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Draw and paint on your tablet

Real brushes, pro layers, a drawing teacher that watches along and drawing games for the whole family. Made for tablets with a pen, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab with S Pen.

Test version · free during testing

How the teacher helps you draw

The drawing teacher shows you first, then it is your turn. Step by step, at your own pace. You always draw yourself. And the teacher comes with you: at home, at school and on the go, whenever you want to draw.

Zo leert de leraar je tekenen: de les Uil

What can 2create do?

🖌️

Over 100 brushes

Pencil, ink, watercolour that really bleeds, oils, markers, charcoal, chalk, glitter and more. With pen pressure and tilt.

🗂️

Pro layers

Blend modes, masks, groups, locking, pinch to merge, alpha lock and clipping masks.

✨

Drawing teacher that watches along

Say what you want to draw and it makes a lesson with ghost lines and a step plan. It watches, gives tips and can talk. You always draw yourself.

📏

Drawing aids

Ruler, ellipse guide, symmetry, 1, 2 or 3-point perspective, and a predictive line that straightens wobbles.

🎱

Games

Ball machine, a daily challenge with stars and rankings, challenges and online Guess the drawing with friends.

🤝

Draw together

Friends on their own tablets drawing one picture, each on their own layer.

📺

Many screens at once

Your drawing big on the TV (Smart View or Chromecast), your phone or a browser as a second screen for reference, colours or watching along, and 2create on your Windows PC. One licence for all your devices.

🎓

Drawing lessons

Step-by-step lessons: animals, faces, people, caricatures and perspective.

🎬

Drawing comes alive

Turn your drawing into a short film to share, with a sped-up replay of how you drew it.

This is what 2create looks like

Real screens from the app, with pictures painted in 2create. Tap an image to see it large.

Brushes that feel real
Step by step with the drawing teacher
Layers like the pros
Colour in colouring pages
Drawing games for the whole family
An AI teacher that watches along
Pick colours with the colour ring
All your drawings together

Pricing

Pay once for all drawing features. The drawing teacher and sync are in the subscription. One licence works on all your devices: tablet, phone, Windows and browser.

Basic

Free
  • Draw in the app (basic brushes, 3 layers)
  • In the browser: try it for 2 minutes, with a free account for 14 days
  • Save as PNG

Pro

€4.99
one-time, forever
  • All 100+ brushes and tools
  • Unlimited layers, blend modes, selection
  • Lessons, colouring pages and games
  • Try the drawing teacher a few times a day

Plus

€3.99
per month, or €29.99 per year
  • Everything in Pro
  • The drawing teacher that watches along (with AI)
  • Colouring pages of any subject and tailored lessons
  • Your drawings on all your devices

Family

€19.99
per year, up to 5 people
  • Plus for the whole family
  • Everyone their own account
  • Parents manage the family

School

€0.99
per pupil per year, from 25 pupils (€24.75)
  • Plus for the whole class
  • Groups and an admin page
  • Pupils without an email address

Prices include VAT. In the Play Store app you pay through Google Play; on the site by card or iDEAL. What you buy is linked to your 2create account.

October drawing contest

Draw: An autumn tree

A new theme every month. Make your drawing in 2create, export it as an image and send it in here. The best drawing of the month wins a full year of all Plus features for free, drawing teacher included.

One winner per month, chosen by the 2create team. Your own work only, made in 2create. We only use your email to tell the winner they won, and it is deleted after the month. We only show your drawing if you tick the box above. If you are under 16, ask a parent first.

Guides

Short how-tos per topic. Tap a topic to open it.

👋Your first drawing
  1. In the gallery, tap New and pick a size and a paper type.
  2. Top right: Brush, Smudge, Eraser, Layers and your colour. Tap Brush again for the full brush library.
  3. The sidebar on the left sets size (top) and opacity (bottom).
  4. 2create saves automatically. Gallery at the top left takes you back.
✌️Gestures
  1. Two-finger tap: undo. Three-finger tap: redo.
  2. Two fingers pinch, rotate and drag: zoom, rotate and move. A quick pinch fits the drawing to the screen.
  3. Hold a finger still: pick a colour from the drawing (or open the edit menu).
  4. Four-finger tap: hide all buttons; again to bring them back.
🎨Choosing colours
  1. Tap the colour dot at the top right.
  2. Turn the ring for the hue and slide in the square for light and dark.
  3. Light and shadow and Skin tones give colours that go well together.
  4. + adds a colour to your palette. You can also take colours from a photo.
🗂️Working with layers
  1. Tap Layers, then + for a new layer. The top layer sits on top.
  2. Draw your lines on one layer and colour on a layer below: you never colour over your lines.
  3. Pinch two layers together to merge them. Swipe left to lock, duplicate or delete.
  4. Tap a layer again for opacity, blend mode, alpha lock and clipping mask.
✂️Select and move
  1. Tap Select and drag a rectangle, ellipse or freehand shape.
  2. Tap Transform to move it. Two fingers make it bigger, smaller or rotate it.
  3. Free distort lets you drag one corner on its own, for perspective.
  4. Tap Done when it looks right.
📐Drawing aids
  1. In Actions › Drawing guide, pick mirror, mandala, grid, ruler, ellipse or perspective.
  2. The blue lines only help; they never end up in your drawing.
  3. With Snap to lines your stroke follows the guide exactly, however wobbly you draw.
  4. Drag the blue dots to move the centre or vanishing points.
✨The drawing teacher and Follow the teacher
  1. Tap the floating ✨ button.
  2. Follow the teacher: say, type or write what you want to draw. The teacher makes a lesson with ghost lines and a step plan on screen. You always draw yourself.
  3. What does the teacher think? gives a compliment and a tip. Turn on Teacher watches along for tips while you draw.
  4. The teacher can read aloud; 🔇 turns the sound off. Nothing is stored.
🖍️Make a colouring page
  1. In the gallery, tap New › Make a colouring page.
  2. Pick a mandala, flower or pattern, or tap Any subject and say what you want to colour (that colouring page is made with AI).
  3. The slider sets simple or detailed. Another gives a new version.
  4. Tap Use: the lines are on their own layer and fills stay inside them.
🎱Games and daily challenge
  1. In the gallery, tap Play and pick a game, or tap Surprise.
  2. Every day there is a new daily challenge. Hand in your drawing and the teacher gives 1 to 5 stars.
  3. 🏆 shows the ranking of your group or of everyone.
  4. You can always stop with ✕ Stop at the top left.
🤝Draw together and guess online
  1. Choose Play › Draw together or Guess the drawing online.
  2. One player taps Create room and gets a 4-letter code.
  3. The others enter the code under Join, wherever they are.
  4. Nothing is stored on the server.
💾Saving and sharing
  1. 2create saves automatically while you draw.
  2. In Actions you save or share as PNG, JPG, PDF or Photoshop file (with layers).
  3. Time-lapse makes a film of your drawing; Drawing comes alive (Extras) makes it move.
🔄Updates and problems
  1. 2create tells you when there is a new version; tap the message to install. Your drawings are kept.
  2. Your version is shown under the word 2create in the gallery. Tap it to check for a new one right away.
  3. Can't see your stroke? Check that the layer is visible and not locked, and that the colour isn't the same as the paper.
  4. An idea or something broken? Use Share an idea or wish in the app.

Install on Android

  1. Tap Download for Android above (on your tablet).
  2. Open the downloaded file. Android asks once whether your browser may install apps: turn on Allow from this source.
  3. Tap Install. New versions then arrive by themselves: 2create tells you when there is an update.

Your drawings stay on your own tablet. The teacher's smart features use AI. It never draws for you, and your drawings are not used to train AI. Only when you ask for it does a small image go to our server; nothing is stored.

Windows laptop with pen

A first Windows version for pen laptops (like Surface and HP) is on its way. As soon as it is ready, you can download it above.

Report a bug or share an idea

Something going wrong, or something missing? Let us know. Every message is read; the most requested gets built first.