🖌️ Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set - I-MART Writing Brush, Japanese Sumi-e Drawing and Painting Brush Set, Maobi Pack (3 Sizes - Large, Medium, Small) Review

I love these brushes. I'm new to Chinese calligraphy and they were very easy to use for a beginner. I find they're a bit stiff at first which makes things a bit more difficult, but after a few uses they soften and still hold their shape. I definitely recommend these brushes.

These brushes are serviceable. That means they will do their job. But don't expect them to last long or withstand harsh brush strokes. I like them but have used them about twice and each time there is some hair/fur loss. Lonely. Time. I've tried fluffing them up several times, as well as other brush prep methods to avoid this problem, but to no avail. They work if you just need a sumi-e brush for a one-off watercolor painting, but I can't recommend this set for long. use of the term.

I don't recommend it to anyone. To be honest they are not what they should be. I know they are cheap so you get what you pay for but I don't think they would be worth it if they were free. They have no form, let alone a point. I can't even get it dry or wet no matter how hard I try. They have very hard bristles in the middle and are surrounded by very soft bristles on the outside, but the soft bristles get tangled and don't lay down properly no matter what you do, and the hard bristles hardly…