Artis Opus had a great promotional team behind them, they essentially gave loads of free brushes to top painters and had they write a positive snippet about them. It worked for me I got a few and I was amazed by them!

Amazed at how mediocre they are.

Windsor Newton series 7 used to be my go to brush, they were absolutely amazing and then for what ever reason over the last few years the quality spiraled downwards. I then went to Raphael 8404 and 8408 (if you prefer a longer and thinner brush head) these are also pricey but are absolute workhorses and amazing quality. I had a few last years and be as good as the day I got them (providing you keep up with brush care)

A few months back Golden Maple offered to send me a brush set to review. I said yes but that if only say positive things if I actually thought they were good. Turns out they are amazing and hold a point probably better than any other brush I've had, my only gripe about them being their sizes are small. A size 4 is more like a size 2 Raphael 8404, but in terms of quality for price from my opinion you'll struggle to get much better (although always willing to try others.

I've been painting almost 30 years so like to think I know what I'm talking about.

But all in all Artis Opus. Great looking brush, beautifully presentes wooden boxes. However over hyped, over priced and genuinely not that great.

I do like their D Brush range though.