Why is my stroke so bumpy when I use large brush sizes?

I always have to erase a ton around the edges in order to make it smooth.  Any way to fix this?  I'm using a Turcom tablet on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, but this happened with all other tablets I used, too (Wacom).  I can never get a smooth line with large brush sizes.  I usually only have size checked in my brush tablet pressure options.

Just to clarify, I mean closer together. When you draw with a brush in a program like PSE you are actually putting down many repetitions of the brush cursor itself. You need more overlap to avoid seeing the edges of each outline.
Or you could try a softer brush.

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