>I'm new to this site and
>forum. I am also trying
>to learn the fresco technique.
>I am intrested in this
>product. Where can I get
>it. Also not on this
>subject but I have tried
>to follow up on the
>supply information suggested on this
>site and cannot find out
>about brushes. What ones withstand
>the lime? Will synthetics work?
>
>
>Thanks, Abby
Hi Abby,
You need long soft bristles and camel hair or squirrel for fine detail size 01-03 thise should be rather short. Long or larger size camels/squirrelswill not spring back so you will have hard time painting, long bristles will soften in lime and will work almost as sables in watercolor. You can experiment with Synthetics, but i think they will curl. I use traditional fresco brush set and never needed to change, unfortunately traditional fresco brushes are not sold in US (narrow market - fresco brushes are useless for other mediums) TrueFresco.com will eventually offer them through the site after planned big update of the technique section.
For the moment get youself some long filberts also cheap chinese bristle brushes work exeptionaly good(perfect soft bristles), unfortunately these are short brushes and best to be used on small panels.
ilia
PS. You should move this question (start Fresco Brushes topic) to Fresco Painting forum - some fresco artists, contributing to this forum will not find it here.
this is a sample of traditional fresco brush that I use
