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Your cart is empty.The Escoda Series 1541 Versatil Brushes are made from a custom blend of distinctively patterned synthetic fibers containing all the attributes of natural Kolinsky. A perfect choice for the professional or seasoned watercolor artist, this is an elegant brush that retains its perfect point after much use and has top notch color retention & spring. Escoda brushes continue to be made by hand by the Escoda family as they were since 1933. This is a short handle size #12 filbert brush with bristles measuring a diameter of 9. 04mm and length of 17mm.
Jane Higgins
September 5, 2025
The case is sturdy and protects the brush well, the brush maintains its point and holds a lot of water. It’s a very good watercolor brush.
Jane H
September 2, 2025
Love the brush. So nice for detail work.
Andrea Acailawen
August 30, 2025
I use synthetic brushes from several different brush manufacturers in my work. I'm am an artist and illustrator who frequently works with ink, watercolor and goauche. Recently, the Escoda Versatil has my favorite overall brush for watercolor and ink, as it just has this perfect balance between springiness and color carrying capacity. The performance is very close to that of a sable brush, but without the unnecessary animal cruelty and at a much more affordable price for the quality it provides. It's everything I want in a watercolor brush and nothing that I don't. Perfect!I use the rigger size 0 round I recently purchased on Amazon to paint long thin lines in some of my illustrations. It holds more paint than a short-tipped round of the same size, so I can make longer strokes before running out of paint. I tend to opt for shorter tipped rounds when working on fine details, but when I need longer strokes than they can provide, the rigger is my go-to. This is also an excellent brush choice when doing hand-lettering. That is a skill I am always working to develop and I think this brush makes that job easier for me. That's exactly what a good tool should do, right?I highly recommend the Escoda Versatil line for watercolor and ink painting (just ask me what I think of the travel brushes *drool*) and the size 0 rigger for painting long, fine strokes.As a side note, the Escoda Prado line is also excellent. It holds an excellent point (slightly better than the Versatil), at a trade-off of carrying a bit less paint. So, the Versatil brushes are usually my primary brushes, but I often mix in Prados when I'm painting fine details - something I do quite often.If you have any questions I can help answer, feel free to leave a comment below. :)
JJs Art Journey
August 20, 2025
I was worried when I ordered such a fragile brush, a #2 rigger, for a couple reasons. I worried that it might get damaged in transit (as has happened to me before with other brushes), or that this rigger wouldn't be what I was looking for, but oh boy... it is better than I expected. The brush came with no issues, the point is excellent, great snap and it is quite thirsty, while keeping its point. This brush also releases the water and paint at a good pace so I could paint easily with the detailed thin lines I needed. Good grip on the brush and steady lines. Truly a joy to paint with.When testing using only one load of paint on the brush, it was enough for me to work on MANY tree branches and it just kept going and going, giving me thin lines and a bit thicker too, whichever I needed using only one brush. I was loving it!I have a few riggers of other sizes from other brands, but they didn't give me the thin brush strokes I needed and weren't the quality I was looking for. I recently got the Escoda versatil red travel kit and it quickly became my favorite go to "synthetic" brushes (and I have many different good brands of brushes). So after seeing that they also had a rigger I wanted to see if it would work for me. After testing this rigger, I would say this is the best out of all the others I have. Escoda is setting the bar so high! I wish I had known about this brand of brushes sooner, bc now all the other brushes I have pale in comparison. I love my new brush and see myself using it often. Highly recommend it!
Fabian Aguilar
August 17, 2025
I also have the Escoda Optimo travel brush set which are real kolinsky but wanted a separate one to go inside my metal pocket palette for daily art journaling. This Versatil #8 fits perfectly in it and I won't feel precious about abusing natural hair brushes. Because in my humble opinion this doesn't replace natural kolinsky but it's great to use. It does have a great snap, keeps its point, and holds plenty of water but not quite as much as real kolinsky and it's not as soft (which for my purpose it's exactly what I need). It's also the most handsome looking brush on the market!!! Love how the bristles mimic the wood detail, and against the chrome- beautiful. It shouldn't matter what your art supplies look like, but I love the qualities and quality of this brush. In the photo the wood grain and bristles are a little darker in the photo than in reality. the paint strokes in the second photo are with Daniel Smith watercolors.
Latch
August 11, 2025
Well made and comfortable to use
BEKA
August 4, 2025
Der Pinsel ist für Aquarellarbeiten wunderbar und ich würde ihn wieder kaufen. Zum regulären Preis ist er allerdings zu teuer. Ich hatte ein Angebot für 18,50. Dieser Preis ist in Ordnung.
Sharri
July 1, 2025
This is a travel brush that fits perfectly in my travel watercolour set. It’s a good size, feels good to use and looks great as well. Holds plenty of paint with a nice point, love this brand of travel brush.
Annette K.
June 27, 2025
nach langem Suchen sind die Pinsel von Escoda Versatil meine Favoriten geworden. Farbaufnahme sehr gut, Form wird gut gehalten vor Allem bei den spitzen Pinseln, die ich schon eher gekauft hatte, haltbar und preiswert. Natürlich aber kein Billigimport aus China. Der Verkäufer ist zuverlässig, Versandkosten niedrig etwas längere Wartezeit, da aus England, aber durchaus akzeptabel (ca.4-6 Tage). Alles in Allem zufrieden.
Pebbles The Ginger Cat
June 25, 2025
Everyone has there own personal choices and recommendations when it comes to brushes - every artist whose written a book will tell you that their own brushes are the best you can buy, and they do all their paintings with nothing else. I have bought, used, and thrown away (or donated in some instances), what seems to be endless amounts of them and I never thought I would say this about any brush, but this one is absolutely awesome !When people put that it made all the difference to their work I wasn't really sure that they were serious. I'm a sceptical person & when people rave on about stuff, I always assume they are getting paying for the review, but how wrong could I be !Here are the reasons why ;This brush is a dream to work with.The point is absolutely perfect.It holds loads of paint.There is NO hair loss.It retains it's shape.It's easy to clean.The hairs seem to glide over the paper.It's got a lovely spring to it when you push down on the paper.You can do very fine to very thick lines equally as easily while varying the pressure.It's now my "go to brush"I never thought a brush could make so much difference to how you paint but this does. I am not a professional, just an amateur, but this really has made such a difference to my watercolour paintings​ - it's like suddenly a light bulb has been switched on and things I couldn't master before I can now accomplish with ease. I could maybe say that suddenly practice and perseverance have paid off, but the timing would be miraculous - if it's not the brush that has made the difference than I'm a monkeys uncle !It's lovely to hold in your hand, is perfectly balanced and is brilliant to work with.I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to try it and see what a joy it is to use.I've now been using it for 8 weeks and there has been no hair loss, it still has the most perfect point and the brush is still a treat to work with. A totally brilliant brush, an all rounder that does everything you ask of it and more.* I have now had this brush for 22 months and it's still working like I had just bought it. The "bounce" is still in it, the hairs have not deteriorated at all which I find amazing, and I still haven't lost 1 single solitary hair from the ferule. That's something I have never been able to say about any other brush I have ever owned.This brush has been the best purchase I have ever made for my art and I cannot recommend it enough. If I could give it a hundred stars I would do.
B21
June 13, 2025
Expensive, slow to arrive, but worth it . Great line of brushes, made in Spain, wish I could afford to buy more.
Jane Higgins
June 2, 2025
The case is sturdy and protects the brush well, the brush maintains its point and holds a lot of water. It’s a very good watercolor brush.
Jane H
June 1, 2025
Love the brush. So nice for detail work.
Andrea Acailawen
May 24, 2025
I use synthetic brushes from several different brush manufacturers in my work. I'm am an artist and illustrator who frequently works with ink, watercolor and goauche. Recently, the Escoda Versatil has my favorite overall brush for watercolor and ink, as it just has this perfect balance between springiness and color carrying capacity. The performance is very close to that of a sable brush, but without the unnecessary animal cruelty and at a much more affordable price for the quality it provides. It's everything I want in a watercolor brush and nothing that I don't. Perfect!I use the rigger size 0 round I recently purchased on Amazon to paint long thin lines in some of my illustrations. It holds more paint than a short-tipped round of the same size, so I can make longer strokes before running out of paint. I tend to opt for shorter tipped rounds when working on fine details, but when I need longer strokes than they can provide, the rigger is my go-to. This is also an excellent brush choice when doing hand-lettering. That is a skill I am always working to develop and I think this brush makes that job easier for me. That's exactly what a good tool should do, right?I highly recommend the Escoda Versatil line for watercolor and ink painting (just ask me what I think of the travel brushes *drool*) and the size 0 rigger for painting long, fine strokes.As a side note, the Escoda Prado line is also excellent. It holds an excellent point (slightly better than the Versatil), at a trade-off of carrying a bit less paint. So, the Versatil brushes are usually my primary brushes, but I often mix in Prados when I'm painting fine details - something I do quite often.If you have any questions I can help answer, feel free to leave a comment below. :)
JJs Art Journey
May 20, 2025
I was worried when I ordered such a fragile brush, a #2 rigger, for a couple reasons. I worried that it might get damaged in transit (as has happened to me before with other brushes), or that this rigger wouldn't be what I was looking for, but oh boy... it is better than I expected. The brush came with no issues, the point is excellent, great snap and it is quite thirsty, while keeping its point. This brush also releases the water and paint at a good pace so I could paint easily with the detailed thin lines I needed. Good grip on the brush and steady lines. Truly a joy to paint with.When testing using only one load of paint on the brush, it was enough for me to work on MANY tree branches and it just kept going and going, giving me thin lines and a bit thicker too, whichever I needed using only one brush. I was loving it!I have a few riggers of other sizes from other brands, but they didn't give me the thin brush strokes I needed and weren't the quality I was looking for. I recently got the Escoda versatil red travel kit and it quickly became my favorite go to "synthetic" brushes (and I have many different good brands of brushes). So after seeing that they also had a rigger I wanted to see if it would work for me. After testing this rigger, I would say this is the best out of all the others I have. Escoda is setting the bar so high! I wish I had known about this brand of brushes sooner, bc now all the other brushes I have pale in comparison. I love my new brush and see myself using it often. Highly recommend it!
Fabian Aguilar
April 30, 2025
I also have the Escoda Optimo travel brush set which are real kolinsky but wanted a separate one to go inside my metal pocket palette for daily art journaling. This Versatil #8 fits perfectly in it and I won't feel precious about abusing natural hair brushes. Because in my humble opinion this doesn't replace natural kolinsky but it's great to use. It does have a great snap, keeps its point, and holds plenty of water but not quite as much as real kolinsky and it's not as soft (which for my purpose it's exactly what I need). It's also the most handsome looking brush on the market!!! Love how the bristles mimic the wood detail, and against the chrome- beautiful. It shouldn't matter what your art supplies look like, but I love the qualities and quality of this brush. In the photo the wood grain and bristles are a little darker in the photo than in reality. the paint strokes in the second photo are with Daniel Smith watercolors.
Latch
April 5, 2025
Well made and comfortable to use
BEKA
March 31, 2025
Der Pinsel ist für Aquarellarbeiten wunderbar und ich würde ihn wieder kaufen. Zum regulären Preis ist er allerdings zu teuer. Ich hatte ein Angebot für 18,50. Dieser Preis ist in Ordnung.
Sharri
March 16, 2025
This is a travel brush that fits perfectly in my travel watercolour set. It’s a good size, feels good to use and looks great as well. Holds plenty of paint with a nice point, love this brand of travel brush.
Annette K.
February 3, 2025
nach langem Suchen sind die Pinsel von Escoda Versatil meine Favoriten geworden. Farbaufnahme sehr gut, Form wird gut gehalten vor Allem bei den spitzen Pinseln, die ich schon eher gekauft hatte, haltbar und preiswert. Natürlich aber kein Billigimport aus China. Der Verkäufer ist zuverlässig, Versandkosten niedrig etwas längere Wartezeit, da aus England, aber durchaus akzeptabel (ca.4-6 Tage). Alles in Allem zufrieden.
Pebbles The Ginger Cat
January 29, 2025
Everyone has there own personal choices and recommendations when it comes to brushes - every artist whose written a book will tell you that their own brushes are the best you can buy, and they do all their paintings with nothing else. I have bought, used, and thrown away (or donated in some instances), what seems to be endless amounts of them and I never thought I would say this about any brush, but this one is absolutely awesome !When people put that it made all the difference to their work I wasn't really sure that they were serious. I'm a sceptical person & when people rave on about stuff, I always assume they are getting paying for the review, but how wrong could I be !Here are the reasons why ;This brush is a dream to work with.The point is absolutely perfect.It holds loads of paint.There is NO hair loss.It retains it's shape.It's easy to clean.The hairs seem to glide over the paper.It's got a lovely spring to it when you push down on the paper.You can do very fine to very thick lines equally as easily while varying the pressure.It's now my "go to brush"I never thought a brush could make so much difference to how you paint but this does. I am not a professional, just an amateur, but this really has made such a difference to my watercolour paintings​ - it's like suddenly a light bulb has been switched on and things I couldn't master before I can now accomplish with ease. I could maybe say that suddenly practice and perseverance have paid off, but the timing would be miraculous - if it's not the brush that has made the difference than I'm a monkeys uncle !It's lovely to hold in your hand, is perfectly balanced and is brilliant to work with.I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to try it and see what a joy it is to use.I've now been using it for 8 weeks and there has been no hair loss, it still has the most perfect point and the brush is still a treat to work with. A totally brilliant brush, an all rounder that does everything you ask of it and more.* I have now had this brush for 22 months and it's still working like I had just bought it. The "bounce" is still in it, the hairs have not deteriorated at all which I find amazing, and I still haven't lost 1 single solitary hair from the ferule. That's something I have never been able to say about any other brush I have ever owned.This brush has been the best purchase I have ever made for my art and I cannot recommend it enough. If I could give it a hundred stars I would do.
B21
January 27, 2025
Expensive, slow to arrive, but worth it . Great line of brushes, made in Spain, wish I could afford to buy more.
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