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

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Working with brushes


Brushes let you stylize the appearance of paths. You can apply brush strokes to existing paths, or
you can use the Paintbrush tool ( ) to draw a path and apply a brush stroke simultaneously.
Next you’ll copy existing artwork from another Illustrator document and apply a brush to part of
it.

Note
Learn more about working with brushes in Lesson 11, “Using Brushes to Create a
Poster.”



  1. Choose File > Open. Select the Squirrel.ai file in the Lessons > Lesson00 folder, and click
    Open.




  2. Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.




  3. To select and copy all of the squirrel artwork, choose Select > All On Active Artboard. To
    copy the artwork, choose Edit > Copy.




  4. Choose File > Close to close the Squirrel.ai file, and return to the Boutique project.




  5. Choose Edit > Paste.




  6. Drag the squirrel artwork by one of the red paths, up toward the top of the artboard.



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