I have just finished a set of Corel Painter brushes called Skip’s Ultimate Thick Paint Category. When Thick Paint was introduced two years ago, I loved it and still do. I like anything painted thickly. Naturally I used them thickly. After all, they were called thick paint. I also noticed that they didn’t seem as popular as I thought they should be. It appeared folks didn’t like to paint thickly.
The more I used thick paint the more I felt like it emulated oil paint better than any other category in Painter. But my mindset was that thick paint needed to be used thickly. It didn’t occur to me to use them thinly and more like traditional oils that are not painted with a palette knife or gobs of paint on a brush.
I think the turning point came when I was looking at a Sargent painting at Google Arts and Culture. You can zoom in and look at the various brushstrokes. I didn’t think the marks looked at all like our current Sargent Brush. The strokes were bold and simple. I have always heard that Sargent was the king of Bravura strokes. I kept thinking that his brushstrokes looked like thick paint…thinner of course.
I created a few “thick paint” brushes that painted thinly. And in no time at all, I developed Skip’s Ultimate Thick Paint category for Corel Painter 2020. You can download them for free at the end of this post. But first, I want to post 7 videos that talk about the brushes. I am not going to post images at first…I want to see what you do with them. Please download the variants and paint away. Post your work on FB or at the Digital Art Community…or anywhere I might see it. I am curious how these variants will be received. As I said, I love them, but I can’t speak for you.
You can download the brushes here. Please remember, these variants were made in Painter 2020 and are only compatible in Painter 2020. And if you like the brushes, please consider donating to the blog. I really appreciate it.
Click the red type below to download the brushes.
Skip’s Ultimate Thick Paint brush category.
Enjoy,
Skip
Hi Skip,
Sorry to hear that only P2020 can use these brushes! Still have P2019 and would love to use them!
Been taking most of your classes! Thanks
Alice
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I am slammed right now, but when I get some time I’ll see if I can convert them.
Hi Skip,
Just wanted to let you know that I’m still using the painter 2019 and all of these brushes work just fine with it 🙂 even though they were made in the painter 2020. You get a warning of sorts but they work beautifully just the same. Thank you so very much, as they are beautiful of course.
Donna
Hi Donna,
I am making them compatible with 2018 and 2019. I cannot recommend using them as is with Painter 2020. It may be fine for now, but I recommend waiting for the compatible versions. Enjoy, skip
Thank you so much. I will surely watch the videos and give it a try.
Chris Sent from my IPhone
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Hi Skip! I just tried out all the brushes, they’re fantastic, especially the knives! Thanks for giving us so many brushes. Now I have to watch the videos, which I’ll start tomorrow. I love how thick the brushes are and how they blend colors together. They are amazing!
Thanks Kerry…glad you like them.
Thanks for these, I found them very useful. Cheers.
Thank you…so glad you found them useful!!!
The link does now work. Could you fix it or upload to external service?
Andre, I believe the link is working now. Please let me know if you still have trouble.