How to install brushes in illustrator

Did you forget to select a brush or stroke color before you draw? Maybe you forgot to unlock a layer? Yeah, it happened to me as well. But honestly, 90% of the time the paintbrush tool didn’t work because of my carelessness.

We ran into problems not always because the tool has an error, sometimes the reason can be that we missed a step.

Paintbrush tool illustrator

That’s why it’s important to make sure you follow the right steps when you use the tool. 

In this article, I’ll show you how to use the paintbrush in Adobe Illustrator before helping you find out why your paintbrush isn’t working and how to fix it. 

Note: all screenshots are taken from Adobe Illustrator CC Mac version.

Windows and other versions can look different.

How to Use the Paintbrush Tool in Adobe Illustrator

Before finding out why or how to fix the problem, see if you started in the right direction. So here’s a quick guide on how to use the brush tool in Illustrator. 

Step 1: Choose the Paintbrush Tool from the toolbar or activate it using the keyboard shortcut .

Step 2: Choose a stroke color, stroke weig

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