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Escoda Signature Series Artist Watercolor Brush Set, Joseph Zbukvic Set #2, Aquario Squirrel, Round Mop, Size 14 & 18

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 176 ratings
Color Aquario Mop
Material Natural Squirrel Hair
Size Size 14, 18
Brand Escoda
Paint Type Watercolor, Acrylic

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  • WATERCOLOR BRUSH SET - This set of 3 fine artist paint brushes was selected by artist, Joseph Zbukvic and includes Aquario (Natural Squirrel) Round Mop sizes 14 & 18
  • SHORT HANDLE ROUND PAINTBRUSHES - This artist brush set is designed for watercolor & acrylic painting
  • NATURAL SQUIRREL HAIR ARTIST PAINTBRUSHES - Aquario artist paint brushes feature natural hair that comes from the tail of a squirrel which lives in the region of Kazan. It is the softest of all natural fine hairs and because of the hairs natural characteristics, it is the best in retaining liquid.
  • TRIPLE CRIMP FERRULE - Each brush in this set comes with a patented triple crimp ferrule that is unique to Escoda fine art paint brushes and helps ensure a lifetime of use
  • HANDMADE IN SPAIN - Each watercolor paint brush is expertly crafted by artisan brush makers
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Escoda Nicholas Simmons Watercolor Set #2
Escoda Charles Reid Watercolor Brush Set
Escoda Joseph Zbukvic Watercolor Brush Set #1
Escoda Joseph Zbukvic Watercolor Brush Set #2
Escoda Alvaro Castagnet Watercolor Brush Set #1
Escoda Nicholas Simmons Watercolor Brush Set #1
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Price $109.01 $312.99 $46.63 — — $58.35
Hairy Type Gold Toray Synthetic Hair Natural Tajmyr Sable Hiar White Toray Synthetic Hair Squirrel hair Tame Synthetic Hair Gold Toray Synthetic Hair
Usage Watercolor Painting Watercolor Painting Watercolor Painting Watercolor Paint Watercolor Paint Watercolor Painting
Brush Count 2 Brushes 3 brushes 3 brushes 2 brushes 3 brushes 3 brushes
Featured Artist Nicholas Simmons Charles Reid Joseph Zbukvic Joseph Zbukvic Alvaro Castagnet Nicholas Simmons
Escoda Brush Series Featured Barroco Reserva Travel Series Perla Series Standard and Travel Brush Aquario Series Prado Series Barroco

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Escoda's Joseph Zbukvic watercolor brush set includes a Perla round pointed no.10 travel brush and Perla round pointed no.8 and no.12 brushes. Perla brushes consist of white toray synthetic hair that combines three diameters and three different lengths to achieve the perfect tip. It has one of the softest synthetic filaments that is able to retain large amounts of paint. Joseph Zbukvic is a leading master of his time in watercolor painting and techniques. His impressive achievements and enormous success are due to his ability to transform any subject into visual poetic language. Covering an infinite variety of subjects, his sensitive, lyrical and atmospheric paintings have captured people and galleries from all around the world. Escoda has been making the finest quality artist brushes since 1933 and is world renowned for their quality and innovation in the manufacturing of fine art brushes.

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Customers find the paint brushes well-designed and able to hold water and paint. They appreciate the value for money, ease of use, and elasticity. The brushes help improve painting skills and give confidence when making strokes. However, some customers have issues with the hair quality.

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28 customers mention "Quality"25 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the paint brushes for their quality and design. They find the brushes well-made, balanced, and comfortable to hold. The brushes arrive in perfect condition and are a personal favorite for customers.

"Excellent quality squirrel brushes! Well designed, feels good in the hand, and the shape of the hair is just exactly what you'd want in a squirrel..." Read more

"Excellent brushes. They hold a lot of water and I can get a very smooth wash...." Read more

"...You have to try them to like them. Brushes are personal. Smooth application and spreads well for large application or wide dry brush swipes. $$$" Read more

"Great brushes. While I can’t paint like Joseph, they have helped me improve. Of course, few artists can." Read more

9 customers mention "Water retention"9 positive0 negative

Customers like the paint brushes for their water retention. They say the brushes hold a lot of paint and have an excellent point tip.

"These hold a lot of paint and hold their points. They perform magnificently on the paper and give my strokes a lot of confidence...." Read more

"Excellent brushes. They hold a lot of water and I can get a very smooth wash...." Read more

"I really like how much water these mops hold and they have a good point, but right from the first time I used them, the whole bristle set would come..." Read more

"Arrived promptly and package well. Brushes hold a lot of paint/or and water; however it will take some practice getting use to controlling it...." Read more

7 customers mention "Value for money"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value for money of the paint brush set. They say it's a great addition and worth every penny. The brushes are made for working and playing, and have an excellent point.

"...These are hard to find. I am lucky I got them. Worth every penny." Read more

"...They are a treasure made for working and playing. I highly recommend this set." Read more

"I really like how much water these mops hold and they have a good point, but right from the first time I used them, the whole bristle set would come..." Read more

"Seriously obsessed with these brushes! They are a terrific addition and worth every penny. Don't know how I functioned with out them. Very well made...." Read more

3 customers mention "Ease of use"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the watercolor brushes easy to use. They say the brushes help improve their painting and give them confidence.

"...They perform magnificently on the paper and give my strokes a lot of confidence...." Read more

"Great brushes. While I can’t paint like Joseph, they have helped me improve. Of course, few artists can." Read more

"Joseph Zbukvic Watercolor Brushes Can Help Fulfill a Dream!..." Read more

3 customers mention "Elasticity"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the paint brushes' elasticity. They say the brushes hold their shape well, are soft, and can hold a lot of paint.

"These hold a lot of paint and hold their points. They perform magnificently on the paper and give my strokes a lot of confidence...." Read more

"Thick brushes that hold their shape and charge well for watercolor. Two big sizes for washes. Squirrel hair...." Read more

"Fantastic brushes. Water hold, point tip, softness and elasticity, handle length suits me perfectly. Pure enjoyment to use them" Read more

3 customers mention "Point retention"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the point retention of the paint brush. They find it helpful for navigating around items while washing. The point holds water and allows them to form narrow streams.

"...The point helps to get around where I want to save my whites...." Read more

"...These hold massive amounts of water and also have a great 'point' that enables you to form narrow lines...." Read more

"Beautiful brushes that hold a lot of water and hold a point to navigate around items while running a wash." Read more

3 customers mention "Softness"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the softness of the paint brush. They mention it holds water well, has a point tip, and is able to stretch. The handle length is good, and the shape of the hair is perfect.

"Excellent quality squirrel brushes! Well designed, feels good in the hand, and the shape of the hair is just exactly what you'd want in a squirrel..." Read more

"Fantastic brushes. Water hold, point tip, softness and elasticity, handle length suits me perfectly. Pure enjoyment to use them" Read more

"Softest brush ever......" Read more

3 customers mention "Hair quality"0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the hair quality of the paint brushes. They mention loose hair, deformed brushes after the first brushstroke, and loose ferrules on some brushes.

"...There is an occasional loose hair, but I am hopeful that will stop as I use them." Read more

"Works like it should. Point is fine for a larger brush. Ferrel can be loose on some brushes. You have to try them to like them. Brushes are personal...." Read more

"Hair brush is deformed in the first brushstroke. It seems that the hair is of poor quality. They deteriorate very quickly. I not recommend them." Read more

Joseph Zbukvic Watercolor Brushes Can Help Fulfill a Dream!
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Joseph Zbukvic Watercolor Brushes Can Help Fulfill a Dream!
The quality and utility of these brushes have been proven beyond any doubt by one of the world's watercolor masters, Joseph Zbukvic. Here are the brushes on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087Q8RCM/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_5. The only downside is that my use of them does not immediately make me the artist Mr. Zbukvic is. But they can only help me in my effort to achieve my painting dreams, in addition to hours of practice of course!!
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  • Tim
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Brush Set! The REAL DEAL!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014
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    I took up painting a few years ago and quickly learned that, to get the best results, yuh gotta have the best equipment and materials... and that is especially true with brushes. These are the REAL DEAL... couldn't be more pleased! They don't call 'em mops for nothing! If we ever suffer a drought again in this part of the country, I can live for a month off the water these brushes hold! Now... if they just came with a guarantee that I'd be instantly able to paint like Joe Zbukvic... I think I'd sell the house and buy a truckload!
    19 people found this helpful
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  • Amy K
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great brushes!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2019
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    I'd never used a mop brush before and these are fantastic for applying fast washes. The point helps to get around where I want to save my whites. I like them so much, I bought a second set so I have a set in my studio as well as my plein air kit.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Jane H
    5.0 out of 5 stars Escoda Signature Series Artist Watercolor Brush Set, Joseph Zbukvic Set #2
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
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    Joseph Zbukvic is one of my favorite watercolor artists so had to get this set since he recommended it. Love it.
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  • Frankie Mason
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best of both worlds
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2014
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    These hold a lot of paint and hold their points. They perform magnificently on the paper and give my strokes a lot of confidence. They are enabling tools, like extensions of me as the painter I have always wanted to be. I found some great youtube videos with Zbukvic explaining why he likes the brushes and showing how they are made, what the company is about. These are hard to find. I am lucky I got them. Worth every penny.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Artist
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quality brushes
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2016
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    Excellent quality squirrel brushes! Well designed, feels good in the hand, and the shape of the hair is just exactly what you'd want in a squirrel brush. If you are lucky enough to be able to have these in your artist toolbox, you'll have lots of fun painting with them. They are a treasure made for working and playing. I highly recommend this set.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • H. C. Purdue
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent brushes. They hold a lot of water and ...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016
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    Excellent brushes. They hold a lot of water and I can get a very smooth wash. There is an occasional loose hair, but I am hopeful that will stop as I use them.
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  • Bob
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice and smooth.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020
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    Works like it should. Point is fine for a larger brush. Ferrel can be loose on some brushes. You have to try them to like them. Brushes are personal. Smooth application and spreads well for large application or wide dry brush swipes. $$$
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  • Jason Hickerson
    2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible quality
    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
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    These are very poorly made, especially at nearly $100. Before I even used them, I stroked the size 14 bristles and the entire head fell out of the ferrule! Compared to my Isabey squirrel mops and my DaVinci sable brushes, these just feel cheap and don’t hold a point or an edge well.

    I’m very disappointed, but since I bought them about two years ago and am just now using them for the first time, I guess I’m stuck with them.
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    Jason Hickerson
    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Terrible quality

    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
    These are very poorly made, especially at nearly $100. Before I even used them, I stroked the size 14 bristles and the entire head fell out of the ferrule! Compared to my Isabey squirrel mops and my DaVinci sable brushes, these just feel cheap and don’t hold a point or an edge well.

    I’m very disappointed, but since I bought them about two years ago and am just now using them for the first time, I guess I’m stuck with them.
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  • Franzi
    5.0 out of 5 stars die besten Pinsel die ich bis jetzt hatte
    Reviewed in Germany on February 21, 2023
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    ja sie sind teuer. Aber meine Sammlung von vielen Pinseln mit denen ich bei fast allen irgendwie nicht zu frieden bin und dann wieder nochmal einen anderen probierte ist vermutlich inzwischen auch teuer.

    Irgendwie hab ich mit fast allen Pinseln irgendwie gehadert und hab so Schwierigkeiten gehabt Blätter zu malen, ständig hab ich mich irgendwie geärgert.

    Den hab ich in die Hand genommen und mir gedacht wow.
    Und: Blätter malten sich wie von allein, genauso wie ich mir das vorgestellt hatte sah es dann auch aus auf dem Paper.

    Ich denke wegen dieser super Spitze. Die Spitze ist toll. Er hält super viel Wasser viel Farbe. Kleckst aber nicht und macht keine blöden Pfützen. Die Haare sind auch irgendwie sehr gut, sind sehr fein und behalten doch leicht die Form.
    Hatte vorher die Winsor Newton petit gris pur Squirrel Verwaschpinsel. Kein Vergleich. (und billig sind die auch nicht grad). Die sind nämlich irgendwie struppig. So ähnlich wie meine eigenen Haare, hab die auch schon mal getestet ob die als Pinsel taugen würden.

    Er ist so gut, dass ich mir überlege ob ich da überhaupt noch irgend einen anderen Rotmarder Pinsel für Details brauche.
    Jetzt hoff ich mal, dass diese tolle Spitze möglichst lang hält. Die zwei Größen sind auch genau gut. Für Himmel und Hintergrund der große. Mit dem kleineren konnte ich feinste Details malen und dann einzelne Sachen ausfüllen. eine Fläche damit gleichmäßig füllen ist plötzlich sehr einfach.
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  • Yasmina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Brush
    Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2020
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    They are the best brushes that I have ever tried.I wish there was a larger size as well.
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  • Emma
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous brushes!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2021
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    These brushes are so lovely to use, They hold loads of water/paint,
    Perfect for large watercolour washes. The tips are a very good point.
    Highly recommend them. A bit pricey, but they are very large brushes, so well worth it.
    Makes painting a joy!
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  • Celu
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente producto
    Reviewed in Spain on August 15, 2017
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    Probablemente los mejores pinceles de petit gris que he tenido. En relación calidad-precio el set sale muy bien. Ambos pinceles puntean muy bien y recogen una cantidad increíble de agua. El sistema de ajuste de la virola de estos pinceles es mejor que el de otras marcas mucho más caras que en este tipo de pincel utilizan el sistema tradicional de sujeción mediante alambre.
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  • RHW
    5.0 out of 5 stars The fine tip and water holding capacity is as advertised
    Reviewed in Japan on August 7, 2022
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    Great brushes. They are exactly as described. Best brushes in my portfolio. Now I just have to learn to paint better than a 3 year old.
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