The Pen and Pencil tools are very useful but require a little practice to get comfortable with. In this video you'll get a chance to play around with these tools, using the Pen tool to create clouds and the Pencil tool to create hills.

See how illustrator and animator Sanjay Patel uses images to craft compelling stories. From over 14 years of work at Pixar to his visually rich illustrations of the Hindu mythology of Ramayana, Patel will share his artistic methods, including how he goes from paper, pen, and pencil to highly detailed work in Adobe Illustrator.

Video Highlights: See how you can paint on effects and patterns to enhance areas of your photos using Smart Brush and the 31 new effects found in Photoshop Elements 10, including Snow, Pencil Sketch, and Oil Pastel. Version 10. http://adobe.ly/AclU32

Learn how you can use the Variable Width Tool in Adobe Illustrator to rapidly trace complex brush strokes and turn a scanned image into fully-fledged vector art.

Become familiar with the Flash drawing tools. Use the Line, Pencil, and Shape tools. Change the color of a shape's stroke and fill.

In this episode I'll not only show you how to create lines with arrows in Illustrator, but I will also show you how to give your arrows a little flare by reshaping them with the Pencil Tool.