• Shading and blending colours
• Base-coats – laying in large areas of colour
• “One-stroke” designs – applying multiple colours from a split-cake for instant shading effect and rainbows
• Creating ribbons and other lines of varying widths by altering the angle
• Roses
• Broad, sweeping strokes with neat edges
• Narrow lines by using the edge

¾” flat brushes are good for one-stroke designs when you want them to be a bit smaller to fit on a tiny kid’s face or arm. They also allow you to use just a section of colours from within your split-cake – like when you want to leave off the black or white or other end colour to create a different effect from that split-cake.

¾” flat brushes are also particularly useful for base-coats – such as the red of Spiderman. Quicker, less messy, and much neater with a defined outline, compared to laying down the base with a sponge.

Smaller flat brushes are great for doing one-stroke effects on a smaller scale – such as one-stroke roses, two-tone leaves, flames, etc, and when you only want to use two or maybe three colours from a split-cake for a different effect.