I’m sorry to tell you that there is no Dr. Philbert Bristle. Not even a little bit. I found this picture on the internet, and I liked the shape of his head. I thought it was…. nut-like.
[caption id=”attachment_11839″ align=”aligncenter” width=”163 The nut-like head of an unknown man.
So, filbert brushes are filbert brushes named after the nut filbert. They are not philbert brushes named after Dr. Philbert Bristle. There is no Dr. Bristle. I made that up.
Because Chinese Emperors wore yellow. What??? Pencils are yellow because the emperor wore yellow. Long long ago in China, a complicated system of social rank began to develop, and it developed with color codes. As early as the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC), social hierarchy emerged to be graded by costume color. Over generations, this system …
Find an old catalogue, magazine, maps, drawings, paintings, wrappers, etc. Stack the materials. You may wish to use some impermanent glue. Working with an x-acto blade, or tearing by hand, remove paper to reveal previous layers. Post your work Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it. To be eligible for prizes, (yes …
Welcome to another day of creative CrossFit! Today is 23 out of 30. Only one more week to go! I’ve been talking about various forms of perspective. Perspective has a lot of rules! Sometimes with all these rules about art, I forget that getting it “right” can actually make a drawing less interesting. Australian artist …
This challenge was from Catherine Lepp, our newest instructor from the New York Studio School: draw the head of a classical sculpture using only circles and straight lines.
Filbert, a correction of a correction
I’m sorry to tell you that there is no Dr. Philbert Bristle. Not even a little bit. I found this picture on the internet, and I liked the shape of his head. I thought it was…. nut-like.
[caption id=”attachment_11839″ align=”aligncenter” width=”163
The nut-like head of an unknown man.
So, filbert brushes are filbert brushes named after the nut filbert. They are not philbert brushes named after Dr. Philbert Bristle. There is no Dr. Bristle. I made that up.
….But there is a Saint Philibert.
Philibert Feast Day: August 20th
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