Ideal brushes for oil and acrylic. Daler-Rowney Graduate XL brushes are an extension of the bestselling Graduate range. Graduate XL brings a unique and comprehensive artist-quality answer to the growing market for large format painting. Ideally suited for applications such as large canvases, indoor & outdoor murals and home decoration, these oversized Graduate XL brushes are suitable for traditional, mixed media & urban techniques. The range features 3 blends of hair, soft gold synthetic for fluid colour, water-based paint, large area washes & smooth surfaces, stiff burgundy synthetic for heavy body colour, impasto & rough surfaces and natural bristle primarily for oil but also gesso & varnish on all surfaces.