Tablets are great for browsing the Internet, playing games, and answering emails, but thanks to their size and screen sensitivity, they can also help you produce some great art. Whether you have a 5-year-old who loves finger painting and needs a mess-free alternative for car journeys or you're an adult who enjoys creating art, Android tablets offer plenty of apps to help you indulge your inner painter.
We'll start off our roundup of arty apps with apps suitable for small children (or adults who are just big kids!) and work up to some of the advanced art and image editing tools on the Android Market. So grab your easel, ready those robotic fingertips, and read on!
2. Color and Draw for Kids HD
Price: 99 cents
Download: Color and Draw for Kids HD
Color and Draw is a step up in complexity from Zebra Paint with much more of a coloring book feel. The app comes with a variety of line art images to color as well as blank canvases for free-form sketching and scribbling. There are a number of nice features such as optional voice prompts to help kids get creative and think about their color choices. There's also a selection of fun, in-app stickers that kids can use to decorate their pictures after they've finished coloring them.
This app is especially suited for tablet users because the larger screen space should help little fingers stay within the lines.
4. SketchBook Pro
Price: $4.99
Download: SketchBook Pro
This is the tablet version of the wildly popular SketchBook Mobile for Android phones, and the developers have scaled up an already great app into a powerful art and design tool for Android tablets. The app is designed to work with finger painting or stylus sketching and comes with an enormous preloaded range of brushes and effects, as well as a wide array of image processing and editing features.
For the more serious artist who wants to sketch on the go or try out drawing with a tablet and stylus, this app is definitely worth a look.
