Brush Essentials

Take just the minimum number of brushes. Fewer to carry/fewer to lose!  Mark your name on the handles just in case. 
Bring your favorite selection of styles and sizes but it is best not to bring your most expensive sable brushes.

Here is my kit - from left to right: 
- #2 or #4 rigger or signature brush

- 1.5" flat wash brush (Loew-Cornell Skywash 7750 or Robert Simmons Skyflow)

- 1" flat skyflow (Loew-Cornell Skywash 7750 or Robert Simmons Skyflow)

- A small stiff craft brush for spatters and lifting

- Round brushes - sizes 14, 12 or 10 - your choice of size, but go for bigger, rather than tiny.

- Two 1" badger type brush. (Kemp Badger or a Skipper from Cheap Joe's Art Stuff) *If you cannot find a Badger brush you can purchase one from me and I will mail it out to you before the trip.

Along with those in the photograph I also carry a 3/4" flat. It is handy for carving around shapes.
How to carry your brushes
This particular brush caddy, shown in the picture above, came from the drugstore rather than the art store. It is intended for make-up brushes but I like it because it is much smaller and lighter. A rolled bamboo placemat works well too and allows your brushes to air dry.