This type of brush was developed in the late 1970's due to the popularity of the bottled acrylics. It is used today to apply the thinner acrylics associated with today's Decorative Painters. Our brush is slightly different than other synthetic brushes found in the decorative painting industry. Our higher quality hair is based on the thicker bodied properties of Heritage MultiMedia Artist Acrylics. This brush is slightly stiffer than the Fusion brush but much softer than the bristle. A perfect intermediate brush for pushing around thicker bodied artist acrylics without leaving distracting brush marks you get with bristles. Many of our programs and the techniques are designed to emulate the older and traditional alla prima techniques from the 19th century. These techniques were developed before the synthetic brush, but we can give the same looks when the brush is designed to work with the paint. This brush hair was specifically designed for Heritage MultiMedia painting techniques.