# Help making a painting effect without refreshing background

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-making-a-painting-effect-without-refreshing-background/39685>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Tags:** homework\
**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-making-a-painting-effect-without-refreshing-background/39685 "2022-11-13T04:20:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tiemen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tiemen/32/5477_2.png) [@Tiemen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiemen)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-making-a-painting-effect-without-refreshing-background/39685/3 "2022-11-13T16:14:23Z")

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There was someone with a similar issue in [How to erase object's trail without 'background' in function draw](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-erase-objects-trail-without-background-in-function-draw/39458).

The proposed solution in that post is for P5 (so not Processing), but a similar result can be obtained with [`PGraphics`](https://processing.org/reference/PGraphics.html)

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