How To Make A Paint Brush Stroke
. Adobe put it in a stupid place. Basic is not a brush.
Basic means no brush - basic stroke. When you attempt to use the Brush Tool and set it to Basic what actually happens when you start to paint is the brush changes automatically to a calligraphic brush. When working with Live Paint groups you can apply a brush to an edge only if you add a stroke to the group using the Appearance panel.
To watch the tutorial on applying fills and strokes see Color basics.
Im not meaning to imply you are deficient in any way for not knowing this. When working with Live Paint groups you can apply a brush to an edge only if you add a stroke to the group using the Appearance panel. The current fill and stroke colors appear in the Tools panel the Control panel and the Properties panel. To watch the tutorial on applying fills and strokes see Color basics.
