You can use bitmaps from this directory as brush patterns by assigning any of them to the BrushPattern property of VBX Artist control. All these bitmaps are 8x8 color bitmaps. BALL.BMP BRICK.BMP CELL1.BMP CELL2.BMP CELLS.BMP DOTS.BMP GRNSPOT.BMP WAVE.BMP You see, this collection of patterns isn't a large one. If you want more patterns, construct them yourself using FineDraw or any other painting program. Or you can use FineDraw as a screen grabber to pick up any existing pattern you have ever seen on your display.