Drawing on the computer is a basic thing that can be done, on Windows, Linux and Mac, even with the standard programs that are provided. For example, on Windows there is the Paint program to create and edit drawings and images.
These types of drawing programs are as widespread as they are difficult to use and those who have no patience give up easily.
The most professional programs are suitable, in fact, for professionals, both expensive ones like Corel Painter, and free ones like Gimp.
A magnificent program can also be considered today as the best in the computer design sector because it manages to be more understandable and intuitive for any user but, at the same time, also professional and powerful .
So if you have always wanted to draw freehand, with the mouse, using the computer and paint creating a real painting, you can use the MyPaint program.
This means that, knowing how to draw freehand on a canvas or on a sheet of paper, you can, in the same way, use the mouse on the PC monitor and paint.
It is therefore not an automatic program that does everything by itself, such as, for example, the sites seen in another article that allow you to draw freehand, paint online and color; if you don't have artistic skills, this time there is little to do.
To replicate the painting experience on the computer, to have fun but also to draw seriously, a better option is to download MyPaint .
Even if it is not in Italian, the interface is quite intuitive and not confusing like Gimp or other drawing software.
There are a lot of brushes and effects to use: charcoal, watercolor, ink and others and the result is absolutely realistic so that, if you print it, it would really look like a handmade drawing (at least it seemed to me so).
After downloading and installing it My Paint opens with a white sheet and a menu at the top:
- File: to open a new drawing pad, open the ones previously saved and save the work done.
- Modification: contains the keys to cancel the last modification made, to select the display mode m to zoom in on a part of the design, rotate it, hide layers and so on.
- Brushes: this is the menu for choosing the brushes to be used for painting and drawing; you then choose the stroke and the tool to use with a graphic preview.
- Color: to choose the colors.
There are also options to pick a color from the screen and a very simplified selection mode.
- Levels: those who know drawing programs know that different levels can be superimposed to create more realistic effects.
I who do not understand it, do not dare to explain what they are for.
This MyPaint, if you had the possibility, also supports touchscreen screens giving the sensation of really drawing with a brush or pencil.
In this regard, MyPaint is also reported as an application for IPhone, IPod Touche d IPad.
MyPaint is free, for Windows and for Linux.
Another good program for drawing on the PC, free of charge, is SmoothDraw with many effects, brushes, stroke types and support for the levels.
