Exploring MacPalnt 167
THE PAINT BRUSH
The next drawing tool, the paint brush,
is
used to create
wide strokes on the drawing surface in any pattern desired.
Since patterns will be discussed later, for now,
we
will use the
paint brush with its preset pattern, black.
Select the paint brush
and
move the pointer to the drawing
surface. The pointer switches
to
a small
dot
as it enters the
drawing surface. This represents the width
of
the line
that
will
appear. Practice using the paint brush by drawing the branches
in the tree. The result appears in figure 6.4.
THE SPRAY CAN
The next tool, the spray can, works much like a real spray
can.
It
allows coverage
of
a wide area,
and
as the can
is
repeatedly moved over the same area,
that
coverage becomes
more dense.
Select the spray can. Notice, as the pointer moves
onto
the
drawing surface,
that
the tool symbol switches to a circle filled
with dots. When a
dot
passes over a block
of
the drawing
surface, this block turns black resulting in a
path
designed with
the spray can 's intermittent effect. Fill in the leaves
of
the tree
by swirling the spray can
around
the branches. The result
should resemble
that
depicted in figure 6.5 .
.
THE
ERASER
This tool
is
used
to
undo parts
of
the drawing. Click the
eraser symbol and move the pointer onto the drawing surface.
The
arrow
switches into a white box. While the mouse
button
is
pressed, any
dot
over which the eraser passes will
turn
white.
Practice by erasing
an
unsatisfactory portion
of
your drawing,
or
erase the whole picture and
start
again. Figure 6.6 shows the
eraser in action.
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