As we all know, brushes come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes.Most brushes have a handle, a ferrule (the object holding the bristles), andbristles made of synthetic or natural materials.The bristles have a length (measured from the ferrule to the tip) and a width(measured where the bristles exit the ferrule),but what's the brush number?This article describes the brush size numbering system that oftenappears on the handle of paint brushes.

Basically, the numbering system is meant to order the sizes of brushes.The system begins at 0. Larger brushes are signified by increasing wholenumber values. Smaller brushes are signified by increasing the number ofzeros. The smaller sizes are often abbreviated with a slash notationending in '/0' and having a whole number for the number of zeros.Hence, the following two ordered ranges are equivalent:

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Winsor & Newton brushes. From left to right: 000, 0, 2, mini 2, mini 0, mini 00.

This photo shows a series of brushes from manufacturer Winsor & Newton(warning, this site requires the Flash 5 plugin).To the left of the U.S. penny are round sizes 000, 0, and 2.To the right is their 'round miniature' brush sizes 2, 0, and 00.As you can see, similarly numbered brushes are about the same size atthe ferrule, but even two round shapes can have different bristle sizes.There is no standard measurement system that the industry must follow.The comparison of round brushes to other shapes,and the introduction of metric and imperial measurementsmakes these numbers inconsistent between manufacturers.One site states that these measurements are roughly 1/32 of aninch, another site states 1/6 of an inch, and another states 1 mm.This table gives a common summary

Size	Round Size	Flat/Other Size
5/0	<<1/64'	<<1/64'
4/0	<1/64'	<1/64'
3/0	1/64'	1/64'
2/0	<1/32'	<1/32'
0	1/32'	1/32'
1	3/64' 2.7mm	2/32' 5.3mm
2	2/32' 3.1mm	3/32' 6mm
3	5/64' 4.2mm	4/32' 6.5mm
4	3/32' 5.5mm	5/32' 9.2mm
5	7/64' 6.3mm	11/64' 10.1mm
6	4/32' 7mm	6/32' 11mm

Some better suppliers perform their own brush size measurements.Blick Art Materials has somegreat reading material on brush sizes, shapes, and materials at:

Most miniature painters use a variety of brushes.The size of the brush generally determines how much paint you can loadand carry to your miniature, and how much paint is applied tothe miniature - the width and rate of paint application.For 15 and 28 mm miniatures, the brush sizes 000 through 2 are mostlikely the sizes you will use, with perhaps one or two other sizes forpriming and dry brushing and top coating.Be aware that the brush size notation is arcane and inconsistentfrom manufacturer to manufacturer.

More miniatures-related articles are atDan Becker's Miniatures and Models site.Thanks for stopping by and reading about my miniatures.

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Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter who for a decade worked alongside some of the major artists of his time, like Emile Bernard and Paul Gauguin. Because of his use of bright colours, emotions, thickly-applied paint, dynamic brush-strokes and abstract views on painting, he became an important source of inspiration for the next generation of Modern painters like Maurice Denis and Odillon Redon.
The work of Vincent van Gogh remains popular and likeable, and his works like Starry Night, Sunflowers and Almond Blossom are loved worldwide.
How different would his life have been if he had been as celebrated in life as he now is in death. Although unappreciated as an artist during his lifetime (he only sold 1 painting!), Van Gogh is now considered one of the most brilliant artists of the 19th century,
Not only was Vincent unlucky in his career as an artist, but he was also unlucky in love. His love life was a string of disastrous love affairs.
But who were those women Vincent fell for? And why did those women not return his love? Later in life, he became a frequent visitor to houses of ill repute. At one time, he even lived with a prostitute, although these paid relationships made his life even more complicated.
One of the reasons why we know so much about the love life of Vincent is the many letters that he wrote to his family and friends, especially to his little brother, Theo.
In the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, 819 letters relating to Vincent’s correspondence are preserved. These form an important source of information and give us a good insight into the love life of the artist himself.
In this app about Van Gogh’s love life, you will learn about the startling, sad, sassy and spicy details of Vincent’s tumultuous love affairs; the unrequited Love-story behind the art.
Please keep in mind that this content contains nudity and adult subject matters.

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• 5 out of 5 rating04-02-2019

  Было интересно послушать, взглянуть на биографию Ван Гога с точки зрения его отношений.

• 5 out of 5 rating01-22-2018
• 4 out of 5 rating09-18-2017

  Новая информация для меня. Рекомендую прослушать. э

• 5 out of 5 rating08-26-2017

  Мы слушали эти истории, чтобы развлечься, стоя в очереди в Музей Ван Гога в дождливый день. Этот аудиогид отлично скрасил ожидание, да и на картины потом смотришь уже немного по-другому. Личность Ван Гога подана очень живо, через призму его любовных отношений. Рекомендую!

• 5 out of 5 rating05-08-2017

  Очень интересно, голос и выбор картин, твёрдая пятерка, жаль что всего 15, без путеводителя было бы не так интересно,спасибо!

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