Hi, new on InkScape (and new on the forums), I'm feeling very good using this great program for my simple drawings ... I've a problem, draw an image and filled it with a color (Blue color for the image and brown the fill), but I realized I want to draw a "pail" or bucket; so I drew a new line (black) and tryied to break the image's original upper line with the recently drawn line (see sample1), just to create a different fill color for the 'content' of the bucket and another color for the bucket's exterior ... As you can see on "sample.png" I can't do that.

I tryied to break the nodes near the 'bucket's top' and then join with the new line, but I can't do that ... any clues?

Thanks and sorry for my english

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If you are using the fill and stroke dialog then the fill only works for entirely closed shapes in a predictable manner. You might try using the bucket tool to fill a region. This tool has settings in the top control bar that you need to pay attention to to get it to work properly, so take your time and experiment with it.