From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 10:19:12 -0500, Tim Wright    
   wrote:   
   >On 10/09/2020 06:45, 61rroger@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >> This question is based on something that I hear tv landscape painters,   
   >(Bob Ross, Bill Alexander, etc.), say.  When it comes to painting, especially   
   >landscape painting, why are some/certain paint brushes called "bristle   
   brushes?"   
   >Aren't ALL paint brushes by nature bristle brushes?  After all, they all have   
   bristles.  Thank you.   
      
   >I am no artist, but I believe what they mean is that it is made with   
   >actual boar hair, which is a traditional paint brush material.  Some are   
   >alsomade with sable hair, but I don't know if those are referred to as   
   >bristle brushes or not.   
   >Before synthetic materials came along all brushes, hair, tooth, etc,   
   >were made with boar bristles.   
      
      
   A bristle brush usually refers to a stiff-haired brush, and it can be   
   natural animal bristles or artificial stiff bristles.  Soft bristled   
   brushes can be natural sable hair or artificial soft bristles.  Almost   
   all of my watercolor brushes are soft bristles, but I have a couple of   
   stiff bristled brushes I use for softening up the pan water color   
   paints for mixing the color, and for special effects in the watercolor   
   painting.   
      
   Les   
      
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