The Brush

When oil painting, bristle brushes are usually preferred rather than fine hair brushes.

Bristle brushes distribute the oil paint more evenly, whereas fine hair brushes are better suited for fine details in the picture.  

Basically, to achieve a more intense structure, results are best achieved with short bristle brushes than with longer bristle brushes.

If you are a beginner, you will only need a small number of different paintbrushes to start with. Pay attention to the quality of the brushes and consider spending a bit more money: nothing is worse than finding bristles which have been shed into the painting.

We recommend you have the following paint brushes within your basic equipment:
1. Fan-shaped paint brush
2. Level paint brush
3. Round paint brush

To clean the paint brushes you will need turpentine (ideally it would be an odour-free turpentine) 

Finally you will need paper cloths and curd soap to clean the paint brushes, an apron and two glasses.

One glass will be used to store the paintbrushes, the other glass for the turpentine and used paint brushes.

 
Try not to leave the used paint brushes for to long in turpentine as they can crack and dry out. Turpentine takes away the oil and grease from the paint brushes and restores their flexibilty. It's important always to clean your paint brushes carefully.