Which Photoshop tool lets you paint with stylized strokes, simulating painting textures and artistic styles?

• A. Mixer Brush
• B. Art History Brush
• C. Brush Tool
• D. Smudge Tool

Answer: (B)

This question focuses on using a history-based painting effect to achieve painterly textures and artistic styles. The tool that does this is the one designed to paint with brush strokes taken from a saved history state, letting you reproduce textures and artistic textures by applying those previous strokes onto your image. In practice, you select a history state that represents the brushwork or texture you want, then paint with that source to apply the stylized look across your canvas.

The Mixer Brush blends colors on the canvas to simulate real paint mixing, which is different from applying a pre-recorded brush style. The standard Brush Tool paints with the current brush settings and color, but it doesn’t replicate a prior stroke’s texture. The Smudge Tool smears colors to create smear effects rather than painting a reproduced stroke.