A typical group of Western-style brushes

1. Hog hair blender/fan. I use this for textures including splattering.

2. No. 3 sable round. Used for detail and drawing.

3. Traceur: sable core, squirrel outer layer. Great for spontaneous thick to thin strokes.

4. Big mop, ox hair. For big washes.

5. Squirrel hair. Ideal for petals, leaves, ripples.

6. Filbert squirrel pointed. Similar function to 5.

7. Sable flat filbert rounded. Good for leaves petals and portraits.

8. Filbert squirrel round. Similar to 5.

9. Dagger squirrel. Similar to 5.

10. Sable flat one-stroke. Ideal for buildingscapes and roses.