Making Walls Tutorial

First A Couple of General Notes When you are using any of the paint tools you must set your presets prior to choosing your color or it will revert back to the default color also once you choose your color the preset will go back to showing none but it does in fact keep your choice Remember to Save often, once you save - clear your undo history. If you find a setting you like or think you will use often refer to this snapshot tutorial by Debbie Hardisty on how to save your favorite brushes. Saving Brush Settings to your Easy Palette Also most all the settings specified in this tut are done with the brush panel.So once you set your Preset.....all other settings can be done from the brush panel	This can be done with a Wacom tablet or with a mouse.The settings are all approximate as each person will use a different amount of pressure or a firmer or softer stroke.Also remember the undo is a very important tool and you will need lots of patience. A lot of steps seem repetitive but when you are trying to achieve a certain look you may have to try several different tools to get the look you want.So it is kind of a back and forth process.(which is where the patience comes in) Painting in Mode versus not Please note that you may find it much easier to manipulate your painting if you were to paint in object mode. Advantages to painting in mode is that you can paint a little bit at a time making it an object. If you decide later on down the line that you don't like that particular tree in that spot but it might look better on the other side of the canvas, you can simply move it over. It also makes it easier should you require to blend certain aspects of your painting.
Brick. I have only given one example here but this could be done in any color PAINT IN MODE Foundation (also makes a good stucco) Charcoal for foundation Multi color beige/brown Bricks Over foundation Bristle Preset none Size 70 Random 22 Brush Head 27 Density 50 Multicolor 0 0 44 Spacing 25 straight line option run across sideways Paint brush shape square width of your strips fill strip in you made with Bristle Brush Grass paint brush make your vertical lines staggered
Vinyl Type Siding Paint brush shape square straight line choose color once you have made one panel effect/creative/paint on edges size 1 about 2 shades darker than whatever color you are using duplicate and place staggering
BarnType Siding Fine Brush shape square choose color make board bristle brush Preset Grass small head size lighter or darker than color you used for the board burn tool at about Level 30 for depth

Vertical Board siding same as above then gritty charcoal (lighter or darker) with about 60% transparency I used perspective to narrow one end then I duplicated and flipped and placed in up and down pattern I have left some separated so you can see what I did
Large Field Type Stone stone Bristle Split 3 multicolor brown multicolor grey make some odd joined shapes Chalk spatter multicolor use the burn and dodge to get some depth and highlights then pick a lighter color and put the mortar in between stones
Stone Walls use the barntype siding for a base Charcoal Brush Preset Gritty Charcoal Multicolor Grey Brush Panle Settings top 0 and play with middle and bottom slider run over board until you get varying degrees of color the larger the size the bigger the pattern I have done one small and one large so you can see when you finish fine brush size 1-3 mortar lines in between the light and dark colors
Any Questions email me sparrow8@cogeco.ca