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# 🎨 Painting

### How to paint? 

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If you do not have Fox or Lotus rank you can paint at /warp paintingplaza. If you have Fox or Lotus rank you can make an easel and paint anywhere in the wild.
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### Craft an Easel

Craft using the recipe below in a crafting table. Then, place by right-clicking on the ground.\
\&#xNAN;*(Skip this step if you are painting in /warp paintingplaza)*

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### Craft a Canvas

Craft a canvas using the recipe below in a crafting table. Then, place the canvas on an easel and right-click to begin painting.

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### Paint on your Canvas

Paint on your canvas by using dyes which are collected out in the wild. Below are all items that can be used as dye. Click on the canvas with the material to paint.

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Bedrock Players: While in painting mode hold the material you are using to paint in your hand, click to draw. Then, click again to stop drawing. You will continuously draw until you click to stop.
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Each of the following materials can be used as a paint on the canvas

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<summary><strong>Other useful tools:</strong> (Transparent, Lighten, Darken, Fill Color, Eyedropper, and Compass) </summary>

<img src="/files/1tZppzujZbh1wY7sRc2k" alt="" data-size="line">Eye of Ender: Paint using transparent pixels

<img src="/files/cb1566Js2oiduHGnWcLh" alt="" data-size="line"> Feather: Lighten a color

<img src="/files/kwHLXuyyUh6govMEEfU7" alt="" data-size="line"> Coal: Darken a color

<img src="/files/OYG4il7iRpBrgAbxOrvZ" alt="" data-size="line"> Bucket: Fill a color, to use: place a dye in your offhand with bucket in your mainhand

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Bedrock Players: To use the bucket hold a bucket then while in paint mode open your inventory and select a dye.
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<img src="/files/uKWT6iyhlJWpnHinqF37" alt="" data-size="line"> Sponge: Eyedropper, to use punch a color that is already on the painting. The eyedropper will now paint as the selected color when painting.

<img src="/files/MgTpzj5Uf8BteCGzBTNf" alt="" data-size="line">Compass: Flips painting horizontally

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### Save your Masterpiece (Craft a Paintbrush)

Craft a paintbrush using the recipe below. Finally, complete your masterpiece and give it a name by saving it using a paintbrush. Hold the paintbrush and click on your finished painting while in painting mode.

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Note: by default saved paintings are protected and cannot be duplicated by other players.
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