Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To set the amount of Artists’ Oils paint loaded
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To set the viscosity of Artists’ Oils paint
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To set Artists’ Oils paint blending
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To set Artists’ Oils brush bristling
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To set Artists’ Oils brushstroke trail-off
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To set canvas wetness for Artists’ Oils
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To paint in Dirty Mode

Artists’ Oils Controls

The Artists’ Oils controls are divided into three critical components: Paint, Brush, and Canvas. You can control Artists’ Oils brush size and opacity with a tablet expression. For more information about setting brush size, grain, and opacity, see General Controls. For more information, see Expression Settings.

Grain affects the look of Artists’ Oils by controlling the level at which paper absorbs paint. When the Grain slider is set to 0%, the paper absorbs a very limited amount of paint; no paper grain is visible in the stroke and the paint color appears lighter. When Grain is set to 100%, the paper completely absorbs the paint; no paper grain is visible, and the paint color appears darker. Grain is visible with Artists’ Oils when Grain is set between 1% and 99%. As an Artists’ Oils brush runs out of paint, paper grain becomes more visible, so Amount also affects how much grain appears.

Artists’ Oil brushes hold a finite amount of paint. As the paint runs out, the stroke becomes fainter.

Paint

Amount determines how much paint is loaded before each new brushstroke. The more paint you load, the longer the brushstroke lasts.

Viscosity controls the rate of paint transfer to the canvas. The higher the viscosity, the faster the brush runs out of paint, creating shorter brushstrokes.

Blend controls how the paint color mixes with paint already on the canvas. High blend levels allow paint on the brush to blend easily with existing paint.

Brush

Bristling controls the amount of bristling at the tail and tip of a brushstroke. For example, you can adjust bristling to increase the irregularity of the brush bristles.

Clumpiness controls brush bristle fineness. For example, you can increase the amount of brush hair variation, or clumpiness.

Trail-off determines the length of a brushstroke tail when the brush is running out of paint. This doesn’t change the length of the brushstroke, just the look of the end of the stroke. For example, you can adjust the trail-off to produce a longer trail-off effect of the brushstroke tail.

Canvas

Wetness determines the wetness of the paint on the canvas. This affects how paint from a brushstroke interacts with paint already on the canvas.

Painting in Dirty Mode

Painting in Dirty Mode allows you to further replicate the experience of using artists’ oil paints in the real world. In this mode, any paint remaining on the brush upon completion of a brushstroke is left to interact with paint loaded for the next brushstroke. When you select another color, the brush is cleared of remaining paint.

To set the amount of Artists’ Oils paint loaded Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Amount slider to the right to increase the amount of paint loaded for each brushstroke.
To set the viscosity of Artists’ Oils paint Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Viscosity slider to the right to increase the rate at which paint is transferred to the canvas.
It is important to note that higher viscosity settings make for a shorter brushstroke.
You can also set the viscosity of Artists’ Oils on the Viscosity slider on the Artists’ Oils property bar.
To set Artists’ Oils paint blending Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Blend slider to the right to increase the blending of brushstroke paint and existing paint.
You can also set how Artists’ Oils paint blend on the Blend slider on the Artists’ Oils property bar.
To set Artists’ Oils brush bristling Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Bristling slider to the right to increase the length of the bristling and the tip and tail of the brushstroke.
To set Artists’ Oils brushstroke trail-off Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Trail-off slider to the right to increase the length of brushstroke trail-off.
To set canvas wetness for Artists’ Oils Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Move the Wetness slider to the right to increase the mixing of brushstroke color and existing color.
You can also set how Artists’ Oil paints blend on the Blend slider on the Artists’ Oils property bar.
To paint in Dirty Mode Back to Top
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With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils.
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Enable the Dirty Mode check box.
You can also click the Dirty Brush Mode button on the Artists’ Oils property bar.
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