Jean-Baptiste Oudry, "Belphagore" (1734), brush and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper; 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (image via public domain, all images courtesy Getty ...

Doodling or making quick notes with pencil and paper is so old school. Cheap. Dependable. Easy to use. Erasable. But old school. Enter the digital sketchpad/notepad. No wasted paper. Tree friendly.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Whether you’re a professional artist or an amateur dabbling in the craft for fun, a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. One of the iPad’s best-loved apps, Paper, is becoming that little bit more attractive today with the announcement ...

Although the market for hand-drawn portraits largely collapsed following the invention of photography, there’s something magical about watching an artist create a lifelike image using nothing but a ...

Sketching, drawing, coloring has gotten a lot cooler than it ever was.The iPad now has its ultimate scrapbook, notebook. call it whatever you may want to call it, but one thing is for sure, it is ...