The Artist Magazine

Synthetic hair brushes for oil and watercolour that really perform

Alan Bickley studied fine art and graphic design at Staff ord College of Art and spent many years as a designer and editorial artist in the newspaper industry. He has won many awards in The Artist Open painting competitions and is a regular contributor to the PaintersOnline e-newsletter. Alan’s more recent work can be seen here: www.painters-online.co.uk/artists/alanbickley

I’ve been working with synthetic brushes for both watercolour and oils for some years, so was delighted to put two new ranges of synthetic brushes, recently launched by Winsor & Newton, through

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