In some cases, a combination of several materials is used to take advantage of their respective characteristics. The 'Naichi-no-Aka-amao' is considered to be of the highest quality. *The 'Owaki-ge' horse tail hair (*the hair that grows at the base of a horse's tail) is subdivided into white amao 'Shiro-Amao', black amao 'Kuro-Amao', white and red amao 'Shiroaka-Amao', red sesame amao 'Akagoma-amao', white sesame amao 'Shirogoma-amao', black sesame amao 'Kurogoma-amao', and others. They are smooth, responsive and use synthetic brush hair.
'Sanyou-mou' goat hair, 'Owaki-ge' horse tail hair (*the hair that grows at the base of a horse's tail), 'Amao' (*horse mane), weasel hair, raccoon dog hair (white raccoon dog, black raccoon dog), etc. Akashiya SAI Brush Pens are ideal for Brush Lettering Calligraphy. SAI 1s Blur/Blend Brush Settings to work in SAI 2 (Water Color): fav. The following materials are mainly used for the tip of the Toyohashi Fude. Curiouscat What brush you use for line art Right now, I think I'm just using the base maker tool in Paint Tool Sai 2, with the primary size I use being 1.5. SAI 2 Brush Settings Comparison Chart: fav.me/ddvh761.
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP £)
