Notes on learning to draw on the device you already own, why tracing is the oldest teaching method there is, and how to read an App Store listing before you trust it. A new one every Tuesday.
Procreate is very good and not expensive. Before you look for a free alternative, it is worth working out whether your problem is the tool or the blank page — because those have completely different answers.
Why creative software went subscription, what it actually costs to rent a sketchbook for a decade, and how to tell a one-time purchase from a recurring one before you install anything.
Most free iPad drawing apps are free in one of four ways, and only one of them is the way you meant. Here is how to tell which you have installed, before you have put three hours into a drawing.
Tracing is how drawing has been taught for four hundred years, and a phone is a better place to do it than its reputation suggests. What tracing actually teaches, and how to trace on an iPhone without a stylus.