommend the Escoda Versatil line for watercolor and ink painting (just ask me what I think of the travel brushes *drool*) and the size 0 rigger for painting long, fine strokes.As a side note, the Escoda Prado line is also excellent. It holds an excellent point (slightly better than the Versatil), at a trade-off of carrying a bit less paint. So, the Versatil brushes are usually my primary brushes, but I often mix in Prados when I'm painting fine details - something I do quite often.If you have any questions I can help answer, feel free to leave a comment below. :)

Love these brushes. Very good quality. Nicely packaged in a little leather case.

I also have the Escoda Optimo travel brush set which are real kolinsky but wanted a separate one to go inside my metal pocket palette for daily art journaling. This Versatil #8 fits perfectly in it and I won't feel precious about abusing natural hair brushes. Because in my humble opinion this doesn't replace natural kolinsky but it's great to use. It does have a great snap, keeps its point, and holds plenty of water but not quite as much as real kolinsky and it's not as soft (which for my purpose it's exactly what I need). It's also the most handsome looking brush on the market!!! Love how the bristles mimic the wood detail, and against the chrome- beautiful. It shouldn't matter what your art supplies look like, but I love the qualities and quality of this brush. In the photo the wood grain and bristles are a little darker in the photo than in reality. the paint strokes in the second photo are with Daniel Smith watercolors.

La casa Escoda, una empresa española que radica en Barcelona, ya tienen maestría en la realización de pinceles con cualidades increíbles. Yo lo utiliza para acuarelas pero este es muy versátil y puede usarse en acrílico o goache sin problemas. Un pincel de viaje sumamente necesario para el día a día o para una pintura rápida en una salida casual, de manera recreativa. Es la mejor opción del mercado, en especial la línea Versátil, para mi junto con Perla los mejores de la marca.

Expensive, slow to arrive, but worth it . Great line of brushes, made in Spain, wish I could afford to buy more.

No defrauda. Escoda es signo de calidad . Van muy bien y cómodos por tamaño y peso . Una bonita funda .

Pinceau d'excellente qualité, agréable à travailler. Arrivé rapidement et bien emballé.Merci beaucoup!

Quels pinceaux incroyables, précision, dureté, rétention d'eau et prise de couleur parfaite.