User Guide

7
Using Water Color
Corel Painter features two ways to
work with water colors: the Water
Color layer and Digital Water Color.
The Water Color Layer
Water Color brushes paint into a
water color layer, which enables the
colors to flow and mix and absorb into
the paper.
In Corel Painter, you can edit the
Water Color layer as you would any
other layer, including erasing and
blurring, without changing anything
in the image layer. For example, you
can draw pencil outlines in the image
layer, then overlay water color shading
without smudging the pencil lines.
You can lift the canvas to the Water
Color layer, which transfers
information from the canvas to the
Water Color layer. This is useful if you
want to apply Water Color effects to a
photograph, for example.
You can wet the entire Water Color
layer, which activates a diffusion
process that you can control.
Unless a Water Color layer is already
selected, a new Water Color layer is
automatically created when a Water
Color brush is applied to an image.
The Water Color layer appears on the
Layers palette and is characterized by
a blue water droplet icon. When the
icon is falling, it indicates that the
drying process is underway. It is a
good practice to monitor the Water
Color icon while painting with Water
Color brushes. If too many strokes are
laid down, particularly with respect to
slow-drying brushes, the application
can become slower. In this situation, it
is best to wait for the drying process to
finish before continuing.