When the iPad arrived in 2010, it was hardly viewed as a creative tool. Tablets were for browsing the Web, watching video and cruising Facebook – not art. While other developers built games, news ...

Google has quietly launched a new web app called Google Canvas, a tool for drawing directly within a browser. The web app has an interface that resembles Adobe's mobile drawing apps, including simple ...

“Technology has revolutionized text, photography and music, but drawing has largely remained unchanged since the Renaissance as today's illustration tools merely simulate drawing on paper,” said Julie ...

Last week, we reported that Google was working on a way to draw on PDFs in Chrome OS, using a library called ‘Ink’. Now, a fun new web app called Chrome Canvas has come to light that also uses Ink, ...

As a child growing up in the Philippines, Erlinda Fitzpatrick began drawing pictures on paper with a pencil. Now, 40 years later, she has gone on to be a successful and respected artist. In a recent ...

Microsoft Word’s drawing layer helps you keep pieces of a complex drawing together on a single canvas. Years ago, Word added an extra layer when you inserted shapes and graphics. It was awkward to ...

Expressing emotion through texture and tone, this tutorial demonstrates how to create my own secret using wet pencil techniques on canvas. Learn how controlled water blending transforms pencil strokes ...

Google has rolled out a new web app for drawing, sketching and taking notes. Dubbed Google Canvas, you can use the free web-based sketchpad by going to ‘canvas.apps.chrome.’ However, don’t let the URL ...