A

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Curve

Paint

B. Drag to red.
A. Select and use
the pen tool to
drag from anchor
point to red dot.

A. Use the pen tool to trace the curve.

C. Drag to red.

D. Command-click
(Macintosh) or
Ctrl-click (Windows)
away from artwork
to deselect.

Leaf

B. Drag from anchor

point to red dot.
A. Drag from anchor
point to red dot.
E. Drag to red. Repeat
for F through J.

Pear

E
D

F
G

Stem

C
A. Drag from anchor
point to red dot.

K. To close shape,
Option/Alt-drag
from anchor
point to gold.

A. Click top of curve at centre

using the pen tool and drag
to the red dot.

B
H
B. Drag to red;
then Option-drag
(Macintosh) or
Alt-drag (Windows)
from direction point
(red dot) to gold dot.
Repeat for C & D.

B. Press Option
(Macintosh) or Ctrl+Alt
(Windows) to get convertdirection-point tool,
and drag left direction
line (red dot) to gold dot.

C. Click bottom of curve at centre

using the pen tool and drag
to the red dot.
D. Using the pen tool,
click top of curve at centre
to close the shape and drag
to the red dot.

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Stems

Planter

A. Click
C. Click.

A. Click.

B. Shift-click
to constrain
pen tool to a
horizontal line.

E. Click starting anchor

point to close shape.

D. Shift-click; then deselect.

Zigzag

B. Click.

B. Shift-click to
constrain pen tool
to 45 degrees.

A. Click.

Leaf

A. Using the scissors tool,

click the X to split the path.
An anchor point appears
where the path is split.
B. Select the direct-selection tool;
click away from path to deselect it.

C. Shift-click.

D. Shift-click

C. Click.

D. Shift-click.

E. Shift-click;
then deselect.

Branch
A. Click

C. Click the segment below the X.

D. Select the new anchor point,
and drag from the X to the green
dot to move the lower segment.

C. Using the add-anchor-point tool, click

the X to add a new anchor point.

E. Using the pen tool, click the

unconnected anchor point at the
green dot.

D. Press Command (Macintosh) or

Ctrl (Windows) to get the directselection tool; select the anchor
point you added, and drag the new
anchor point to the left to adjust the
shape of the branch.

F. Click the other unconnected anchor

point at the X to close the shape.

B. Click.