Princeton Aqua Elite Fine Art Watercolours Brushes, Synthetic Kolinsky Sable, 4 Piece Travel Brush Set, Short Handle, for Professionals & Students

Excellen brush tips and all fold into a holder and then into the magnetic case very pricey but well worth the money if you want good quality. Easy to use good grading of the brushes will highly recommend them. Very fast delivery thank you

The brushes arrived earlier than expected, are beautiful from Hyatt's All Things Creative. It’s a quality set. I especially like that the brushes come in a handy and smart looking case. I also like that the brushes are round in shape and the sizes are the ones that I’ll use rather than more obscure ones that can come in these sets. So for me it’s a good investment.

Returning to watercolouring after years away, I bought a number of brushes including some very expensive ones, trying to recreate the sable kolinsky's of my memory. All of them felt soft and mushy... until these. This is the closest to what I remember. They are synthetic, but better than the real ones that are currently out there. At least in this painter's opinion.

Excellent brushes with all the spring and water retention of sable. No hair loss or stray hairs. Bristles protected with plastic tubes which drop neatly into the matt finished aluminium tube for safe storage. An excellent buy. Would highly recommend.

Love these and are really good

Took this Princeton Elite Travel Brush brush set to a plein air watercolor landscape week long workshop in Colorado. Had previously bought and was greatly disappointed in a Richeson brush set with very short handled but poor quality thin and spindly brushes. The Princeton synthetic sable Brushes were as good as my real Kolinsky sables, liked them very much, hold a good amount of water and bend and flex as I like. The #4,6,8 and #10 rounds are more than adequate as I rarely took more than a couple of brushes with me. With the larger selection, I did use 3 of them at a go. Used a thick rubber band to hold the case flat/together in my mini back pack. Magnets hold the case flap down, but did not want to take a chance on other items jostling it open. The case size is small enough for a pocket, handbag etc.The protective caps turn into handles for the brushes. The case folds open to hold the brushes in a upward sloping fashion or a flat on a level and they are easy to use in either position. After returning from the field, it is important to uncap and clean brushes and let dry in the opened case at days' end. Back home, used these for zoom class yesterday= convenient but also great quality. I know I will keep using the set for field work (next week!) and classes. Much better than the travel set up I rigged previously with existing brushes and a clear plastic sleeve meant for something else. I also tend to take too much to class so nice to have a 'grab and go" choice I can feel great about.

These travel brushes get the job done. They are lovely but depending what brush feel you have gotten use to, this might not be the set for you. Restriction stroke is present the bristles are not super soft you have to do more work to gain certain effects. Overall, this set is not bad for the cost.

I used the brush set immediately for plein air painting and in my home studio. The brush design is elegant, the brush design appears well made, and the brushes hold a lay amount of water and pigment. After cleaning the bristles snapped back into shape. Great value!

Until you've tried painting with this watercolor travel brush set, you won't know how different this set is. What I love about them is the versatility - the bristles hold just the right amount of water, have just the right amount of tension, and maintains a lovely point. So, when traveling, you don't need to bring a soft brush and a stiffer brush, or this and that brush - this set can pretty much do what you basically need to paint with watercolor. The metal case has a hole at the end so no worries about waiting for the brush to dry after rinsing. You need to wet the brush anyway before storing so you can keep the bristles together into a point to easily place inside the metal rod that serves as the handle while painting. For studio painting, I would have bought the studio version, however, they don't come in a round brush set, so I got this one instead. BE WARNED: Each of the brushes SHOULD have a good point at the end of the brush. Do NOT take anything less than the Princeton quality brush as they promise. My set came with one of the brushes without the expected brush point so I returned it for a replacement.