Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

10. 
    

    Press the Escape key to stop drawing and then choose Select > Deselect.

    
    


11. 
    

    Draw the plant path to the far left, starting with the orange point A.

    
    

Note

The figure at right shows the plant paths to the right of the swan.

12. Press the Escape key to stop drawing.

Editing with the Curvature tool

The Curvature tool can be used to create new paths as well as edit any type of path you create

with drawing tools. Now you’ll create and edit a leaf using the Curvature tool.

1. Choose 2 Leaf from the Artboard navigation menu in the lower-left corner of the Document

window.

2. With the Curvature tool ( ) selected, click where you see the blue point labeled “A” to set the

first point.

3. Move the pointer over point B, and click. Move the pointer away after releasing the mouse

button and you will see that the path is curved. Point B needs to be a corner.

4. Move the pointer over point B. When the pointer changes ( ), double-click to convert it to a

corner point.