Brushes are essential tools for creating art, used in a variety of mediums such as painting, calligraphy, and make-up. The history of brushes can be traced back to the earliest human dwellings, where branches were used to sweep up dirt. The first brush factory in America was established in New York in 1859.
The Art Media Brush
Brushes are essential tools for creating art, used in a variety of mediums such as painting, calligraphy, and make-up. The history of brushes can be traced back to the earliest human dwellings, where branches were used to sweep up dirt. The first brush factory in America was established in New York in 1859.
Manufacture of brushes involves attaching filaments, such as bristles or wire, to a handle or block. The staple set brush is the most common method, where filaments are forced into a hole with a special driver and held in place by pressure against the walls of the hole. Anchor set brushes use a piece of rectangular profile wire anchored to the wall of the hole, while fused brushes weld plastic fibres to another plastic surface. Configurations include twisted-in wire, cylinders, and disks with bristles spread in one face or radially.
Function of brushes can be categorized by their application of material or combing. Application brushes release material held by capillary action, and are used for finger-print forensics, gilding, ink, make-up, mascara, nail-polish, paintbrush (fine art or house decoration), pastry, shaving, shoe-polish, wall-paper, and other purposes. Combing brushes straighten and untangle filaments, and include grooming and hair brushes.
Cleaning brushes come in various sizes and are used for dusting figurines, scrubbing stains out of clothing and shoes, removing grime from tires, and cleaning floors with a dustpan. Specific brushes are used for diverse activities such as cleaning vegetables, toilets, washing glass, cleaning tiles, and sanding.
Ink Wash Painting, also known as water-and-ink painting or shui-mo hua in Chinese, is a type of East Asian ink brush painting that uses washes of black ink in different concentrations. It emerged during the Tang dynasty of China (618–907) and overturned earlier, more realistic techniques. Ink wash painting emphasizes virtuoso brushwork and conveying the perceived "spirit" or "essence" of a subject over direct imitation. It is typically monochrome, using only shades of black, with a great emphasis on capturing the spirit of the subject rather than its physical appearance.
Ink Wash Painting flourished from the Song dynasty in China (960–1279) onwards and was also introduced to Japan by Zen Buddhist monks in the 14th century. It is often produced by scholar-officials or literati, ideally illustrating their own poetry and producing the paintings as gifts for friends or patrons rather than painting for payment. In China especially, ink wash painting was a gentlemanly occupation associated with poetry and calligraphy.
Ink Wash Painting is typically created using a brush, ink, and paper. The brush is often made of animal hair, such as that from a wolf, weasel, or rabbit, and the ink is usually made from pine soot and animal glue. The paper used in
Ink Wash Painting is often rice paper, which is thin and absorbent.
Brush Cut, also known as a butch cut or brush, is a type of haircut where the hair on the top of the head is cut short in every dimension. The top and upper portion of the back and sides are cut the same length, generally between 1⁄4 and 1⁄2 inch (6 and 13 mm), following the contour of the head. The hair below the upper portion of the sides and back of the head is tapered short or semi-short with a clipper, in the same manner as a crew cut.
Brush Cut has been traditionally groomed with hair control wax, commonly referred to as brush wax. It is often used by women who are masculine, typically lesbians, and is also common in various militaries for social conformity or hygienic measures. Punk cultures and movements have also adopted brush cuts as a form of personal identity and rebellion.
Brush Cut has been present in the lesbian subculture since the 1940s America, where it was used by women to circumvent traditional genders of women in society and distinguish their masculine attributes and characteristics from feminine women. According to some academic studies about the butch/femme subculture, "Femmes were sometimes bisexual."
Brushes are versatile tools used in various mediums for creating art. The history of brushes can be traced back to the earliest human dwellings, and they continue to be an essential part of the artistic process today. Whether used for painting, calligraphy, make-up, or other purposes, brushes play a crucial role in capturing the spirit and essence of a subject.
Brush Cut is a type of haircut where the hair on the top of the head is cut short in every dimension. It has been traditionally groomed with hair control wax, commonly referred to as brush wax, and is often used by women who are masculine, typically lesbians, and is also common in various militaries for social conformity or hygienic measures. Punk cultures and movements have also adopted brush cuts as a form of