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

Now you’ll change the color of the leaf, transform it, and move it into position.

1. 
   

   Select the Selection tool in the Tools panel. With the leaf shape selected, click the Fill color in
   the Properties panel, and select the green swatch named Plant green.

   
   


2. 
   

   Press the Shift key, and drag a corner to make the leaf much smaller. Release the mouse button
   and then the key. Use the figure as a guide.

   
   

Now you’ll make a copy of the shape and reflect it.

3. 
   

   With the leaf selected, choose Object > Transform > Transform Each. In the Transform Each
   dialog box, select Reflect X to reflect the shape around the x axis, click the right-middle point
   in the reference point indicator ( ), and click Copy.

   
   


4. 
   

   Drag across the 2 green leaf shapes, and click the Group button in the Properties panel to group
   them together.