WINSOR & NEWTON SCEPTRE 2 Sceptre Gold II is a range of high quality brushes made from a mix of sable and synthetic fibers. They are ideal for working with water colour and fluid oil colour but are also suitable for use with acrylic, water mixable oil and alkyd fast dryling oil colour. Artist generally recognise that pure sable brushes are the best-but costly. So consideration of price may compel many to use a synthetic brush instead. And while today's sythetic brushes perform excellently, pure sable still has the edge.