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Your cart is empty.Series 10 has European style shaping with an extra-sharp point and the fastest action at the tip. The Maestro designation denotes the highest quality winter male Kolinsky Red Sable hair from the Tobol River region in Eastern Siberia. Excellent for Watercolors, Illustration, Animation and Rendering. All brushes are handmade from raw material to finished brush by skilled artisans at the da Vinci factory. • Seamless, nickel plated brass ferrules are rust-resistant and long lasting. Sizes 10/0 to 50.
Jared Johnson
2025-07-09 13:20:16
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K. Skelton
2025-07-01 14:43:32
I bought two Round 10 Size 2 brushes. One arrived with a protective cap, the other didn't. The uncapped brush fortunately only had one hair that was bent out of shape.I was able to use that brush today to paint some 28mm statues. I also had my current favorite brush to help with two brush blending (the Da Vinci Student Series 373, also Round Size 2). The Maestro lived up to its name, and the student needs a lot more education. The Maestro bulged beautifully, almost precisely in the middle between the ferrule and the needle-sharp tip. To achieve that tip only a slight rolling of the brush was required as I pulled it through a puddle of thinned acrylic.Laying down large swaths of color was, as one would expect from any brush, easy. The brush held so much paint I started to question whether I was blanking on the moments when I reloaded; but no! This brush simply holds a lot of paint.The test came when I needed to paint the statue's eyes, and paint the 1mm wide sash. I could not have asked for better precision. The tip was so pointed I had to make actual brush strokes to lay paint on the eye. I was able to paint in the very narrow crevice between the figure's folded clothing and the belt, without any of the paint brushing onto the clothes.Then came two brush blending. The Student, while a very nice brush and my favorite of the low-cost options, felt like a toothbrush in comparison to the Maestro. The Student's bristles were hard, and pushed back against my hand where the Maestro's bristles are impossibly soft, yield to the pressure and snap back to a point. The Student's tip felt like I was using an old sharpie compared to the fine drafting pen of the Maestro. A new frustration arose when I had to reload the Student at least twice for each time I loaded the Maestro.Currently the Maestro is twice as expensive as the Student, but is definitely more than twice the brush. If this lasts as long as a Student I will be ecstatic.
Tristan
2025-06-24 18:24:34
SEE PICS FOR COMPARISONGood brush. Bought this (and several other Kolinsky Sable brushes) because I felt like Windsor and Newton Series 7 quality control is slipping a bit, and thought I'd try something new. This brush is very similar as far as the stiffness of the bristles, proportions, and tip sharpness. The sizes are one size smaller than W&N, so if you typically go for a #1 W&N, you would get the #2 Da Vinci.If you like W&N series 7 brushes, you will like the Da Vinci Maestro series 10. If you like Rosemary & Co series 33, the tips on the Maestros are not quite as sharp.Brushes pictured from left to right:Princeton Series 7050 size #1 (print worn off)Rosemary & Co Series 33 size #1Windsor & Newton Series 7 size #1Da Vinci Maestro Series 10 size #2Rosemary & Co Series 33 size #2Escoda Reserva Kolinsky size #2
Daddy-O
2025-05-09 11:25:34
Brush arrived today in a box with three other items and was bent at the ferrule. Truly surprised that it would have been shipped without a tube and is the first sable I've bought that came without it. I checked the site and see they have another option to buy with a tube for about 6 dollars more, which is more than a little absurd. Just sell one brush with a tube for a little more. You'll have happier clients and less inventory to manage.I fixed the brush as best as I was able to and figure I'll see how it performs. The shape is good with no fraying or stray bristles. The point seems to be pinpoint razor sharp and if it holds when wet and performs like my other sables, I'll overlook the lack of a tube, update the rating to four stars and if you change your products to a brush with tube for a couple more dollars, make you my main brush supplier.Update: as promised...The brush, though it had a point upon arrival does not hold a point when wet. The bristles flatten out even with the smallest pressure and makes it impossible to make clean even lines.When dry the brush flays and the bristles spread like a woman's makeup brush.Truly disappointed in this brush.It is probably just a bad brush and does not reflect the quality of their product. I most likely received a defective one.I increased to three stars because I was able to make it hold a point by dipping it into boiling water for a few seconds. Now when dry it's bristles are frayed as before, but wetting it and giving it a sharp tap across the rim of my water cup brings the point back. When painting the tip still isn't sharp but it is adequate for base coating.
WonderWoman
2025-05-05 12:49:55
I got my brush and it does have a cap on it so it didn't get ruined and shipping was super fast thank you.
randir14
2024-12-13 11:47:27
Arrived with splayed bristles and no protective cap. When painting it was unable to hold a sharp point and it had stray bristles sticking out.
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