Creating a gradient with the Mesh tool

In this movie, I'll show you how to create a gradient mesh using the Mesh tool.…And in doing so, we'll add some highlights and shadows to the shape…in the background here that represent some of the lumps associated with the pepper.…So, first thing I'm going to do is twirl open this Mesh Peppers layer and…I'll lock down the forward mesh, because we don't want to modify it any further.…And I'll unlock this path outline that looks like some lumpy mouse ears,…by clicking on its lock icon to turn it off.…And then I'll go ahead and select the shape using the Black Arrow tool.…

Now, we're only interested in the visible parts of this shape,…so there's no reason to assign a highlight to the central area.…So we might as well just lay down…exclusively those rows and columns that we need.…And that's where the Mesh tool comes in.…So I'll go ahead and switch over to the Mesh…tool, and then, I'll click on the outline of the shape.…Right about…here, to set a first row.…So if you click on a mostly vertical segment in the…