AK's synthetic fan brush spreads its bristles into a flat fan rather than a point, making it the brush to reach for when you need texture rather than a clean line — stippled foliage, weathered fabric, dry-brushed highlights or a soft, feathered transition between two colours. It's a specialist shape rather than an everyday brush, but for the effects it's built for there's no faster way to get a convincing result. The synthetic bristles hold their fan shape wash after wash.

Best for

• Stippling, foliage and weathering texture
• Dry-brushing and soft colour transitions
• Acrylics, enamels and washes

Keep one in the pot for the day a flat basecoat needs some genuine texture.

Sold as a single brush.