# Art Map

Art map allows you to paint directly onto maps to create map art without placing blocks.

### Preparation

In order to paint you will need to create an **easel,** **canvas** and **paintbrush**, which can all be crafted with the below recipes.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-easel-canvas-paintbr" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 33.3333%;">Easel</td><td style="width: 33.3333%;">Canvas</td><td style="width: 33.3333%;">Paintbrush</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 33.3333%;">[![image.png](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/scaled-1680-/iSSuLnUwatuCT3yb-image.png)](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/iSSuLnUwatuCT3yb-image.png)

Stick x1, String x2, Item Frame x1, Leather x2, Armour Stand x1

</td><td style="width: 33.3333%;">[![image.png](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/scaled-1680-/IdMESbXWm8yVsCP5-image.png)](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/IdMESbXWm8yVsCP5-image.png)Leather x4, Emerald x4, Empty Map x1

</td><td style="width: 33.3333%;">[![image.png](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/scaled-1680-/iP7Ev2Yx9EkoKRBA-image.png)](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/iP7Ev2Yx9EkoKRBA-image.png)Rabbit Hide x1, Stick x1

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Once these have been crafted you can follow these steps to start painting:

1. Place the easel in the world by right-clicking while holding it.
2. Place the canvas on the easel by right-clicking on the easel while holding it.
3. Right-click on the easel again to "sit" at it and begin painting.
4. Paint (see Painting below).
5. When you are done, right-click on the easel with the paintbrush to save your work.
6. Press your unmount key (default shift) to stand up again.

### Painting

Painting on the canvas requires the use of additional items that serve as "dyes". Each dye produces a different colour, Clicking on the canvas with a dye in your hand will paint in that dye's respective colour. Right-clicking and dragging allows lines to be drawn.

A complete list of dyes and the colours they create can be found below.

[![ArtMap.png](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/msX2RxM66Uy6dm6A-artmap.png)](https://bookstack.rtgame.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/msX2RxM66Uy6dm6A-artmap.png)

### Other tools

- **Feather** and **Coal** can be used to lighten and darken existing painted areas on the canvas.
- A **Bucket** can be used to flood-fill areas of the canvas by left-clicking with the bucket, while the desired dye colour is in your offhand.
- A **Compass** can be used to flip the canvas. Left-click to flip horizontally, right-click to flip vertically.
- **Sponge** can be used as a eyedropper. Left-clicking with sponge will pick the colour under the crosshair, and allow you to paint with it without using the dye by right-clicking.

### Saving

To save your painting, right-click it using the paintbrush while sitting at the easel. You will be prompted to enter a name and will then be given the completed painting as a map in your inventory. This map can later be placed back onto the easel for further editing.

Saved paintings can be duplicated like regular maps for sharing or selling.