Coloring/Painting Text

[BenSCR]

How can I make text colored or painted like thos photo?

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

It may be a combination of using gradient fills and transparency.

There are other ways as well.

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

There may also be a blend mode involved.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

That is a gradient and then a structure overlaid on top of it.

You could get aquainted with clipping masks.