03-01-2017, 02:04 PM
Quote:..At present, my brushes folder is empty. This has surprised me. There are brushes in gimp..
The standard brushes that come with Gimp are in /usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes/
If you had a multi-user system, all/any the users can access these basic brushes. You do not want other people modifying them so they are (generally) safe there.
Your individual brushes are kept in your Gimp profile ~/.gimp-2.8/brushes Only you can use those.