Updated 1-15-24
Preview these and then select the one(s) that fit your student grade and group:
- ABCYa Paint–great for Chromebooks
- ABCYa Animate–make GIFs
- AirSketch Free–Turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard! Project live sketches to a local computer. (app)
- ArtFlow (app)
- ArtStudio–includes varied brushes, fills, text, and more (app)
- AutoDraw from Google
- Brush Ninja–no login required
- Draw and Tell by Duck Duck Moose (app)
- Draw.to
- Drawing Box (free)–learn and practice drawing and painting. Also import photos. (app)
- Doodle Buddy–Finger paint with your favorite colors and drop in playful stamps (app)
- Doodle Cast–fee (app)
- Draw–for K-2 (app)
- Drawing Desk–draw, sketch, doodle, fee/free, no text tool (app)
- Drawing Pad–fee; exactly what it sounds like (app)
- Drawp–drawing that’s sharable, with school accounts (app)
- Graffiti Creator
- iBrainstorm–FREE–drawing and writing with lots of colors (app)
- Infinite Painter (app)
- Inkpad–Vector drawing is mathematical rather than pixel-based so scaling should not effect resolution. This app is the simplest I have seen to introduce this concept. (app)
- KidPix Deluxe 3D–fee; only on Mac App store (app)
- Masterpiece for Osmo – Use Osmo to record a sto-mo video of you tracing an image (app)
- Paper One (app)
- Paper 53 – It’s hard not to love this simple, yet powerful, drawing app. Lots to like. (app)
- Pixel Art
- ProCreate–professional drawing only for iPad Pro (app)
- Quick Draw–draw a picture while Google tries to figure out what it is.
- Sketchpad–painting, some stamps, varied brushes; good for Chromebooks
- Sketchbook–free for educational purposes and it is powerful and well-documented. (app)
- Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
- SumoPaint–good for elementary; no log-in required; good with Chromebooks
- Tessellate
