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LESSON OUTCOME
After you have studied this lesson, you will be able to:
draw and paint pictures. You can even insert text matter in these
pictures. The icon for the Tux Paint application is shown below.
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You can start the application by bringing the pointer of the mouse on
top of the icon. Now click the left mouse button once to select the
icon, now press the Enter key. The application starts. The following
Just as in your drawing books you have blank pages, this application
also has a blank space where you can draw and paint pictures. This
is called the Canvas. Tool bars are also provided on both sides of the
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Taking a closer look at the tool bars
On the left hand side tool bar some tool options are available. Once
an option is selected, the sub options available for that particular tool
are displayed on the right hand side tool bar. The following figure
shows one such tool bar; when the 'Magic' option is selected from
the left hand side tool bar, the options available under it is available
on the right hand side tool bar. When the 'Paint' option is selected
from the left hand side tool bar, from the right hand side tool bar you
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can select different thickness for the brushes. Another interesting tool
is the 'Stamp' tool. It gives a list of preloaded images which you can
The eraser tool can be used to erase the data or contents written on
Once you have drawn the picture you can save it using the 'Save'
option from the left hand side tool bar. A dialog box pops up asking
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If the ‘Yes’ option is selected then the old file will be overwritten by the
new version, in case of ‘No’ the file is saved as a new file. The old file
If you wish to exit the application, select ‘Quit’ option from the ‘Tools’
tool bar. If the file you are working is not yet saved a dialog box pops
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up warning us that the file is not saved and the picture will be lost.
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To open a file in the Tux Paint application, select the ‘Open ‘ option
from the ‘Tools’ tool bar, this will open another screen that gives the
list of available Tux Paint application files. Select the file that is to be
open. You can open a particular picture to open it and start colour it!
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Worksheet
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3. (Edit this diagram so that more area is available and give a list of the
names at the bottom; canvas area, tool bar and colour pallette)
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4. Say whether True or False:
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For the Teacher
1 Ask questions how they will draw pictures using a computer. Get their
ideas. PAINT applications may also pop up as an answer!
2 Now just show them the Tux Paint icon. The icon itself can catch the
attention of the kids.
3 Double click the icon and open the Tux Paint application.
4 Show them the toolbars and the canvas area. Explain that the canvas area
is just like the paper we use to draw. Tell them about tool bar and the
options displayed on the right hand side. Show them eraser magic and
stamps tools.
5 Now just scribble something and erase it. Draw some lines changing the
thickness of the lines. Erase it.
6 Do it over and over some 2-3 times, so that they get familiarized with the
icons on the toolbar.
7 Draw a picture according to what the kids want you to do and save the
picture drawn. You may write their names using rainbow and have some
sparkles around it!
8 This lesson requires kids to have hands-on practice the skills. So allow
them to practice!
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