I joined this forum today, hello everyone. It is nice to know there is a community that I can gather tips and work out issues I run into.

Let me introduce myself and my experience with Painter. I started with Painter 5 years ago. I wanted to illustrate a story for children I wrote. I have worked with all versions up to Painter X. I wrote and illustrated another book I wrote for children and self published via Authorhouse.

I am using a Mac and Painter X. I have run into an issue, not a glich with Painter I do not think, just need to figure a way around the problem.

I am doing a portrait in Charcoal. My problem I am having is the layers are picking up the colors of the background or each other. I have not worked with charcoal before and I believe it has to do with charcoals opacity as it is true with water colors. Anyway I was wondering if anyone might have experience this or have a helpful tip I can use?

Thanks