Daler-Rowney Simply Acrylic brushes are made with Taklon gold which is a synthetic material designed to show the properties of the best hair brushes. Simple acrylic brushes cover a variety of shapes and sizes to meet all the needs of a novice artist. This set contains 5 short handle brushes (Round # 2/0, Round # 1, Liner # 10/0, Angle Shader # 1/8 and Fan # 2/0)"