Paintbrush Tip
The paintbrush in this picture is a small width flat out that I carry around religiously in my backpack. 6/32" (0.1875") wide, this brush is used for filling small places and is often used with similarly sized detail brushes. The texture is extremely soft and silkily, working best with smoother paints such as oils or watercolors. This very tips of the brush fan out a bit from long use as also apparent with the plier marks from tightening the fiber holding ferrule. The wear and tear from it being loose in the backpack is apparent in every aspect of this picture.
However, this doesn't show the extent of the bristle condition. Once we zoomed in the image even farther than this than the above a lot more became apparent to me.
Many small pieces of dust had attached themselves to individual fibers. As with all brushes, residual paint colored the base. Looking at the line going straight down you can find traces of black paint stain from oil paint, burnt sienna acrylic (a slightly unsaturated yellow orange), and tiny bits of gray. In addition to that, there is a small splotch of linseed oil near the middle bottom of the image that appears red tinged on the orange fibers. Looking at individual bristles you can also see how each and everyone of them are not completely solid but actually have a semi translucent appearance showing the edges more than anything else.
It was amazing to see the detail of an instrument that has so much daily use in my life.
Thank you!
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