Artistic drawing, which was previously limited to the use of paper and pencil, can now be expressed to the maximum of creativity with some interactive online programs that provide a whole series of tools for drawing on the PC, even professional ones. Drawing on the PC is not only a hobby or an artistic activity but it can also be useful for creating diagrams or studying problems to solve at work such as when you scribble with a pen on a sheet to summarize the data. After the era of boring programs like Microsoft Paint, the drawing tool included in Windows, we see here the best web apps to draw on the PC, with any computer using the mouse or even with a tablet using your finger or nib, opening the various sites using the browser, Chrome on Android and iPad, Safari or any other that supports HTML5.
These are the best sites with free web applications for drawing on PC and tablet
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1) Sketchpad is a drawing site that works without downloading anything on the computer browser, with an HTML5 image editor. Its rich section of tools allows you to create practically any image you want to create, the only difficulty is the drawing, then to save your work and use the tools is really easy. The program displays the image as a PNG file that can be saved on the computer. Drawing tools include those for adding text boxes, brush, shape, pencil, bucket, stamp, calligraphy, cutout, eraser and color picker.
2) Chrome Canvas is a Google web app that allows you to draw freehand on the white screen. The app is very simple and quick to use, with all the space dedicated to the drawing area, with a few buttons and without advanced options. You can choose the stroke of the pen, the color and then also add different layers to overlay multiple designs. Any new design can be saved as a PNG image.
3) Autodraw, the Google site that draws on its own, excellent on PC, tablet and smartphone, is an experiment in artificial intelligence and also a free blackboard in which to draw and create shapes and colors.
4) Awwapp is another app that makes a nice sheet to draw on, in full screen, on an Android or iPad PC and tablet. AWW is a real online whiteboard that allows you to also draw in a group on the same sheet. Few options, few tools, it is an ideal tool for immediate use. To invite other people to collaborate, you must send the link of your drawing board. You can save the design as a PNG image and share it via email.
5) Sumopaint is a popular web application that only works on PC (not on tablet) already mentioned among the online and free alternatives to photo retouching programs such as Photoshop. You can then edit existing images, but also start a new design using the professional tools available, with many advanced functions including layering tools, blending methods and blur tools. Other options include changing the contrast, color balance, brightness and more.
6) QueekyPaint is an online drawing tool that also allows you to create the video of your work while you are painting. You can create your own work of art or visit the galleries of other artists. It works a bit like a social network, requires registration and also works on tablets and smartphones.
7) Deviantart Muro is one of the best web apps for drawing online, made entirely in HTML5 and also working on tablets (even if the drawing surface is not full).
I had already written about this site in the article on sites to create abstract art and free drawings with brushes, paints, shapes and texts
8) Sketch.io is an online tool for drawing fun, developed in HTML5 that works well on tablets and iPads. With this application you can also upload photographs to edit, you can sign PDF documents and it is complete with tools for writing and drawing with brush, pencil, stamp and crayon.
9) InspirARTion is an easy and immediate web application for drawing, which opens immediately in full screen, without registration procedures and with all the tools available clearly visible at the top. Sal button at the top right, you can download the version for Android tablets and smartphones.
10) Draw Island is a simple web tool for creating GIF drawings and animations, on sheets of various sizes, with pencil and brushes. There is also a special version for iPad.
11) Slimber is a browser application that allows you to draw, quite easy to get started, with a nice palette of tools that includes pencil, brush, line, shapes, bucket, eraser and colors. Once finished, you can click on "play" to review how you drew it.
12) Pencil Madness is a flash web application to be opened on the PC browser to draw freely. You can save images on the desktop as JPG or SVG files and use a variety of brushes and effects.
Pencil Madness is also available as an Android tablet application to download from the Amazon store.
13) FlockDraw is another collaborative drawing and painting tool, to draw in real time together with other people. FlockDraw also provides an iPad app.
14) Sketchpaint is a PC-only flash app with many drawing tools.
15) CanvasPaint is Microsoft Paint redone as a web application, free and identical to the original Windows program.
16) Google Canvas is a whiteboard where you can draw freehand using various types of colored markers. While as a web app it is simple and basic, the best thing is that each design is automatically saved and stored on the Google account in order to be able to review or modify it whenever you want.
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