Hi gang!
What are the methods you use for painting realistic brickwork? This is something I just cant figure out! Thanks for your tips!

Bob,
Try to paint the briks in different colors, as this will create some more interest. Even if it is the same red, but in different shades of it, like some more dark and other lighter, and ofcourse some in a totally different colors. Than make a wash so it will "bring em together". Thats how I would do it! The mortar I would paint in a grayish or offwhite, and if accesible dry brush with a lighter shade of same color.
Hope this is of some help!!

Depending on where the action takes place, the masonry can have very different colors.
Around Paris, bricks are mainly used for decoration, around windows for exemple. There, the mortar
is usualy in a very light gray.
In northern france, belgium... people use bricks for the whole house. The bricks are usualy very dark,
and so is the mortar between them !

Anders and Penpen,
Thanks/merci beaucoup for the advice. Looks like I get a small brush and start painting!

What you can do, is wait for the paint to settle a bit, then rub your fingers over it.
the aim is not to mix all the paint, but to bring it a bit together.