This brush is perfect for painting facial features, tree branches, cloud details, and other objects that require definition and control. The size of the brush will determine the width of the line, so choose your specific pointed round brush based on how thick you want the mark to be. For thin lines, you’ll likely need a #8 brush, or smaller.
These brushes are great for adding tiny details, highlighting small objects, and painting background figures with a high degree of accuracy. They’re also phenomenal for adding small objects like hair, grass, and rain. Liner brushes are also known as detail brushes. These brushes are identical. Brushes do not get smaller than the liner brush.
This brush is the best choice for medium-sized lines that need to be straight. This is a great choice for rays of light, comets, light poles, straight tree trunks, and shooting stars. This brush is not the best choice for lines thinner than 0. 25 inches (0. 64 cm), since the bristles make more contact with the surface when you use the brush.
When it comes to the size of the brush, use whatever feels good in your hand. There are no hard rules surrounding what size your brush should be. At the art store, pick brushes up and hold them in your hand to see how they feel.
How deep you dip the tip depends on the size of the line you’re trying to paint. For an extremely thin line, only dip the top 0. 10 in (0. 25 cm). Keep in mind, you’ll need to reload you brush frequently when painting lines this thin. You can use a gel medium instead of water if you prefer. [6] X Expert Source Kelly MedfordProfessional Painter Expert Interview. 2 July 2019.
Rigger brushes are generally good at retaining paint and do not require as much reloading as pointed round brushes. Liner brushes need to be reloaded most often.
This is the better option if you’re painting lines that are roughly 0. 25–0. 50 inches (0. 64–1. 27 cm) in width, since you won’t need to reload your brush as often.
Thin lines don’t always come out cleanly because the individual bristles don’t always retain the same amount of paint as you’re applying it. Since a smaller number of bristles are applying your paint, the odds are higher the paint won’t come out evenly.
You cannot use artist’s tape on paper. Unfortunately, the adhesive tends to remove texture from the paper.
A fine line bottle looks kind of like a condiment container. It has a small opening at the tip where paint leaks out like a ball point pen. Purchase a fine line bottle online or at an art supply store. If you use a fine line bottle while your painting surface is laying flat, gravity will naturally pull a larger amount of paint out of the bottle as you use it. This can lead to some messy lines.
Alternatively, you can use the tip of a toothpick to add small lines to wet paint. After painting a surface, drag the tip of the toothpick in the wet paint. Drag lightly to add movement to the paint or drag firmly to remove the paint and create a light line where the paint used to be.
