Why I love Rosemary (and co)

[Captain Blood]

Partly because they are the best brushes.
Partly because they are half the price of other manufacturers' brushes of a similar quality.

But also because their customer service is just stunningly good.

Was doing a bit of painting yesterday afternoon (it's the LPL, you know) when I realised I had run out of brushes in a couple of required sizes.
I went onto Rosemary and co's website and placed an order for several brushes.
This was at 3pm yesterday afternoon.
Rosemary and co are in West Yorkshire.
I live 200 miles away, south of London.

The brushes (impeccably packaged, as usual) arrived with the postman at 10am this morning.



That is just incredible, isn't it?

I mean, nobody - nobody, not Amazon Prime next-day, John Lewis or anyone else - manages that do they?

Brilliant.

Just saying.

[Mason]

Gotta agree.
My latest order turned up the next day as well.

If I only put them to use as quickly......

[Phil Robinson]

Yup, outstanding.

Great quality and service.

[Golgotha]

Any specific suggestions on which brushes would be well suited to mini painting - I tried searching by size with little luck and which hairs do most consider best?

[stone-cold-lead]

They do offer a very good service and a pretty good product too.

[Captain Blood]

Any specific suggestions on which brushes would be well suited to mini painting - I tried searching by size with little luck and which hairs do most consider best?

Kolinsky sable series 33 pointed brushes sizes 1, 0, 00, 000 and (yes, really) 10/0 
Well, that's my painting armoury anyway...

[Golgotha]

Thank you I will definitely be getting some and a 10/0 just for the hell of it and may be good for eyeball pupils.

[grant]

I added a couple of Rosemary brushes to my collection, and did three massive 6mm commissions with a 1 and a 0 brush, and was super impressed with them. I have Winsor & Newton mostly, and I like vintage red handled GW brushes for rough work like washes and applying textured stuff.

The Rosemary brushes I don't recall being a bargain compared to the W&N here in Canada, but they are good brushes nonetheless. I doubt they could overnight to me anyway 

[westwaller]

Yeah, they are good brushes. Series 33 for me too. The 0/10 and the 000 are the Rosemary & Co brushes i use most.

The 0/10 is not as ridiculously small as it sounds 

[Conquistador]

Before I go and look, is that a UK source or are there USA sources for those brushes too?

We won't go into what I currently have/ use...

[Hammers]

Well it is soon time for a restock so thos time I'll remember to try the other brNd.

[stone-cold-lead]

Yeah, they are good brushes. Series 33 for me too. The 0/10 and the 000 are the Rosemary & Co brushes i use most.

The 0/10 is not as ridiculously small as it sounds 

Yeah, I find most of their series 33 brushes to be a bit bigger than other brands and in the case of the 10/0 it's bigger than a 5/0 I have from elsewhere.

My 10/0 gets used mostly for eyes and tiny facial details.

[Old-N-Busted]

Yes its a big thumbs up from me, series 33 in 0 3/0 and 10/0 very nice brushes and first class service.

[Dolmot]

You can usually find a mix of Ser 401 (red sable / synthetic blend) and that Ser 33 (pure Kolinsky sable) on my table. The former are 1, 0 and 2/0, good for different stages of basecoating. They're cheap and more forgiving of rough handling, including metallic/alcohol-based paints and drybrush-like techniques. Ser 33 3/0 is the tool of choice for eyes and other detail, but I also have the larger sizes for occasional use when they feel better than 401.

Meanwhile, I added a few new test pieces to my latest order, including Ser 323 (Kolinsky, similar to 33 but "spotter" shape) and a few rigger-style brushes (Ser 44 and ivory). Riggers have notably long bristles and I'd assume they're not for everyone, but one of my previous all time favourites was a long-bristled synthetic so I decided to give these a try. This pack is still unopened but if you give me a few days or a week, I'll put them directly through an LPL test run.

And yes, the service is spot on.

[westwaller]

Before I go and look, is that a UK source or are there USA sources for those brushes too?

Conquistador, Rosemary & Co are a small Uk based brush manufacturer, I don't know if there are any stockists of their brushes overseas, I think that they only sell direct (I don't know)