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Find a way into your next painting.
Painting Notebook helps you move from an image toward marks you can make. Start with a photograph or a drawing, explore a few studies, and keep the decisions that help you begin.
PREPARE YOUR REFERENCE
Crop the image yourself, or straighten a painting photographed at an angle. Keep the original alongside your edits.
TRY A FEW WAYS OF SEEING
Make line, mass, and hatch studies from the same image. Try more variations, compare them side by side, and keep a direction. Explore value shapes and observed colour at different levels of detail.
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
Draw over a study, fade the underlay, or work on blank paper with the reference alongside. Each drawing becomes another study in your notebook.
FOLLOW THE PAINTING
Photograph painting sessions, compare progress, and keep a few notes about what changed and what to try next.
KEEP YOUR WORK
Your images and studies are processed on your device. No account is required. Export individual images, a project, or your whole notebook, and restore your backup on another device. Keep an exported backup before deleting the app.
Painting Notebook is a tool for looking and exploring. Its studies offer possible starting points; your marks and decisions remain your own.
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What's New in Painting Notebook
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November 1, 2026



