If you’ve ever examined an oil painting up close, it doesn’t look like a flat 2D image that comes out of a color printer. The paint has depth and texture, and artists will often use thick ...

Adobe Research’s Project Wetbrush is hoping to take 3D painting to the next level, offering the tactile feedback one would get from using a paintbrush and actually painting on a canvas.

While there are plenty of apps that can realistically emulate the look of brushstrokes on a 2D digital canvas (and even some in 3D space), none have accurately simulated the way a paintbrush ...

He tried making them with paint, experimenting with many techniques to get the texture he wanted on a canvas. He was waiting for the right technique, and then along came 3D printers, he said.