These are SIMPLY ENORMOUS BRUSHES!
For students, amateurs, and professionals alike, Simply Simmons Brushes offer excellent performance, dependability, and value. Handmade by skilled craftsmen to meet the high standards artists have come to expect from the Robert Simmons name, these popular brushes are now available in a variety of extra-large (or XL) sizes.
Simply Simmons XL brushes are great for painting on large canvases, wall murals, laying down bold backgrounds and underpaintings and washes, or applying gesso or varnish.
Measurements of the Flat and Filbert brushes (at the metal ferrule):
- 30 = 1.25" wide
- 40 = 1.75" wide
- 50 = 2" wide
- 70 = 2.5" wide
The 50 Round ferrule measures 1" diameter/3" circumference
Simply Simmons XL Synthetic brushes are available in two types of synthetic bristles
SOFT: Soft Synthetic Gold Taklon bristles for fluid water-based paints and inks
STIFF: Stiff Synthetic Burgundy Nylon bristles for heavy body oils and acrylic colours