The AR drawing app
Pencilbloom shows the picture through your phone’s camera, right on top of your paper. Follow the lines with a real pencil, one part at a time, then color it in.
Coming soon to iPhone, iPad and Android.
free to start
Updated
your phone sits on a cup
How it works
How AR drawing works: the camera keeps the picture lined up with your paper, so you can follow it with a pencil.
Choose a drawing from the app, turn your own photo into clean lines, or imagine something new.
Rest it on a cup, a stack of books or a stand, about a hand’s width above the paper.
Follow the lines with a real pencil, one part at a time. Your drawing is saved as a time-lapse.
Tracing modes
Use it like a tracing projector with your phone on a stand, or hold it in your hand and let AR keep the picture pinned to the page.
Most popular
Steadiest lines. Best for longer drawings, portraits and anything with fine detail.
AR mode
No stand needed. AR pins the picture to your paper even when your hand moves.
Pictures
Start from the library, or turn any photo into a clean line drawing in a few seconds.
Learn to draw
Step-by-step lessons build each drawing in order: big shapes first, then the details. Short courses take you from your first flower to faces.
Color
Fill your drawing with a tap on screen, or follow the color guide and paint the real one on paper.
Keep
Your phone records a time-lapse while you draw. Watch it back, share it, and see how far you’ve come.
“I didn’t know I could draw a face.”
Is tracing cheating?
Tracing trains your hand and your eye. Pencilbloom’s lessons slowly hand the work back to you: more guide at first, less every time, until you draw it on your own.
Free lessons
Free lessons with pictures for every step, and a one-tap link to trace each one in the app.
Free coloring pages
New coloring pages every week: mandalas, animals, flowers and seasons. Download the PDF or open it in Pencilbloom.
FAQ
Still stuck? Write to us from Profile › Help in the app.
Pencilbloom is an AR drawing app for iPhone, iPad and Android. Your phone shows a picture over your paper so you can trace it with a real pencil, and free step-by-step lessons teach you to draw it yourself. You can also turn photos into line drawings. It's free to start.
Put your phone on a stand and the camera shows the picture over your paper: the steadiest lines. Or hold your phone and let AR pin the picture to the page. Or use Trace on screen: lay thin paper on the screen and trace what shows through, like a light box.
Pencilbloom is free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Tracing with the camera works on phones and tablets; Trace on screen is easiest on a tablet, because the bigger screen gives your hand more room.
Yes, Pencilbloom is free to start, with no sign-up and no card. The free app includes pictures to trace, free step-by-step lessons, the first steps of every Pro lesson, coloring on screen and a few photo-to-line conversions a day. Our coloring pages are free to download and print.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Coming soon to iPhone, iPad and Android.
