Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book

5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

Lesson overview

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

• Draw curved lines.

• Draw straight lines.

• Use template layers.

• End path segments and split lines.

• Select and adjust curve segments.

• Create dashed lines and add arrowheads.

• 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 ...