In this guide to the best watercolour brushes for pet portraits I'll give you my honest review of brushes I've used and owned. I have a jar full now of all sorts of brushes I've accumulated over the years, but I have a few favourites that I reach for every time.

I grew up in Birmingham, but here I am in Worcester still living in the same house we bought 28 years ago. At this point, the house and I are basically the same age emotionally. These walls know all our secrets. Within them we’ve lived out all our little (and not-so-little) life dramas: becoming parents, losing parents, losing jobs, starting new ones, and generally muddling our way through adulthood. Two adults somehow became three adults and a steady stream of furry companions. Honestly, I...