Written for beginners, this user's manual explains how to do microcomputer (MC) painting with the Microcomputer System for Educational Applications (MSEA) of the University of Illinois' Department of Secondary Education. It requires no knowledge of computers, and a step-by-step approach to the use of the many different tools used in this medium is provided. Instructions are given for starting the microcomputer and the microcomputer painting systems; equipment and the MC painting tools are described; and the user is told how to: paint with the narrow brush, erase, turn the system off, make shuffling transformations, save a painting, display the list of files (paintings or programs), load (recall) a saved painting, make a motif, make a block print, draw lines automatically, choose painting, and make a color-coded INFOTON Display of selected paintings. The three types of pure color mapping in the program are also explained. A table of the colors and their codes are appended. (JD)