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It's an oval-shaped brush particularly effective in blending work which is figurative sort e.g. animal or human portrait. Due to smooth edges, it gives a very clean and versatile look.
It's very easy to complete the entire painting using a filbert brush. It is available in various sizes. Nothing beats this brush be it straight edges, round edges, shading or highlighting Its a must-have in every artist studio.
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It has tapered edges and oval top which makes it easy to give shapes and leave soft edges while outlining or blocking colors in figurative artwork.
We can double-load the filbert brush as in, having separate color on oval top and different color on edges, its a trick for highlighting.
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