2nd Class Computers Science Paint Brush Drawing in Paint Brush

        Drawing in Paint brush

 

Let's see the different parts of a paint brush window:    

 

 

• Title bar: It shows the title of the file you are working in.
• Menu bar: It shows different functions you can do in paint brush.
• Horizontal Scroll bar: It is used to move the page sideways.
• Drawing board : It is your workspace. It is like a plain white paper. You make your drawings here.
• Tool bar: It is on the left side of the page. It contains all tools like pencil, brush or eraser, which you need for working.                                      
• Color Palette: It lies below the drawing page from where you can select different colors for your drawings.                                                

You have a toolbox to draw and colour pictures. A toolbox contains various tools that are use drawing and painting. There are 16 tools in the tool box. Given below is the picture of toolbar.          

 

 

 

    Let's see what each tool does  

 

   Star Tool (Free Form Tool)  

It is known as Free Form select. It helps to select irregular area of the drawing.  

 

     Rectangle Box Tool (Select Tool)

 It is called select tool. It selects portion of the drawing in a rectangle.  

 

 

 

    Eraser Tool

Eraser tool helps to erase a part of the drawing. Select the eraser tool from the too lox and drag the mouse over the surface you want to remove.    

 

 

    Pencil Tool  

Pencil tool is like a pencil only. It is used to draw pictures in a free hand line.  

 

 

    Filler Too

 The Fill with colour tool is used to fill colour in a drawing. You can select the colour from the colour palette.  

 

 

   Air brush Tool

 The Air brush is used to spray color    

 

 

   Brush Tool  

The brush is used to paint and draw areas of the picture. You can draw lines of different shapes and size with it.

 

 

   Line Tool

 The Line tool is used to draw straight lines.  

 

 

     Curve Tool

The Curve tool draws curves of any angle.

 

 

    Rectangular Tool

 The Rectangular tool helps to draw boxes of any size.  

 

 

     Ellipse Tool

 The Ellipse tool draws circles and ellipses.    

 

 

     Rounded Rectangular Tool

 With the help of Rounded Rectangle tool you can draw boxes with rounded corners.  

 

 

    Pick Color Tool

 The Pick colour tool selects colour from the palette.  

 

 

    Magnifier Tool

 This is a magnifier. It shows an increase in the size of the drawing.  

 

 

    Text Tool

 This is a text tool. It is used to write or add text to an image. You can write in various styles, colour and sizes.   Now, you know how to use the different tools of paint. With the help of these tools you can draw different pictures.  

 

 

 

   

 

 Match the following         

              A                                               B

1. Title bar                                      i.   Workspace

2. Menu bar                                   ii. Contain all tools

3. Drawing board                          iii. Shows different functions

4. Toolbar                                      iv. Shows the title

(A) 1, iv; 2, iii; 3, i; 4, ii                     

(B) 1, iv; 2, ii; 3, iii; 4, i

(C) 1, ii; 2, iii; 3, i; 4, iv                     

(C) 1, i; 2, ii; 3, iii; 4, iv  

 

Answer: (a)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(A) Option (A) is correct. Title bar shows the title, menu bar shows different functions, drawing board is the workspace and tool bar contains all tools.

Incorrect Options:

(B) Option (B) is mismatched.

(C) Option (C) is mismatched.

(D) Option (D) is mismatched.    

 

 

 Given below are the statements on different parts of paint brush. Which of the following is/are the correct statements?

1. Colour palette is on the left side of the page. It contains all tools.

2. Tool bar lies below the drawing page from where you can select different colours for your drawings.

3. Horizontal Scroll bar is used to move the page sideways.

(A) 1 and 2                                                         

(B) Only 3

(C) All of these                                                 

(D) None of these  

 

Answer: (b)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(B) Only statement 3 is correct.

Incorrect Options:

(A) Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

(C) All the statements are not correct.

(D) All the statements are not incorrect.  

 

 

 

• Tux Paint is a free, award winning drawing program for children. It combines an easy to use interface, fun sound effects and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
• Paint is a simple graphics painting program that has been included with all versions of Microsoft windows.        

 

 

 

• Title bar: It shows the title of the file you are working in.
• Menu bar: It shows different functions you can do in paint brush
• Horizontal Scroll bar: It is used to move the page sideways.
• Drawing board: It is your workspace. It is like a plain white paper. You make your drawings here.  
• Colour Palette: It lies below the drawing page from where you can select different colors for your drawings.  

 

 

• Paint is a simple graphic painting program. It is available in each and every windows operating system. You have read in this chapter about the different types of tools and how to use them.
•  Resources on Net:  http://www.wikipedia.org
• Related Topics: Getting Started with Computers : Chapter 1