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Brushes For Landscapes (and sea)

By Marion Dutton · 2 November 2026 · 2 min read
Brushes For Landscapes (and sea)

Here you’ll find my recommended Rosemary & Co brushes for landscapes and seascapes. They’re perfect for painting trees, skies, water, and textured natural effects. You don’t need these exact brushes, but I suggest finding good equivalents or using similar ones you already own.

Personal preference determines whether you opt for a long or short handle.

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The Ultimate Bristle Filbert – recommended by Marion Dutton

The Ultimate Bristle Filbert

Sizes Recommended

are 1, 3 & 6

Create for creating trees & foliage and stippling effects

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Classic Fans – recommended by Marion Dutton

Classic Fans

Sizes Recommended are 1, 3 & 4

Perfect for Trees and Foliage and water effects.

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Evergreen Short Flats – recommended by Marion Dutton

Evergreen Short Flats

Sizes Recommended:

0, 2, 4, 6 & 8

Perfect for flat details and blocking in colour. The workhorse of painting.

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Evergreen Riggers – recommended by Marion Dutton

Evergreen Riggers

Sizes Recommended

0, 2 & 4

Fine lines & details, tree limbs & rigging

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Series 301 Pointed Rounds – recommended by Marion Dutton

Series 301 Pointed Rounds

Sizes Recommended

0, 2, 4 & 6

Small details

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Smooshing Brushes – recommended by Marion Dutton

Smooshing Brushes

Sizes Recommended

Extra small, small & Medium

But the large is also superb

Amazing for clouds and sea foam

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Mundy Mops – recommended by Marion Dutton

Mundy Mops

Sizes Recommended

1/4", 1/2" & 1" - However the set of 5 is great value!

For Softening backgrounds, clouds and skies.

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The Series 142 Domed Round (not essential) – recommended by Marion Dutton

The Series 142 Domed Round (not essential)

Perfect for scrubbing, and stippling in oil and acrylic the unique shape of these bristles gives some fabulous textures for trees and is also fabulous for some dry brush work with acrylic, because they are a bristle they take some abuse with stippling creating an amazing texture.

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Tree & Texture Brush Series 32 – recommended by Marion Dutton

Tree & Texture Brush Series 32

The Series 32 badger hair brushes are designed to simplify the art of painting trees and foliage.

Maz Says: This is perfect for trees and other texture effects. I have all three but opt for 3/8th (middle size) if you are only buying one.

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Set 45 Landscape Set for All Mediums (16 brushes) – recommended by Marion Dutton

Set 45 Landscape Set for All Mediums (16 brushes)

Rosemary & Co no longer make the M.J. Smith sets, Michael decided to outsource from overseas. The brushes in his 'old' sets are our standard lines and weren't unique to Michael; they just happened to be his 'go-to & favourite' brushes. We have our own in-house sets of these brushes to make ordering easy for you.

Set 45 contains 16 brushes from various ranges to help you achieve landscapes, foliage, trees, grasses, etc. It's very popular as a go-to landscape set.

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