NanoPixel tech is only in the Rebelle 5 Pro edition. NanoPixel tech is a fantastic addition in Rebelle 5 (Image credit: Ian Dean) Zoom in to the fibres of the canvas, and export at a new large size. Handily you can also test your colour profiles before exporting. You can also choose how light affects the colour, including transparent, opaque, or semi-transparent mixing for watercolors.

Or just blend and mix directly into the painting, as well as colour picking traditionally. Colour blending is as easy as choosing and mixing pigments on a separate palette before applying to the canvas, offering total control over your paint tones. With so much colour splashing about it’s good to see Escape Emotions has refined its colour mixing and sampling palette. If that isn’t enough for you the Blow Tool enables you to push the wet paint across the canvas, mixing and merging colours and creating intricate and unusual accidental effects. The DropEngine takes things a step further by creating beautiful dripping effects of the paint moving down the canvas – you can set the tilt angle of the canvas to create longer or shorter drips of paint.

The new simulation offers a realistic granulation effect as the paint dries into the paper, bringing every brush stroke to the surface. Watercolours are a highlight in Rebelle 5. Watercolours are a joy to use in Rebelle 5, and offer an easy, quick sketching resource (Image credit: Ian Dean)

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