For centuries, natural blue squirrel hair has been one of the most cherished hairs for making high quality artists paint brushes. This traditional hair is extremely soft and highly absorbent, and offers several advantages over modern synthetic filament brushes. Made from the ultra-fine tail-hair of Russian blue squirrels, these brushes are ideal for holding massive amounts of color, especially watercolors and inks, and the hair acts as a reservoir for long, continuous strokes. Preferred by watercolorists, iconographers, calligraphers, lettering artists and more, blue squirrel hair brushes are the perfect choice for artwork in watercolor, gouache, ink, egg tempera, casein, and even oils. Now you can indulge in this traditional paint brush with new Creative Mark Squirrel Limited Edition brushes and sets! Each Squirrel Limited Edition brush is entirely handmade: the brush head is hand-shaped and tied, set into seamless ferrules and attached to the short, lacquered wooden handles. These brushes create sumptuous washes and come to a fine point for detail work.