They have taklon bristles and acrylic handles. I have always thought that
watercolor brushes were too soft for tempera and bristles brushes were too
coarse. These seem to have good spring and a sharp stroke. Tomorrow my
classes are going to use the flats to paint the Olympic pictograms, so I can
give you a better report then. We used the rounds this week and the kids
really seemed to like them. My only problem--I think I'm going to want
classroom sets in a number of sizes. I have been cleaning them with extra
care. They seem to clean easily with soap and water--tempera paint is so
sticky.
The other day I found in WalMart's craft department "Westwater 4 Kids" 5
piece brush assortment for $3.49--3 rounds: 000, 1 and 5 and 2 flats: 4 and
5/8. They look very similar to the Big Kids Choice brushes and I wanted
more flats for my pictograms project.
Marcia, Derby, KS
----- Original Message -----
From: <Gail1611@aol.com>
To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet@lists.pub.getty.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: Brushes Again
> I really do need help with what kind of brushes to buy!! The paint peels
off
> of them, the brush part falls out. Maybe what I need is some ideas on how
to
> keep them from being ruined. My kids just don't seem to get it . They put
> them in upside down, leave paint on them. Now I should say many kids do
take
> care of them, but there are always the other kids in a hurry. Gail
>
> ---
