2023.5
2023-08-21
Thank you for using ShadowDraw!
We've added a bug fix to improve your drawing experience. This update fixes an issue with editing artwork in Saved Drawings. Simply tap on the pen tool to continue making your changes.
What do you think? Leave us an app review and reach out to us at
[email protected] with any issues!
2023.4
2023-07-20
Thanks for using ShadowDraw! We're working hard to bring you a major update, but in the meantime, here's a quick, exciting update for you:
• Now available: Are you ready to start drawing sea turtles, whales and more like a pro? Find out in our newest course, the Aquatic Animals Sketchbook, featuring 13 aquatic creatures!
• Unlimited access to the Sketch Like an Architect series — Monthly and yearly subscriptions now include all of David Drazil’s architecture courses! Subscribe today to unlock all of David’s step-by-step lessons. Yay!
• Introducing the new navigation menu — We have a delightful new navigation experience that helps you go from browsing new courses to accessing your saved drawings in no time flat. Blank Canvas now has a new home under the menu too!
• Stay tuned for exciting new drawing courses coming this summer and fall! You'll get guided practice drawing colorful birds, sketchy dogs, sketchy cats, and more!
What do you think of this update? Let us know by writing an app review or reaching out to us at
[email protected]!
2023.3
2023-03-26
This update includes improvements to the subscription process and new drawing courses coming soon.
2023.2
2023-02-22
This update fixes a bug that caused the app to crash.
2023.1
2023-02-06
This update includes new drawing courses, improvements to Find the Next Line and the subscription process, bug fixes to Tap to Skip and Practice Worksheets, and updates to the unlocking feature!
2022.7
2022-11-30
This update includes a new app icon and a new drawing course!
2022.6
2022-11-21
This update includes a 25-Day Advent Calendar that teaches you how to draw!
2022.5
2022-06-18
Thank you for making ShadowDraw part of your daily drawing habit! This update includes:
- Bug fixes
2022.4
2022-05-26
Thank you for making ShadowDraw part of your daily drawing habit! Here's what's new:
- Bug fixes
2022.3
2022-03-25
Thank you for making ShadowDraw part of your daily drawing habit! Here's what's new:
- Draw and paint Van Gogh’s masterpiece Café Terrace at Night in honor of his birthday on March 30.
- Intro to Male Portraits Course. Learn how to draw male portraits from scratch, and apply what you learned in practice worksheets.
- Female Portrait Guided Sketchbook. Take your portrait sketching skills further with 3 more female portrait lessons, complete with practice worksheets.
- Coming in April! Learn the basics of sketching Persian cats in our newest cat breeds course.
2022.2
2022-02-24
Thank you for making ShadowDraw a part of your daily drawing habit! Here's what's new:
- New unlock feature. As you level up your drawing skills, more lessons will unlock one by one as a reward!
- Intro to Portraits Course. Learn how to draw portraits from scratch, and practice what you learned in 6 practice worksheets.
- Keep learning like Van Gogh. Van Gogh's birthday is coming up on March 30! Start the Cours de Dessin, a drawing course Van Gogh took twice, and work your way through it to unlock the latest lesson, Plate I - 8!
- Stay tuned for more courses that will unlock throughout the month!
2022.1
2022-01-22
- Intro to Shapes is back!
- Learn how to draw bears and birds from scratch, or start a fantasy portraits course!
2021.7
2021-11-27
- The Art Advent Calendar is back! Enjoy a new free lesson every day from December 1 through December 25.
- Bug fixes. If you started a lesson using Sketch My Way, you now have access to all the art tools when you continue the lesson in Saved Drawings.
2021.6
2021-11-12
This update has important drawing experience improvements!
- Pick your own colors & art tools! Now you can experience every drawing in a whole new way! Choose between Sketch My Way or Art Teacher Mode at the beginning of every lesson. Pick your own colors & art tools in Sketch My Way or use the colors & art tools pre-selected by the artist in Art Teacher Mode.
- Important search improvements.
- Chat. Now available on the Explore Courses page. Get help with the app or let us know what you think about ShadowDraw!
Love ShadowDraw? Rate us 5 stars and share your love with other beginner artists! :)
2021.5
2021-09-17
This update introduces four new courses for beginners and important drawing experience improvements! You’ll get:
- New Free Art of the Day
- More pop ups
- Button on the home screen that lets you easily sign up for a free trial of ShadowDraw+
- 4 sketching and painting lessons on Van Gogh's The Bedroom in Arles
- 33 art lessons for drawing horses from scratch
- 2 new atelier method lessons in the Charles Bargue masterclass series
- Sketch Like an Architect in David Drazil's Trees: Vol. I & II courses (available as in-app purchases)
Love ShadowDraw? Rate us 5 stars and share your love with other beginner artists! :)
2021.4
2021-06-05
This update introduces seven new courses for beginners and important drawing experience improvements! You’ll get:
- Guided practice sketching animals including corgis, huskies, and lions
- Take your character sketching skills further with lessons on male and female superheroes and Spartan warriors
- Learn how to illustrate photos in a drawing challenge course
- Travel sketch with confidence in a brand new Neuschwanstein Castle course
- Drawing experience improvements that should prevent skips when you lift your pencil during a step
- Bug fixes
Love ShadowDraw? Rate us 5 stars and share your love with other beginner artists!
2021.3
2021-04-30
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! Here's what's new:
- Enjoy brand new courses! Classic cartooning, gesture drawing, flower sketching and Cours de Dessin courses added!
- Find Your Next Course. Each time you open ShadowDraw, we'll show you 7 drawing courses you may have missed in the “Discover a New Course” collection.
- Accessibility Bug Fixes. Easily select a new Tracing Line Color and Flash Color. Visit Settings in the Menu to choose your own colors.
- Continue Course Bug Fixes. When you are drawing, you can stay in flow longer when we prompt you to continue to the next lesson in the course.
- Saved Drawings Improvements. We have optimized your saved drawings to take up less space on your iPad.
- Now you can share your subscription to ShadowDraw+ with loved ones via Family Sharing!
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving a review on the App Store! :-)
2021.2
2021-03-18
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! Here's what's new:
- New classic cartooning and travel sketching courses added
- Improvements to flow from lesson to lesson within a course
- Design improvements to completed drawings
- Updated drawing experience
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving a review on the App Store! :-)
2021.1
2021-01-30
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! Here's what's new:
- Now you can share your subscription to ShadowDraw+ with Family Sharing
- Enjoy brand new courses! Learn how to draw beautiful flowers step-by-step, keep learning like Van Gogh, and get the latest classic cartooning lessons by E.G. Lutz.
- Discover the 20 Most Popular Courses in 2020
- Bug fixes
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving a review on the App Store! :-)
5.5.3
2020-12-17
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! Here's what's new:
- Now you can enjoy Days 22 - 25 of the Art Advent Calendar. Available exclusively to ShadowDraw+ subscribers.
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving us a review on the App Store! :-)
5.5.2
2020-12-12
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! Here's what's new:
- Now you can enjoy Days 15 - 21 of the Art Advent Calendar. Available exclusively to ShadowDraw+ subscribers. Days 22 - 25 coming soon!
- Bug fixes
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving us a review on the App Store! :-)
5.5.1
2020-12-08
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! This update includes:
- Bug fixes
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving us a review on the App Store! :-)
5.5
2020-12-05
Thank you for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! This update includes:
- Days 8 - 14 of the Art Advent Calendar
- Advent Calendar experience improvements
- Course updates to Nefertiti and Gingerbread House
Love ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving us a review on the App Store! :-)
5.4
2020-11-28
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! This update includes:
- Our little elves have been hard at work making you an Art Advent Calendar to spread some holiday cheer! Celebrate the winter season with a 25-Day Art Advent Calendar that teaches you how to draw Christmas trees, penguins, baby deer, famous monuments and more every day starting December 1st. Available exclusively to ShadowDraw+ subscribers. Not a subscriber yet? Start drawing your way through the Advent Calendar for free when you sign up for a 7-day trial. Make sure to keep your app updated for Days 8 - 25 coming soon!
- If you need app support, you can now find the Live Chat feature under the Main Menu.
Love learning how to draw in ShadowDraw? Share your love with other beginner artists by leaving us a review on the App Store! :-)
5.3
2020-11-13
Thanks for continuing your creative journey with us! :-) You're already on your way to becoming a better artist! This update includes:
- Sharing improvements. Background layers now appear when you share dynamic drawing lessons.
- Three finger undo is back!
- You can now pinch and zoom while using the Blank Canvas.
- We’ve added a semitransparent toolbar at the top of the drawing canvas, as well as a smaller back button.
- Improvements to Find the Next Line.
- Improvements to Search.
- Enjoy 9 new courses! Continue cartooning with the latest installment in the E.G. Lutz course, recreate entire oil paintings from scratch in two new Vincent van Gogh courses, add to your fashion design skills with a Fashion Arms course, learn how to illustrate like Beatrix Potter, and more!
- 4 new lessons added to existing courses! Enjoy another Swordsman in our Fantasy Portraits course, and 3 new flowers in our Botanical Sketches course.
Make sure to keep your app updated for an Art Advent Calendar starting December 1st! Love learning how to draw in ShadowDraw? Please consider leaving us a review on the App Store to share your love with other beginner artists! :-)