Top Ten iPad Apps for
the Art Classroom
Texas Art Education Association Conference
November 17, 2012
Dr. Diane C. Gregory
Associate Professor of Art Education
Visual Arts Department
Texas Woman’s University
dgregory@twu.edu
http://www.twu.edu/visual-arts/dianegregory.asp
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Art History Apps:
Van Gogh HD
Monet HD
Leonardo da Vinci HD
Louvre HD
Renoir HD
Gauguin HD
Michelangelo
Degas HD
Rembrandt HD
Cezanne HD
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/van-goghhd/id364906764?mt=8
Unique Features
Wikipedia Biography
Email
Bookmark
Photo/Camera
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SKETCHBOOK X: The Last Drawing App You Will
Ever Need [iPad]
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sketchbook-expressdrawing-app-ipad/
Features
Brushes
Brush Properties: width,
opacity, direction, color,
texture
Free Lines, Symmetrical Lines,
Straight Lines
Shapes
Layers: text, photos, painting,
drawing
Erasers
Text
Photos
Import/Export
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Brushes: Brushes was featured in Apple’s Keynote when
the iPad was first announced... It has established itself as
one of the premiere art programs for both the iPad…iTunes
Features:
Cost: $7.99, extra Layer features for more.
Incredible Brush Control: Texture, Size,
Techniques, Opacity, Density, Intensity,
Color, Angle, Spacing, Jitter, Scatter, undo,
redo, sample, color palette
Brushes (Pencil/Paint)
Import/Export: Camera, Email, Duplicate,
Drop Box
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Brushes 3
Brush Control:
Density
Deviation
Intensity
Angle
Spacing
Jitter
Scatter
Undo
Redo
Color
Size
Previes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes3/id545366251?mt=8
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"Hello Color Pencil" is an easy & fun drawing APP for children.
Hello Color Pencil
Features:
Free.
Very easy & intuitive
to use
Colored Pencils
Markers
Paint Brushes
Erasers
Undo/Redo
Many import/export
options
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hello-color-pencil/id439922101?mt=8
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Color Pencil
Colored Pencils
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Color Pencil
Markers
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Color Pencil
Paint Brushes
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Color Pencil
Paint Bucket
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Color Pencil
Erasers
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ArtSet
Features:
Easy to use…
.99 cents
Virtual Paper
Oil Paint
Wax Crayons
Pencils
Pen
Markers
Oil Pastels
Colored Pencil
Eraser
Texture/Blending Tools
Art Set: “Parents need
to know that Art Set
allows kids and adults
to create
tremendously
beautiful art with high
quality virtual "paper,"
paints, crayons, pens,
pencils, pastels,
markers, and a host of
texturing and blending
tools as well as the
ability to paint over
photos stored on the
iPad.”
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-set/id469918702?mt=8
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ArtSet
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ArtSet
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MyBrushes is a unique painting application designed to create
images and playback the whole painting process. It has 100
kinds of realistic brush styles to simulate the effect of Brush
painting, Watercolor painting, Oil painting, Chinese painting,
Drawing, Chinese Calligraphy etc.
My Brushes
Unique Features
Free.
100 unique brushes
designed to create all
kinds of
techniques/styles:
Brush painting,
watercolor painting,
oil painting, Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Records/Playsback of
Process
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mybrushes-for-ipad-paintdraw/id448080369?mt=8
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Features.
$4.99
Create art by
moving, resizing,
transforming
shapes.
Participate in
motivating Art
Activities
Create your own
gallery of your art
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moma-artlab/id529886963?mt=8
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ArtRage
$4.99.
Features:
Extensive array of
intuitive natural
painting & drawing
tools
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artrage/id391
432693?mt=8
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ArtRage
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ArtRage
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ArtRage
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ArtSite
Free.
Teacher Subcriptions: $10.00
Students Free
Art History &
Criticism Site made
for the art teacher in
mind.
Create Gallery,
Journal, Blog, Search,
Portfolio, Tours,
Teacher Activities
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artsite/id441
129216?mt=8
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Free Initially, then
$1.99 for each
additional tool
Features:
Extremely Intuitive
Journal, Sketching,
Notes, Planning,
Brainstorming and
Creative Tool.
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