Princeton RealValue Paintbrush, Dark Blue

This product is recommended by a Acrylic Painting teacher whose tutorials I follow online. Good economical set for students & experienced artists. Ive never had any bristles fall out and the set last quite a while with good care & cleaning.

My professor recommended these for our painting class. Having tried many beginner brushes and them being a complete fail, often shedding like crazy, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of these for the price point.They can be used with various media, though i have 3 sets for each medium I use. Make sure to clean immediately especially with acrylics, and don't let them dry standing up. I made these noob mistakes a handful of times during late nights finishing assignments and it will ruin the thin detailing brushes in particular.These are soft, sturdy, don't shed, and work well with acrylic,gouache, inks, and watercolor. Great value.

I do like these brushes I would not say that I love them (i'm pretty picky). For a beginning watercolor artist or someone that doesn't have a lot of funds to invest, this is going to be a great product to start out with. I won't use natural hair brushes anyway because I'm just not on board with that. However they still need to be a good quality brush. I would not consider these professional artist quality but certainly better than most budget value brush. Princetons are a good quality brush. And if you can achieve the look you want using a budget brush over a more expensive brush then why spend a lot of money. I can't speak to other mediums as I primarily do mixed media with watercolor and colored pencil. So I'm afraid I won't be much help there.They hold quite a bit of water which is great but not so much if you are a beginner to get frustrated with the medium. I like that the handles have a little bit of texture to them its very slight but helps reduce slipage if you struggle with that. Kids in particular would probably really like that. I think as a first set for the money you can't beat these with a stick. I placed an image down below to show what kind of strokes you can get with each brush in this set. Hopefully that will help you. I like that its a variety of brushes. You will most likely need some bigger rounds, as the rounds in this set are pretty small.

The order came quickly and was packaged very Well.Long orange brush handles. I Did not realize the handles were long when I ordered. I do not care for long handles.My mistake. The brushes look like nice and I used them tonight for my Art/Faith cards.After using 3 of 6 brushes I gave them a 5 Star.Thank you, Amazon..

Great addition to the artist's collection. Well made and easy to use.

I am pretty much a beginner at painting and acrylics. I was looking for some decent brushes that weren’t going to break the bank and these actually are a really good fit. They are nice and Soft and hold a lot of paint and are very easy to clean. The long handles are actually really nice to paint with because you can pull back from your artwork and get a good look at it while you’re painting. I will definitely buy these again

These brushes have held up very nicely I use them alot and they hold shape and are so nice to paint with.

I am a huge fan of Princeton Neptune brushes and needed an angle spotter and a #2 round brush, so I decided to give this Real Value set a try. It was purchased at $11.30, averaging to less than $2 per brush. Compared to the Neptune Aquarelle 25 (1/4), the Real Value Shader #6 released most of the colors earlier on during the wash, while the Aquarelle released the colors more evenly throughout the stroke. These brushes also obviously do not retain as much water as the Neptune series, which are known for their water holding prowess. The same can be said for the rest of the brushes, with the release being heavier in the beginning of the strokes/washes.I was hoping for the Angle Spotter to be stiffer, the goal was to use it to make small spots like stars in galaxies, but the tip bends easily, I was only able to make really fine dots when using lots of control. Compared to using the Uni-Ball Signo Medium Point 1.0mm white gel pen for stars, the size of the dots are about the same. The lines on the cactus were made with the Angle Spotter and the lines made were about 0.5-1.0mm. The flowers were made with the Angle Shader.The brushes were also stained a little green after the first use, but that's not really a big deal. I still think this set is a good set to have for beginners or even intermediates, the value for it is great.