{"id":4612,"date":"2015-01-24T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2015-01-24T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:45:15","slug":"oil-brush-brand-reference-update-12415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/oil-brush-brand-reference-update-12415\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil brush brand reference update 1\/24\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought a selection of long-handle ‘pure sable’ brushes from Creative Mark; their Pro Stroke 49R series, and added them to my Oil Brush Reference<\/a>. In a word: avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I bought a selection of long-handle ‘pure sable’ brushes from Creative Mark; their Pro Stroke 49R series, and added them to my Oil Brush Reference. In a word: avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[208,24],"tags":[226,227],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-materials","category-shop_talk","tag-oil-brush","tag-sable-brushes","post_format-post-format-status"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4625,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/oil-brush-update-13015\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":0},"title":"Oil brush update 1\/30\/15","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've bought brushes marketed as 'Russian-made sables' at different times and from different vendors. The actual manufacturer is obscure. Their only identifying marking is the distinctive logo, which you can see in the accompanying photo. In addition to the logo, the brushes have long, mahogany handles. They are excellent brushes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Russian-made, long-handle sable brush","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sable-russia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4516,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/oil-brush-reference\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":1},"title":"Oil brush reference","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote about oil brushes before\u00a0and it's a good topic to expand. 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The fine control provided by sables is lost on large-format oil paintings, for example. So on large paintings, why go to the expense? 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