Practice from reference · iPad & pen tablet

Your references. Your study tools. A drawpad.

Draw from Pinterest, Sketchfab, and local folders in one deck. Annotate in place, run timed recall cycles, and sketch with a brush engine built for Apple Pencil and pen tablets.

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iPad + Apple Pencil Timed study cycles Pinterest boards Sketchfab 3D Local folders Free to start Custom themes

Hands-on preview of the session shell
timed references, floating drawpad, split layouts.

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Structured study

Active recall, not passive copying

Most gesture timers show you an image and let you stare. DrawLab runs a memory cycle, like flashcards for form.

Select

Box or lasso what you want to study: ribcage, shoulder line, full figure

Study

Timed observation. Absorb form and proportion

Recall

Reference hidden. Draw what you remembered

Compare

Your drawing overlaid on the reference. See where you drifted

Ghost Decay

Reference fades away while you draw

Timed Spotlight

Only a moving circle of the reference is visible

Reveal on Lift

Reference appears only when your pen lifts

Zone Lock

Locks view to the region you selected

Blind Drawing

Draw blind, cursor mirrored onto the reference

Progressive Reveal

Reference starts blurred, sharpens over time

Structured drills

Ten built-in protocols

Fixed pacing and phases. Pick one and the session starts immediately. No setup, no toggles to fuss with.

Frame & Silhouette

Match crop framing and silhouette fidelity, scored.

Continuous Line

Capture the whole gesture in one unbroken stroke, timed.

Two Tone Study

Reference reduced to light and shadow. Read the masses.

Cube Rotation

Draw a cube from every angle. Build spatial sense.

Room Perspective

Learn to draw within interiors in 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective.

Model Grid

Fast reps across a grid of poses for volume practice.

Extrusion Drill

Pull flat shapes into believable 3D forms.

Torso Randomizer

Randomized torso angles for ribcage and pelvis reps.

Glyph Drill

Learn to draw symbols and forms by rote, the way you once learned the alphabet.

Shrinking Time Ladder

Redraw the same pose as the timer shrinks each round, from minutes to seconds.

The drawing surface

Built for pen pressure. Not bolted on after.

Study from your reference deck, or just sketch on the drawpad. Same surface, your choice. Pressure, tilt, and palm rejection at the engine level.

Study or sketch

Split, float, or full-screen, or sketch freely on the drawpad.

Real brush engine

Pencil, charcoal, liner, fountain pen, and more. Pressure-sensitive.

Annotate reference

Mark landmarks on the image while you study.

Value study tones

Posterize the reference into lights and darks for value study.

Also built in

References, drills, session flow

Everything a practice app needs, without the bloat of a general art suite.

Mixed reference decks

Pinterest, Sketchfab, and local folders in one shuffled session.

Sketchbook gallery

Every drawing you've made. Zoomable thumbnails, export as PNG.

Timelapse replay

Replay any study as a timelapse. Watch your marks build back.

Share to community

Post finished studies and browse what others are drawing.

Immersive mode

Controls tuck away for distraction-free, full-surface practice.

Paper textures

Swap the paper grain under your ink to suit the medium.

Theming

Thirty built-in looks

Every theme in dark and light. Flat, studio, or frosted chrome. Tune accent, paper, and glow in the app.

Your references. Your study tools. A drawpad.

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