Learn to Draw, at draw.wanessalabs.com, is a free drawing guide for kids. It started because our daughter filled a whole notebook with drawings on her own. There was no structure and no way to see what she had finished.
The drawing happens on paper. There is no in-app canvas. The app holds the video library, tracks progress and stores photos.
How it works
- Pick a tutorial. Browse a library of YouTube draw-along videos from a short list of vetted kids’ art channels, sorted by subject and difficulty. Search by name, or tap Surprise Me! for a random pick.
- Draw along on paper. The video plays inside the app while your kid draws in a sketchbook.
- Mark it done. Tap I Finished Drawing This! when the drawing is finished.
- Snap a photo. Optionally take a photo of the drawing. It goes into My Art Gallery, a scrapbook of everything they have made.
Badges
Finishing drawings earns badges, shown in each kid’s Medal Case. Some are for a subject, such as five animal drawings or three space drawings. Some are for difficulty, such as five beginner, intermediate or advanced drawings. Others are for totals, such as 25 drawings.
Family vaults
A family vault is your family’s own space in the app. A vault is a family name and a passcode. There is no email and no account.
- Creating a vault asks for a family name, a passcode, and a parental PIN.
- Joining on another device takes the family name and passcode. Progress, badges and photos are the same on every device.
- Profiles. Each kid gets a profile with a name, an icon and a favorite color, and their own progress and badges.
- Forgot the passcode? Use Forgot your passcode? on the sign-in screen. Enter the family name and the parental PIN, then choose a new passcode.
What is stored
- Passcodes and PINs are stored as one-way hashes. They are checked on the server and never sent back to the browser.
- Drawing photos are stored privately. The app shows them through links that expire after an hour, so a photo is never left at a permanent public address.
- Progress (which tutorials each kid finished) and profiles are stored with the vault, so they follow you between devices.
- The app collects no email addresses and no personal details. There is no public feed, and no way to see or contact other families.
Photos are kept until you delete them. Open a photo in the gallery and tap Delete to remove it.
Free
Learn to Draw is free to use, with no ads and no paywalled progress.