Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 Classroom in a Book®

Chapter 5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Draw straight lines.

• Use template layers.

• End path segments and split lines.

• Draw curved lines.

• Select and adjust curve segments.

• Draw and edit with the Pencil tool.

This lesson will take approximately an hour and a half to complete. If needed, remove the previous lesson folder from your hard disk and copy the Lesson05 folder onto it.

While the Pencil tool is preferable for drawing and editing free-form lines, the Pen tool is excellent ...