...as you are drawing the path you can hold Ctrl to temporarily switch to the equivalent of :tool_node:, change your nodes and handles, then release Ctrl to return to drawing your path with :tool_pen:. Is that the feature you are looking for? Yes, that is what I was referring to... it is such a nic...

Thanks for the replies. With regards to using the pen tool, yes, I am familiar with it, but it creates many control points, I want something where each stroke corresponds to one bezier segment, not 50 little segments, so it becomes less like a free hand drawing and more just smooth curves. The photo...