In Chapter 2 you learned what a Stroke comprises and how to draw Strokes with its two

components: Lines and Fills. You have been given instruction describing how to create a new

Stroke Type. Stroke Material (color) has been explained as has drawing a Stroke using Image

Texture for the Fill component of a Stroke.

In this Chapter, Brushes have been introduced which give you a predetermined line style when a

Stroke is drawn. The Brushes described to this point have been the eight default Brush Types

included in the Blender Start File ( the default Blender file is loaded when you start the Blender

program ).

The Brush Types may be employed with any of the Stroke Types thus giving an array of possible

combinations. The two exceptions are F Airbrush and F Pencil Soft where a Stroke is pinned.

You see, that by Adding new Stroke Types, which have new Materials, you can create a library of

personalised Strokes.

Following on, you can expand the library of Brush Types by creating new Brushes which when

combined with the Stroke Library allow you to build an ever expanding Library of drawing tools.

Note: Brush Types added, are only applicable to the Blender (.blend) in which you

are working. Save the Blender File for future work.

4.3 Adding New Brush Types: You add New Brushes to your Blender file by creating a

New Brush or downloading and Appending Brushes from the internet.

Properties Editor

Creating a New Brush

New Brushes are created in the Properties Editor, Active

Tool and Workspace buttons.

Click to add a New Brush.

Note: the default Brush Type

(the active Brush) is

Pencil.

Clicking the Add Drawing Brush icon adds a New

Brush replacing the active Brush name with Brush

Name.001 i.e. Pencil becomes Pencil.001.

Click on Pencil.001 and retype a new name i.e. New

Brush.

New Brush is available in

the selection menu.

Figure 4.9

Figure 4.10

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