Lea, I haven't paid enough attention to know if you solved your problem or not but this may help. I use PS 7 and when I select a brush, on the top right hand side of the screen there are three tabs labeled 'File Browser' 'Brushes' and 'Paragraph'. Click the 'Brushes' tab. In there, there is a setting for 'scatter'. This adjusts how often the brush lays down 'ink'. De-select it and that may fix your problem. Greg > >>I can't seem to find a solution to this problem. I'm using > PSCS and when I > >>use the brush or pencil to draw it skips (for lack of a > better word);