Quick Review You can make drawings on a computer using MS Paint. Pencil tool works like a real pencil. Eraser tool is used to erase the mistakes in a drawing. Using the Line tool, you can draw straight lines. Rectangle tool is used to draw rectangles. Oval tool is used to draw ovals. Fill with Color tool is used to fill an object with different colours. Fun Zone Now you know the basic tools in Paint. Match the different tools with the drawings made by that tool. 50
A. Choose the correct answer. 1. ___________ are the parts of a Paint window. a) Ribbon b) Paint button c) Drawing area d) All of these 2. Use Oval tool and press _______ while dragging to draw a circle. a) Ctrl b) Shift c) Enter d) None of these 3. We can change colour by using the _____________ . a) Eraser tool b) Color Palette c) Pencil tool d) Line tool 4. _______ tool is used to erase the mistakes or drawing in Paint. a) Eraser b) Line tool c) Rectangle d) Oval tool 5. Alok wants to draw a ‘ '. Which tool should he use ? a) Oval tool b) Pencil tool c) Line tool d) Rectangle tool B. Fill in the blanks : Fill with Color, Shapes, Drawing area, Oval, Size, Line 1. _____________ tool helps in drawing a straight line in Paint. 2. ____________ tool is used to fill an object with different colours. 3. __________________ tool is used to draw a circle in Paint. 4. We can increase the thickness of a line using the _________ list box. 5. Rectangle tool is available under the __________ group in Home ribbon. 6. ____________ is the part of a Paint window where we draw. 51
C. Name the different parts of a Paint window. D. Rearrange the steps for opening Paint in correct order. 1. Click on Accessories. 2. Click on the Start menu. 3. Click on Paint. 4. Click on All Programs. E. Draw the following figures in MS Paint. Teacher's Signature : __________________ Teacher's Remark : WEB https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-and-Color-with-Microsoft-Paint https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/kids-paint/9wzdncrdlmxl LINKS Teacher’s Corner Dear teachers, please help the students to make some more beautiful drawings with the help of the given tools. 52
Supplement-3 Tux Paint Tux Paint is a program that helps you to make beautiful drawings. It has a simple, easy-to-use interface and good sound effects. It provides a variety of drawing tools to help you create beautiful paintings. Starting Tux Paint 2 3 1 Steps to open Tux Paint are: 1. Click on the Start button. 2. Select All Programs from the menu displayed. 3. Choose the Tux Paint option. 4. Choose Tux Paint (full screen/windowed) option. Parts of a Tux Paint window are: Toolbar Selector Drawing Canvas 4 Colors Box Help Area Main Screen When you start the Tux Paint, you see the following screen: Toolbar Selector Drawing Canvas Colors box Help Area Pick a color and a brush shape to draw with. 53
Creating a New Drawing Steps to start a new drawing are: 1. Click on the New button from the toolbar. You will get several colourful canvases and ready-made pictures (starters). 1 2 2. Click on the down-arrow button to see the ready-made pictures (starters). 3. To open the required picture, double-click on it. Or select it and click on the Open button. The selected picture appears in the drawing canvas. 4. Click on the Magic button in the Tools section. 3 5. In the selector (Magic pane), find the Fill tool (by scrolling down, clicking on the down- arrow button) and click on it. 6. Select the required colour from the Colors box. 4 5 7. Click inside the area and fill the 7 colour. 62 Note A Starter is like a page from a colouring book (a black-and-white outline of a picture, in which you can fill colours). 54
Note Select different colours to fill in different parts of a picture. See another example of colouring in starter page. Save button to save Note Click on the Save You don't need to give a file name your drawing. while saving a file in Tux Paint! Using Paint (Brushes) Tool 4 3 Steps to use the Paint (Brush) tool are : 65 1. Click on the New button. 2. Now, select a canvas and click on the Open button. 3. Click on the Paint tool from the toolbar. 4. Select the required paint brush from the selector (Brush pane) 5. Select the required colour from the Colors box. 55
6. On the canvas, click and drag the mouse to draw the picture. Note We can use different brushes given the selector. All the brushes have different appearances in drawing. Click on the arrow button , which is at the bottom of the selector to find more brushes. Eraser the Drawing The Eraser tool is used to erase the mistakes 1 2 (in the drawing). 3 We can use various types of erasers given in the selector. Steps to use the Eraser tool are: 1. Click on the Eraser tool. 2. Select the required size and the type of eraser from the selector (Erasers pane). 3. On the canvas, click and drag the mouse on the part of the drawing which you want to erase. That part of the picture will be erased. Quit Click on the Quit button. OR Press the Escape key. OR Click on the Close button (located on the right side of the title bar). A confirmation dialog box will be displayed. Click on button. Note If you have not saved your file, the following message will be displayed. Click on Yes button if you want to save the file before quitting Tux Paint, else click on the No button. 56
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