User Guide

6
Painting
The Corel Painter application lets you
draw and paint, as you might in the
real world. In your studio, you use
brushes, pens, pencils, chalk,
airbrushes, and palette knives to make
marks on a canvas or piece of paper.
With Corel Painter, an infinite variety
of marks are possible. Like a fully
stocked art store, Corel Painter
supplies you with many different
brushes and drawing tools, each with
modifiable characteristics.
Exploring Painting
Many of the Corel Painter pre-built
brushes (known as brush variants) are
digital equivalents of real-life brushes
you might already use. Others let you
create imagery that isn’t possible with
real-life tools.
Corel Painter features “computed”
brushes that create smooth,
continuous strokes. Use these brushes
to apply color, brush on gradients, or
paint with patterns. For more
information about computed brushes,
refer to “Using Computed Brushes”
on page 102.
Corel Painter brushes can be changed
in many ways to create the look you
desire. For example, you can start with
a pencil, then change the settings until
it works like an airbrush. You can also
modify an oil pastel to create a pastel
brush, or make a leaky pen act like a
camel hair brush. Suddenly, the art
store has unlimited aisles and floors,
giving you the freedom to create
whatever you imagine. For more
information about using controls to
customize brushes, refer to
“Customizing Brushes” on page 143.
The result of any single mark or stroke
you make with a Corel Painter
drawing tool depends on:
• the brush category (or drawing
tool) you choose. Refer to “Brush