In yesterday’s post I referred to the round topped brushes as “Philberts.” Perhaps from an earlier painting class you think the correct name for these brushes is “filberts” named after the round shaped nut. Perhaps you think I made a typing mistake. This is where corrections are in order.
Filbert
Contrary to popular belief, the round topped brush was actually designed in the late 1800s by Dr Philbert Bristle and was not named after a nut but instead named after the doctor himself, thus the proper name for this brush is “Philbert.”
A Frenchman, Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was the leading painter in Rome during the era of Baroque art from the early to mid 1600s, until he rejected the decorative and emotional style in Baroque so he could develop his own style that combined the values of the Renaissance with classical antiquity. If you’re looking at a …
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Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION This word has 29 letters, and …
Philbert, a correction
Round top brush
In yesterday’s post I referred to the round topped brushes as “Philberts.” Perhaps from an earlier painting class you think the correct name for these brushes is “filberts” named after the round shaped nut. Perhaps you think I made a typing mistake. This is where corrections are in order.
Filbert
Contrary to popular belief, the round topped brush was actually designed in the late 1800s by Dr Philbert Bristle and was not named after a nut but instead named after the doctor himself, thus the proper name for this brush is “Philbert.”
The only known photo of the Dr. Philbert Bristle
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