Aqua brushes or watercolour brush pens are a refillable multipurpose brush that can be used with watercolours, watercolour pencils, water-soluble crayons, inks and water-soluble paints. They are very portable making them ideal for En Plein Air painting and sketching - allowing for numerous creative effects without the messy clean up or the need to carry water pots and piles of traditional brushes.

The reservoir of the brush is simple and easy to fill and once the brush tip is back on the valve within the brush gives constant flow when brush tip meets paper. Control of the water flow or other media to the brush tip is achieved by squeezing the barrel. These aqua brushes come with soft plastic squeeze tubes that can be filled with your choice of media and are fitted with fine, medium and broad brush tips.

Some of the Pros of these brushes

• Each brush pen comes with a soft synthetic white bristled, flexible brush tip which feels like a traditional paintbrush.
• Brush tips will not fray like traditional hair brushes.
• The tips have been specially treated to absorb and hold the media for longer lasting strokes.
• Brush tips will distribute your water-soluable media evenly across your chosen surface.
• Squeezable plastic barrels allow for greater control and dispense as much or as little water/media as you like.
• They enable dilution of your water-soluble media without continuously having to dip you brush.
• You can use them on a variety of paper types, including drawing papers and watercolour paper.
• You can use the brush pens to create illustrations, for hand lettering or even in mixed media artworks.
• Removable cap prevents excess water leakage and protects your bristles when not in use.
• Brushes are self cleaning and easy to use.

How to use your Aqua Brush with watercolours

- Squeeze drops of water into your dry watercolour pigment to help activate your palette.

- Use the durable tips to help massage the pigment with water to stir your colour.

- Pull the colours you want into a mixing tray. This will help you control pigmentation/wash density and make it easier to re-dip your brush when changing colours.

- Easily clean your aqua brush by squeezing water through the chamber and brush tip while wiping the tip on a paper towel or soft cloth to remove pigment.

- When finished painting, make sure that the brush tip is clean and the bristles are smoothed back into a point and the cap is replaced. This will help you aqua brushes last longer.

- Don’t despair if, after you clean your aqua brush the brush tip still looks to be dirty, as long as the water from the brush comes out clear when you wipe it on your paper towel, then the bristles are clean - they have just been stained by the pigment. Recap your brush and store.