Move the pointer on or near the path to redraw it. When the asterisk next to the pointer
disappears, press and drag to reshape the path, making the bottom a little shorter. Make sure
you wind up back on the original path.
With the path selected, change the fill color to Plant green in the Properties panel and the
stroke weight to 0.
Drawing straight segments with the Pencil tool
In addition to drawing more free-form paths, you can create straight lines that can be constrained
to 45 ̊ angles with the Pencil tool. Note that the shape you will draw could be created with a
rounded rectangle, but since this is part of a plant, we want it to look more hand-drawn.- Move the pointer over the red dot at the bottom of the path labeled “B.” Press and drag around
the bottom of the shape, and release the mouse button when you get to the blue dot.
The next part of the path you draw will be straight. As you draw with the Pencil tool, you can
easily continue paths you draw.- Move the pointer over the end of the path you drew. When a line appears next to the Pencil
tool pointer ( ), indicating that you can continue drawing the path, press Option (macOS) or
Alt (Windows), and drag up to the orange dot. When you reach the orange dot, release the key
but not the mouse.