M&G Chenguang Art Training Paint Brush, No. 4

M&G Chenguang Art Training Paint Brush, No. 4 — Round shape.

A single brush bought for the shape you actually need, rather than a set where half the brushes stay clean.

Buying singly is how most working painters build a kit: two or three shapes and sizes you use constantly, replaced as they wear, instead of twelve that came in a wallet. Rinse before the paint dries and store it upright on the handle — the two habits that decide how long any brush lasts.

• Buy the shape you use, replace it when it wears
• Rinse before the paint dries in the ferrule
• Store upright on the handle, never on the hairs