A simple but lovely natural media painting and sketching program. Art oriented, but capable of loading/saving photoshop files.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad



Draw is described as 'Graphics painting app to draw, color, or edit pictures. You can use Draw like a digital sketchpad to make simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and designs to other pictures, such as those taken with your digital camera' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Draw for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android apps. The best Draw alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Draw are Krita, Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET and MyPaint.
A simple but lovely natural media painting and sketching program. Art oriented, but capable of loading/saving photoshop files.



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