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Review: da Vinci Colineo Kolinsky Synthetic Sable

Date: 22-12-2022
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Fresh out of Germany comes the new Colineo synthetic sable brush from da Vinci! 

After a decade of research, the Colineo ("new Kolinsky") was released just last month, and I am very impressed with its performance. The tension in the body of the brush is just perfect, giving a very high degree of control without becoming whip-like. The point is exceptional, even down to mimicking the "tongue" a sable will protrude from its body, and wears very well - so far my advance sample hasn't deformed at all through working with watercolour, gouache, and liquid acrylic colours. The brush head holds plenty of fluid, and the eye-catching handle is a dream to hold.

We have seen how the synthetic nature of the Casaneo range has out-performed all expectations of a "squirrel" brush, and now I believe the same will happen with the Colineo. It is priced very attractively, especially in the larger sizes, and has great potential for soft body, fluid, liquid ink and OPEN acrylic colours.

 

 

It’s all about control. Being able to place and push paint so that it behaves just how you want it to. Having plenty of fluid behind the precise tip, so the application of colour is uninterrupted. The brush balanced to act like an extension of your hand.

From the finest detail to sweeps of colour, there is a new brush perfect for your painting: the da Vinci vegan Kalinsky Colineo synthetic sable. 

 

Advanced Fibre Technology

For over a decade, da Vinci have been researching a way to produce a synthetic brush with similar qualities to the revered Kolinsky Sable natural hair.

The unique structure of natural sable has been difficult to imitate, yet through combination of various fibres, the new Colineo performs as closely as possible to true sable. 

The da Vinci Colineo has an exact tip, with the unique sable “tongue” preceding the belly of the brush to create fine, controllable lines. The Colineo holds a large reservoir behind this tip, feeding colour to the surface with a gradual, regulated flow. The fibres of the Colineo have the strength and elasticity of sable – enough to ensure precise application of paint, and not so much to compromise handling. It is these qualities that position Colineo as a worthy replacement for natural sable.
 

Extend Your Reach

The new Colineo extends the painting possibilities of the sable. While natural sable could only be used for watercolour and oil colour, the Colineo lends its keen point, thirsty body and excellent control to acrylic paints too, especially fluid colours, inks, and OPEN Acrylic.

The light grey handle of the Colineo is made from a special wood laminate and resin, making it very resistant to water, and particularly to any loosening of the ferrule, due to being left in water or placed head-up to dry. The handle features the unique da Vinci “shoulders”, and is very finely balanced to give the hand a beautifully managed tool.

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Precision and Flow

The fibres of the Colineo have the strength and elasticity of sable – enough to ensure precise application of paint, and not so much to compromise handling, ensuring the Colineo is a worthy replacement for natural sable.

Affordable Quality Without Compromise

This incredible blended fibre technology is shown through the complex mix of synthetic hairs, with different lengths and strengths, irregular shapes, varied widths, all coming together to mimic the natural characteristics of sable. 

Pure sable has become eye-wateringly expensive and very difficult to obtain, both because of fur trappers’ resistance to the increase in paperwork required by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), and now due to trade embargoes on Russia.

At less than half the price of natural sable hair, and delivering; the finest point; a thirsty body; perfect elasticity; balanced handle; vegan fibres; the da Vinci Colineo synthetic sable – the ultimate in control - herald new possibilities for mark making today.

Ultra close-up of the da Vinci Colineo paint brush

 

 

 

 

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