Rosemary & Co Artists Brushes

We are excited to sponsor this event tonight with and 💥

You can sign up at www.workshopsinyorkshire.com

Be quick! Kick off is 5pm BST UK time!

There are only THREE WEEKS LEFT to enter our fifth annual The Future Generation competition. This competition is offered exclusively for young, emerging artists ages 18-25 years old. The First Place Winner will be recognized and receive the Edward Jonas Memorial Medal (pictured) at next year's The Art of the Portrait conference, May 8-11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Enter before the August 15 deadline: https://www.portraitsociety.org/the-future-generation

Rest in peace, Camille.

You were a wonderful painter and friend. May your brushes be swinging in heaven! Thank you for all you did to promote our brushes, we will miss you!

Get ready for the next live stream with the amazing Susan Lyon and Scott Burdick 🤩

For more info contact Workshops in Yorkshire

Sponsored by Rosemary & Co

We are really excited to announce ONLINE: SUSAN LYON & SCOTT BURDICK; paint the portrait from life.

🌟 This really exciting ONLINE opportunity is for our followers who can’t necessarily travel for whatever reason, and also because ‘s workshop with us this summer is sold out with a wait list! 🌟

Check out Susan’s work here;
Check out Scott’s work here;

Join Sue & Scott, live from the comfort of your own home on Sunday 14th July at 3pm (UK Time). 🎥

⚡️THIS WILL BE RECORDED FOR YOU TO REWATCH FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE EVENT!⚡️

👉🏻 For this live, online painting demonstration, Sue & Scott will paint our incredible model from life in a 3 hour painting demonstration and talk.

You will receive access to both the live broadcast and the recorded version afterwards for two years. 🙌🏻

You can sign up via our website under Upcoming Live Streams, in our bio above or message me & I’ll send you a link. We can’t wait!! Hoping to see you there. ❤️

Sponsored by 👨🏻‍🎨

UPDATE: WINNER ANNOUNCED.

Selina Wilson Artist 👩🏼‍🎨 ❤️🙏🏻

If you receive a message saying you have won asking you for your credit card details, it is a scam! Be aware! We will ALWAYS post the winners on the actual post not message you like scammers do.

⭐️ COMPETITION TIME⭐️

Ready? Set. Go! 🚦

SHARE this post & TAG two friends and we will send one lucky winner from instagram and one from Facebook Jeremy’s new brush set worth £98.50! We can ship worldwide. We will launch Jeremy’s new set on our website in the next month. ☺️ you can tag as many times as you like!

🚨 Don’t forget to get signed up for the online demonstration tomorrow with Jeremy Lipking hosted by Workshops in Yorkshire and sponsored by Rosemary & Co Artists Brushes! 🚨

The live stream is being recorded, so don’t worry if you miss it. You can purchase & we will send you the recorded version which you can replay for two years!

Winners will be chosen at the end of tomorrow night! 🕰️ Wednesday 12th June 2024.

Love this oil painting by 👨🏻‍🎨🙌🏼

🎨NEW DAVID CURTIS OIL BRUSH SET🎨

“I like the little Ivory Long Flat for the more finite areas in a painting. I use the Ivory Short Flats for anything on a finer canvas or board, you need these! I don’t have a specific use for each size, they are a work horse to use across the entire range. For any gesso primer and texture work, the Ivory Short Flats are fabulous. The two little Ivory riggers are used for sweeping, long thin lines. For example rigging on ships or telegraph posts, thin masts on boats. Anything that needs a thin sweeping line - they are wonderful. There’s a little bit more body to the size 2. For the body of my paintings I use the sizes 1, 2, 3’s and then as I get to the big broader areas, I move to the sizes 5, 7 8 and above. It’s not an exact science, I work my way through all the ranges.

The use of Rosemary brushes for both oils and watercolours for me allows a surety of expression and delight in paint application in both plein air and that more considered work in the studio setting.” David Curtis, 2024

https://www.rosemaryandco.com/david-curtis-oil

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I thought it would be fun to share with you two images from - the first being a watercolour and then the second being the same reference but in Oils.

David is a true master of our time. 🙌🏼

A beautiful watercolour I wanted to share with you all from 💫

Be sure to check out David’s new watercolour brush set with us - and below is a video we filmed together recently describing the brushes and their uses!

🎨 NEW DAVID CURTIS WATERCOLOUR BRUSH SET🎨

David Curtis is a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He is one of the UK’s most successful and best known artists. David won first prize in the Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition in 1992, and has won many other awards for his spectacular art. Consequently, his paintings have a strong visual presence and enable the spectator to embark on an exciting visual journey. Essentially a “plein air” and figurative painter, working in both oil and watercolours, he is the author of numerous books and has work in collections all over the world.

“I’ve found that especially with watercolour, if the quality falls short of expectations, you’re on a losing wicket to start with. A quality Kolinsky sable brush from Rosemary & Co, with a springy feel and an excellent point will enhance confidence as you progress with the various washes. For most watercolourists out in the field, these brushes will surely satisfy your needs. These are the ones I have used on so many occasions and have stood up to the rigours of my ‘full on’ style of working. I’ve had these brushes from Rosemary & Co for quite some time and they are still perfectly usable. Dip them in water and give them a ‘flick’ and even now they retain that perfect point. They also have a marvellous reservoir capability and as long as you look after them, they should last you a very long time.” David Curtis, 2024

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I wanted to share one more piece for now with you all from the wonderful 💥

Make sure you give him a follow when you can! His work is outstanding, in my opinion! 💫

Back open on Tuesday! Have a lovely long weekend everyone in the UK!! ☀️

We would like to encourage folks to place their orders over the weekend and know we will be back to help on Tuesday morning!

Thank you,

Rosemary, Symi & everyone at Rosemary & Co

A new favourite of mine by 💫

“Reasoning” - Oil.

💥The NEW Alex Venezia Brush Set💥

We are so excited to offer this selection by the wonderful ❤️

So much time, thought & of course effort goes into making our brush sets available for you to easily purchase from home! We hope you will enjoy this collection, and if you didn’t follow Alex before, now is your chance to follow a fabulous artist. He really is quite special! 🫶🏻

✨NEW ALEX VENEZIA BRUSH SET✨

“I’ve been exclusively using Rosemary & Co. brushes for years now, and I’ve tried many of their brushes before settling into this great set. These are the main brushes I’ve found myself always grabbing when working on my figurative and still-life work. In my search for capturing the organic essence of each subject in my paintings, I rely on a diverse array of brushes to bring that vision to life. Each brush selection is a deliberate response to the unique demands of the subject at hand and the particular stage of the artistic process.

During the initial phases, when the priority is to lay down paint with precision and richness, I turn to my Eclipse range of brushes. For their softness, it allows me to lay down paint without lifting any and creates beautiful edge work. For this same reason, it’s also my go-to for Alla Prima painting brush and the best mongoose replacement I’ve used. Then, the Snowdrop fans have emerged as invaluable tools adept at traversing across the form and give the work a palpable three-dimensional quality, akin to sculpting. As the painting progresses, I transition to the ivory pointed rounds for delicate scumbling and glazing. This brush being slightly more stiff allows little pieces of the underpainting to show through which can give a nice effect. A great brush for scrubbing when they’ve been worn down a bit. Finally, the synthetic rounds come into play, offering precision for refining intricate details and honing small shapes and edges” Alex Venezia

Here’s the link:
https://www.rosemaryandco.com/alex-venezia-brush-set

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Sign up for Alex’s Live Stream with on 14th August, sponsored by ✨

We are at the this week in Smokey Mountains, North Carolina! 💥

The vendor hall is open to the general public, so if you want to pop over and stock up your then please get in touch with to find out the address and of course opening times etc!

Yeah on our long journey from Manchester to Ashville and PACE. 1/2 a tonne of brushes to sell, phew :) see you Pacers there :) Not with my regular partner Symi Jackson this time but with hubby. Here we come !

I thought I would share with a masterpiece from .w.mundy - Oil on stretched canvas. Wow! 👏🏼

🪄 MUNDY MOPS - SET OF 5 🪄

“You can be sure that every professional woodcarver will only use the highest quality tools available. Such is true for the wise, informed professional painting artist. Rosemary & Co. handmade brushes are the absolute best in the market. Remember, you are only as strong as your weakest link! Rosemary Brushes are a must, from a beginner to a professional. You need the best, to get an edge in this market.” C.W Mundy

The Mundy Mops are also available as singles on our website. Available on both short and long handles.

Follow C.W Mundy: .w.mundy 👨🏻‍🎨

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I just have to give a big shout out to Jeffrey T Larson and Joe Hawkins Films for this… if you wanna feel inspired right now, watch this documentary.

Jeffrey T Larson Full Documentary In 2018, I was fortunate enough to meet Jeffrey T. Larson an oil painter in Duluth Minnesota. His story was too good to just fit into a 3 minute short or eve...

Our $250 award winner collecting brushes! Congratulations Kerry!!! Portrait Society of America

It’s a special time of the year for us! The is on in Atlanta and I finally got to see my lovely friend after 8 years. So much love in the room! A huge thank you to for all your help at the PSOA as always! 🫶🏻😘

Congratulations Dave A. Santillanes!! We love everything you create! So pleased for you!! ❤️🙌🏼 Oil Painters of America

Thanks for the pic. Wish we could’ve been there but honored to win an award at the 2024 Oil Painters of America National Show for my painting “The Cache la Poudre River”.
A big thank you to for sponsoring the award… can’t wait to put it to use :)
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Our 💫 new 💫 design for the Set 170. Masters Choice Set insert!

We’ve put this set together consisting of our most popular shapes and sizes to give you a taster of what this hair has to offer.

The Series 279. Masters Choice Long Flats and the Series 278. Masters Choice Long Filberts were designed and developed with the help of some of America’s finest oil painters. Thank you Morgan Weistling, Tony Pro and Jeremy Lipking. The Series 105. Masters Choice Fans brush is what we would consider, the best fan brush available. This brush should become a little go-to for you to soften and knock back edges easily. They have the right fill of hair to make them soft enough to move paint around without picking it back up. The perfect little blending brush! The Series 275. Masters Choice Angular is a favourite for many botanical artists. They hold a chisel edge and yet can be used on their side and with a point. They are a 3-in-1 brush and I’m sure you’ll consider them a favourite from this set! The Series 276. Masters Choice Filberts are excellent for intricate detail, getting into corners and for a fuller stroke than a typical round brush. The Series 272. Masters Choice Rounds larger rounds are brilliant for laying on colour and broader marks and as they go smaller they are ideal for blending. The Series 274. Masters Choice Flats allow a much sturdier brush with a stronger “snap” creating sharper edges and control. Ideal for blocking in and impasto. The Series 273. Masters Choice Riggers (also known as a liner or script brush) is great for thin, fine lines. For example, tree branches, tufts of grass, hair and of course for drawing. The longer length of the hair gives a flexible and forgiving brush stroke.

Artwork by Jeremy Lipking:

🪄 ROSEMARY & CO - SET 170. MASTERS CHOICE FOR OILS 🪄

✨The Masters Choice is an interesting hair with distinctive markings and a semi-stiff firmness of stroke, made from a blend of male & female badger hairs. The hair is responsive and firm, yet gives almost a velvet feel. They are a unique blend of badger hairs (once were the mongoose hair).

They are absolutely brilliant for Alla Prima work, allowing you to work ‘wet on wet’ without pulling the paint away.

They are ideal for adding highlights and tonal values. They are resilient, and will wear down well. A favourite for portrait painters, landscapes and Alla Prima work. The entire range of the Masters Choice are excellent for blending in Oils. ✨