How to maintain Illustrator pen tool stroke settings (size, brush, etc.) for all new paths?

[Bion_s]

I'm a newbie, so this is probably obvious, but I can't find it in any tutorials or documentation.  In Illustrator I want to maintain the stroke settings while creating several paths with the pen tool.  However, every time I start a new path, the stroke settings revert to what must be a default.  E.g. I set 16pt + Variable width profile + Basic and stroke a path.  When I start a new path, the settings revert to 1pt + Uniform + Basic, and I have to reset back to my original. Other art programs I've used maintain the tool settings most recently used until they are manually changed.  How can I get the settings to stay through multiple uses of the pen tool?  Thanks.

[Garry16B8]

yup, same problem. set stroke size and paintbrush and then select a brush and previous size is discarded.

[screen1234why]

Thank you!!! I've been googling this for days now and finding nothing - how does one even express in google-search terms what the problem is!!? anyway, this is probably exactly what I needed. Thank you

[kengita100]

Hello,

Am trying to draw with the pencil tool.but once i draw, everything goes transparent, instead of creating a path

which can show me where to fill colour with the eyedropper tool. Help

[Monika Gause]

Uncheck the option "New art has basic appearance" in the appearance panel menu.

Then apply whatever you would like the stroke to look like. New paths would then have that appearance.

[tobymikle]

Evertime I get a new computer I have to search for this and have the hardest time finding it. Thanky you! So, in order to draw brush strokes with the pen or pencil, you have to opeen appearance then cilick the little part in upper right and disselect basic appearance. It is SO hidden, not ony that, but I tried everything to use the brush tool without lag and this actually works. I have no idea why the pencil tool with brush stroke has no lag but brush with brush stroke does or why this setting is so hidden.