Hi All: Hoping someone can help me out. As a newbie, I am wanting to use the brushes. I want to create a necklace made of pearls. I created a small pearl on a separate transparent layer, selected it with my rectanglular marquee tool, then went to edit - define brushes, named it "PEARL" and voila....there it was in the brush pallete. The problem is that when I paint with it, it is a shades of grey. The original pearl was white with a gray gradient to look 3d. I had added a lens flare and a drop shadow. I thought maybe it was just this particular object I had drawn, so I tried it with an element that I had downloaded from SBB. I used the wax seal which was red but again it is painting in grey tones.

I have looked in my books for the answer but not able to find it. I may have misunderstanding what the brush pallete can do for me or I don't have the proper settings. I though I would be able to make pearls, then drag and paint them or stamp them on my page.

I would greatly appreciate any help on this one!!!!!

Thanks
Susan