7 Free Tools for Creating Drawings Online

Something drawing is the best way to illustrate an idea. Whether you are trying to explain a new idea to your team at work or you are trying to jot down some of your ideas, it’s always helpful to have a pencil and pad with you.

And if you want to your drawing on the computer, there are ways to do that as well. There are plenty of free online tools available that give you a virtual whiteboard for drawing on whenever you need to illustrate something for yourself or for your co-workers.

Here are seven excellent and completely free websites that allow you to create drawing online.

1) Psykopaint

If you want to quickly draw something to save and use for later, you can start from scratch using Psykopaint and get your idea down on this virtual art board. If you are in a creative mode and want to do something more artists, this website also allows you to upload pictures and then draw on them, or use some of their sample pictures to start off with. It offers plenty of pencil and brush styles to choose from and allows you to work on your drawings in layers just like you would in Adobe Photoshop.

2) Scribbler

This is a really cool and very intuitive tool that can help your drawings look great even if you are terrible at it. Just make a sketch of what you want to draw and then press the “Done Drawing” button. If you have made a somewhat coherent drawing, Scribbler will put together a better-looking sketch of what you wanted to create.

3) Sketchpad

Sketchpad is probably the most advanced online drawing tools of this type. It’s still very easy to use, but it offers a lot of options when it comes to choosing colors, gradients and patterns when putting your drawings together. When you are done, simply click the “Save” icon up top and save the drawing to your computer.

4) Artpad

This is a very rudimentary online sketching tool, but it’s fast and easy to use. Once you are done with your drawing, you can not only save it, but also send the drawing to anyone you want directly from the website.

5) AWW Board

AWW Board is great if you want to collaborate with others because groups of people can use it at the same time. If you are looking for a very simple whiteboard tool for holding an online meeting with business associates, this is perfect because an unlimited number of people can be invited into the room to view the drawing in real-time.

6) Cacoo

Cacoo is one of the best ones for business purposed. Instead of offering only free-form drawing options, it gives you the ability to draw diagrams, mind maps and flow charts easily. It’s a more professional looking option compared to the other tools that don’t offer such templates for creating shapes and diagrams.

7) Pencil  

This is an open source drawing option for Windows, iOS and Linux users that allows you to not only draw, but also animate your drawings from either bitmap or vector images. However, this is not an online tool – you are going to have to download and install it to use it. However, it is still absolutely free.