DISCLAIMER: I don't mean WOW NOONE EVER USE BLACK EVER in that last line, just that I personally will NEVER use it, though sometimes after editing, it may end up black.

So people ask about my brush settings a lot since I started using SAI, and I'm sorry to say I don't use anything special!

When blending, I use the dilution or blending setting with either the acrylic or the crayon brush.

That's it, that's the extent of what I do!