Cloning with Thick Paint brushes
Turn a Thick Paint brush into a cloner by clicking the Clone Color button 
in the Color panel (Window 
Color Panels Color Panel (Full View)) and start painting. For more information about cloning, see Image cloning and sampling. If you are not satisfied with the appearance of the brushstrokes, try the following:
• Increase the droplet radius. Select a Thick Paint brush variant. On the property bar, click the Shape flyout button 
, and in the Droplets area, move the Radius slider to the right to increase the size of the paint droplets.
, and in the Droplets area, move the Radius slider to the right to increase the size of the paint droplets.• Decrease the brush density. Select a Thick Paint brush variant. Click the Shape flyout button on the property bar, and move the Brush Density slider to the left in small amounts (for example, minus 2%) to reduce the number of bristles in the brush.
on the property bar, and move the Brush Density slider to the left in small amounts (for example, minus 2%) to reduce the number of bristles in the brush.• Blur the clone source by painting with brushes from the Blenders category or by applying a Focus effect (Effects Focus), such as Depth of Field, Glass Distortion, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur or Woodcut (Click Effects Surface Control Woodcut. Disable the Output black check box. Move the Color edge slider to the right). To blur the clone source, in the Clone Source panel, enable the Show Source Image check box. Click in the Source Image window, and click OK. Blur the source image by using a blender brush or an effect. Once you are done, click the clone document, and enable the Create New option in the dialog box that appears.
Focus), such as Depth of Field, Glass Distortion, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur or Woodcut (Click Effects Surface Control Woodcut. Disable the Output black check box. Move the Color edge slider to the right). To blur the clone source, in the Clone Source panel, enable the Show Source Image check box. Click in the Source Image window, and click OK. Blur the source image by using a blender brush or an effect. Once you are done, click the clone document, and enable the Create New option in the dialog box that appears.