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Expression Library > Design Tools > Expression Studio 2 > Expression Blend 2 > Drawing shapes and paths > Draw a freeform path
Drawing shapes and paths
Drawing overview
Draw a shape
Draw a straight line
Draw a curve
Draw a freeform path
Round the corners of a rectangle
Convert a shape to a path
Delete part of a path
Add or remove a point on a path
Change the shape of a curve
Redefine control handles for a poin...
Combine shapes or paths
Make or release a compound path
Apply, modify, or remove a clipping...
Create an opacity mask
Pen and direct selection usage
Draw a freeform path

To draw a path that produces a pixel everywhere that your mouse cursor touches, you use the Pencil tool. The result is a Path object whose points (or vertices) you can modify.

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For a quick reference of modifications that you can make to a path, see Pen and direct selection usage.

To draw a freeform path
  1. In the Toolbox, click Pencil Cc294728.509dc167-734f-46c9-b012-987ee63450cd(en-us,Expression.10).png.

  2. On the artboard, draw the freeform path just as you would using a real pencil.

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