Paint with art strokes

Add artistic brush strokes to give your picture a textured appearance.

Original picturePicture with art stroke painting


To paint with art strokes:
  1. Select the picture you want to edit.
  2. On the Effects menu, point to Paint Brush, and then click Art Stroke.
  3. Under Click a brush stroke, select the brush stroke you want.
  4. Select a color.
  5. To change the width of the stroke, drag the Stroke width slider.
  6. To increase the transparency of the stroke, drag the Transparency slider to the right.
  7. To paint with the art stroke, drag the cursor across the picture.
  8. Click Done.

Tip

To change the paint color to one you already see in the picture, click More color choices, click the color in the picture, and then click Done.