Drawing with the Pen tool in Adobe Photoshop
The Instructional Design project that I created demonstrated the use of the Pen tool in programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Learning to draw with the Pen tool can be intimidating, but it is necessary to learn the technique in order to master the software program.
I have taught students how to use the Pen tool since 1996 and have used many different tutorials and techniques during those years. The best way I have found to teach the skill is to break it down into small steps and have the students practice, practice, practice. Many of my students have come back to me a year or two later and told me they had never thought they would use the Pen tool once they passed my class, but eventually found that they used it in every other class they had taken since.
The links below will connect to a PDF file that can be opened using Acrobat Reader (download here).