Waterbrushes

On our trip to the Sacramento Zoo last week, I tried out Pica’s Niji waterbrush. This is a synthetic brush that is attached to a squeezable handle that one fills with water. I was quite impressed with the utility of this tool, especially for field use in working with watercolor pencils and small watercolor pan kits. It provides a lot of control in how much water reaches the brush, and it is much easier ergonomically than filling a tiny cup with water and dipping a brush in it everytime one wants to add some brushwork to a watercolor pencil sketch.

Anyway, we ordered some more of these brushes in several different sizes from John Neal Books, and they arrived yesterday. Here is a sketch I did today showing Mt. Diablo at dusk, together with the 15mm waterbrush.