Happy New Year One and All!

My blending brush category seems not to be working or set correctly. When I try to blend, even with the basic Grainy Water brush, I get big strokes of blotchy circles instead of a nice soft blend. Resat is always at 0... I also have Fay Sirkus' video that I have been following religiously...Even when I work with any of the blenders, aside from the oily blender, they all seem to line up in an array of blotchy circles when i stroke the brush instead of a smooth blend.

Any suggestions!?

Many thanx in advance!