The Artists Brush Boutique

For your first painting, and your five-hundredth.

4.8 from 2,000+ verified reviews

Hand-finished brushes, artist colours and complete kits, chosen by a small UK team and painted with by thousands.

Painting by Tony Shaw
Tony Shaw
Painting by Gill Williams
Gill Williams
Painting by Becky Allin
Becky Allin

The paintings on this page are our customers' own work.

If you only buy one thing

The shortlist: three answers, no scrolling required.

Sixty brush sets and thirty paints is our job to know, not yours. These three cover almost everyone, and the 60-day guarantee covers the rest.

The gentle startThe Beginner's Painting Kit

The Beginner's Painting Kit

Never painted? Everything for a first acrylic painting is inside, including the guide.

See the kit · £65.49
Our recommendationThe Venice, 25-piece brush set

The Venice, 25-piece brush set

One case that covers wash to detail. Our bestseller by a mile, and the set we reach for ourselves.

The colour upgradeThe Vibrant Collection, 24 watercolours

The Vibrant Collection, 24 watercolours

High pigment watercolours that will still be in your paint box years from now.

The proof

Painted with our brushes. Framed by us.

Work sent in by customers this summer, hung beside what they told us. Nothing staged, nothing stock.

Painting by John O'dell
John O'dell

I was doing a painting of trees and their silhouettes against a dark sky and the brushes gave me the best performance ever.

Linda Webster · verified buyer
Painting by Helen Adams
Helen Adams
Painting by Jacqueline Peak
Jacqueline Peak

Used them for the first time yesterday and loved them. It's the holding ridge on the handle that thrilled me as I have a tendency to grip too tight. Very good quality and a joy to use.

Claire Wood · verified buyer
Painting by Helen Walker
Helen Walker
Painting by Cathy Morgan
Cathy Morgan

I bought these as my personal brushes in my paint-your-own pottery studio and I love them. Perfect for my detail and larger areas. Highly recommend and will buy again.

Rachel Holman · verified buyer
Painting by Robert Hall
Robert Hall

Our guarantee, in full

If a brush, a paint or a kit isn't loved, send it back within 60 days and we refund you.

We pay the return postage and send you the label. No forms to argue with, no quibbles. It's how we'd want to be treated, so it's the policy.

James, founder

A family of artists, tired of overpriced supplies

Our story

A family of artists, tired of overpriced supplies

We founded The Artist's Brush Boutique in 2019, that's me in the middle, with my Mum and Dad either side, both professional artists.

It started while I was shopping for art supplies for my sons: everything felt overpriced, overwhelming, and aimed at everyone except the people actually painting.

So we set out to champion proper artist brushes and supplies for the keen enthusiast, chosen by working artists, fairly priced, and made to be used.

James, founder

Read our story
30,000+ Orders delivered
4.8 Average from 2,000+ reviews
60 days To change your mind, returns free
2020 Founded, still a small team

Join the boutique

A handmade sketchbook, on us.

Join the list and our Indigo A6 sketchbook, handmade cotton paper, is added free to your first order over £30. After that: occasional letters with new sets, gallery openings and painting notes. No noise, unsubscribe any time.

One gift per painter. The sketchbook is added to a qualifying basket automatically, nothing to type at checkout.

Not sure where to start?

Answer four quick questions and we'll point you to the kit, brushes and colours that fit how you want to paint.

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