Stipple Pose Timer vs Gesture Drawing Timer

Stipple is a focused pose timer for figure drawing, gesture practice, and life drawing sessions. A clean ring clock, an unmissable chime, and the session structure working artists actually use — all on a single, paper-warm stage. No clutter, no popups, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • Big ring clock that fills as each pose runs — see your time at a glance • Built-in session presets: Warm-up, Standard Mix, Marathon, Master Long, Gesture Burst • Five pose categories: Gesture, Quick, Standard, Long, Master — each tuned to a sketch goal • Custom plans: stack your own sequence of poses with any duration and category • Audible chime at every pose transition and at session end • Skip a pose with one tap when you need to move on • Session history: every completed sit is logged with date, length, and pose count • Background audio so the chimes keep firing while your screen is off DESIGNED FOR THE EASEL Whether you are warming up with 30-second gestures, building a 25-minute mix of quick and long sits, or settling into a 20-minute master study, Stipple stays out of the way and just keeps time. The charcoal-and-sanguine palette is built for studio light, not glaring whites. POSE CATEGORIES • Gesture (30s) — loose lines, feel the flow • Quick (1m) — establish proportions and main lines • Standard (2m) — build form, light, and shadow • Long (5m) — develop value and detail • Master (10–20m) — every detail counts PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. No network calls. Your custom plans and session history live on your device.

A timer, a reference, and a canvas — in one place. Drawing Practice Timer runs the gesture drawing warm-up that artists have done for a century. A reference photo appears, the timer counts down, you draw. When time runs out your drawing saves itself and the next pose appears. No browser tabs. No switching apps. No losing the work afterwards. HOW IT WORKS Pick a subject — figures, faces, hands and feet, animals, still life or environments. Set your interval: 30 seconds for gesture, or up to 10 minutes for longer study. Draw. The app handles the rest. Every pose you draw is saved automatically to your Library. Nothing to remember, nothing to export mid-session. DRAW THE WAY YOU ALREADY DO Apple Pencil or fingertip — both work, and both are first class. The drawing tools are the same ones you already know from Notes: pen, pencil, marker, crayon, watercolour, two erasers, ruler, and full colour control with opacity. Choose your paper: plain, cream, newsprint, watercolour, dot grid or ruled. TWO WAYS TO WORK Side by Side — reference and canvas together, with a drag handle to set the split how you like it. Overlay — draw straight over the reference for value and proportion studies. Or skip the reference entirely and use it as a plain timed sketchpad. STUDY AIDS Greyscale to judge values without colour. Flip to catch your own drawing bias. Blur for the squint test. Grid for placement. Zoom and lock to work into a hand or a face. Aids change what you see, never what you save. YOUR WORK, KEPT Every session is stored on your device. Come back to the Library to review what you drew, resume a session you left halfway, or export anything to Photos. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No network requests at all. Your drawings never leave your iPad, because there is nowhere for them to go. Built for artists who want to warm up in five minutes and get to work.