How do I add color to an unclosed shape

[andreaf23600721]

Hello everyone. I am a newb to illustrator and I am learning by myself so with that please bear with me. I want to add color to the outer wing part that is highlighted. Hopefully that makes sense with the picture. Any help is appreciated and thank you in advance.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You could achieve ths with either the live paint or the shapebuilder tool. However you will still need gap detection turned on.

[rcraighead]

If the gap is too great when using "Live Paint" add a "closing" path with stroke set to "none".

[andreaf23600721]

I was thinking of doing exactly this but I can't use live paint after i "close up" the path with a path,I tried expand it but I am lost

[Bill Silbert]

There are many videos on You Tube showing how Live Paint works. A recently posted one that looks promising can be found at: Live Paint Bucket Illustrator Tutorial - YouTube .

[andreaf23600721]

This is next thank you

[Katie Houghton]

Yep. Live Paint.

[angie_taylor]

I would create another layer underneath and use the blob brush to paint this manually. It’s quick and easy, particularly if you are using a Wacom tablet 🙂