William Overington Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Pen to watercolour This may be well-known or obvious, or not, but I found a way with vector drawings in Affinity Designer to produce images that are much better than I can do freehand at this time. I draw a line or curve using the Pen Tool and adjust it to what I want, then I change the line for a watercolour brush. So I get a watercolour line drawing with a precision that I just cannot do directly freehand at this time. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 5:17 PM, William Overington said: I draw a line or curve using the Pen Tool and adjust it to what I want, then I change the line for a watercolour brush. If you use the Vector Brush Tool instead of the Pen Tool, you can draw directly with your choice of watercolour or other brush. William Overington 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Thank you. > As you paint, nodes are created automatically and can be edited with as you paint with the [Ctrl key] or at any time with the Node Tool. I had not realized until now that one can later edit with the Node Tool. William Alfred 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 minute ago, William Overington said: > As you paint, nodes are created automatically and can be edited with as you paint with the [Ctrl key] or at any time with the Node Tool. You’ve highlighted a bug (albeit a trivial one!) in the Help. It should, of course, say ‘edited as you paint’, not ‘edited with as you paint’. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Yet the pen to watercolour technique can be useful for accuracy when using a grid for guidance. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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