@sallyanne- short on bandwidth? so no video
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Make / add a gimpressionist brush? - got you mixed up with pat625 - don't know why.
(1) Check in your Gimp profile gimpressionist folder that a
Brushes folder actually exists. If not make one.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/kU3l6FJ.jpg)
(2) In Gimp create the brush, grayscale, white-on-black seems favourite.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/bN2H0rx.jpg)
(3) Open a new canvas so that your brush is not active
(4) Open gimpressionist. (5) select your brush from the drop-down select menu (6) Save-As
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/b3EC3bE.jpg)
(7) Make sure the Brushes folder is found. (8) Give the brush a name ...and Save
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/9fBaXwj.jpg)
(9) Your brush shows in the brushes list, set up sizes etc and OK.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/1lKUGJ1.jpg)
There is a collection of brushes/presets on this page
https://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7818