Hi all,
First off I am very new to Krita, but I want to try and make some planet textures like this guy is doing in Photoshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBW329tLkjc.
Now that requires the use of selected textures of the image as a brush and warping the image to fit on a UV Sphere, so if someone can link me to a good tutorial on how to do that that'd be great.
But that is not my main problem right now, I'm experimenting with the brushes but all they do is erase? I've changed colors several times and tried in a greyscale and color image. All that happens is erasing in the pattern of the brush. I wish I could attach a screenshot, but please note that it is not the erase mode button. No matter if I have that activated or not, my brush erases either way.
I am using a regular mouse not a tablet if that matters.
Help would be great, cheers.

Do you have the layer set to use the erase mode, by any chance? We'll need a screenshot if that isn't the case, because it might be any combo of toggles doing it that are easy to spot but hard to describe.

Hi Thera,
Many thanks for the reply! I think that's it, the brushes do work on another layer. I used a fill layer both times I tested this so I think that is the problem. Can I unset the erase mode somewhere, or is a fill layer just not suited for painting on?

PS: I don't see a way to add screenshot otherwise I'd have done it, it's only possible with an external image hoster right?

Have a good day

You can include an image in your post (max width about 650 pixles) by using the Img tag but that still needs to refer to a web hosting site.
You may as well use Imgur (or Dropbox, etc) and post the link here.

If you paint on a Fill layer then that modifies its local transparency, which a useful effect.
I think you need to add a Paint layer, then you can fill it, using the Fill tool and then paint on it if you want to.
It's better to use another paint layer on top of that for painting so that you don't change the filled paint layer.

Or just use a Fill layer but don't paint on it. Put a paint layer over it and paint on that.