# Blender Nerd Tip: Basics of Texture Painting

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-nerd-tip-basics-of-texture-painting/561157>\
**Category:** Tutorials, Tips and Tricks\
**Created:** [January 2, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-nerd-tip-basics-of-texture-painting/561157 "2013-01-02T10:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregzaal](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gregzaal/32/1313591_2.png) [@gregzaal](https://blenderartists.org/u/gregzaal)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-nerd-tip-basics-of-texture-painting/561157/1 "2013-01-02T10:40:04Z")

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Watch on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/56637873)|[YouTube](http://youtu.be/Kvun-AlxUFQ) Well hello there! Forgot about me did you?  
I_realized_the other day that a lot of people get confused about the whole texture painting thing, so I thought I’d surprise you all and make another tutorial 🙂  
So in this video, I’ll show you the quickest way to start painting your textures in both Blender Internal and Cycles renderers (yes, the methods are slightly different) directly onto your model in the 3D view.

[Go to this Blender Tutorial!](http://www.blendernerd.com/tip-basics-of-texture-painting/)