Sketch a Day: Daily challenges & tutorials
The idea is simple: every day, we set a new subject for everyone to draw. You do your sketch or drawing, take a photo, and upload it for that day for everyone to see.
You can sketch, draw, paint, use digital art apps. Whatever you like that gets you into the habit of drawing every day.
Submit as many as you like, and see your progress over time.
And with the all-new Learn section, you will find great tutorials from our wonderful community of talented artists. Want to learn watercolours? Craving crafty ideas? Need to practise drawing people? Then the Learn section is perfect for you.
Lots of people are using Sketch a Day as a great way to start a positive habit. I have had many messages of support about the effect it has had on people's mental health, wellness and mindfulness. Sketching is a great habit to get into, even if like so many people, you think you "can't draw". It's a very peaceful, quiet and creative pastime, and receiving the help and support of others is a great way to feel good about yourself.
Sketch a Day is a wonderful, positive community with people from all over the world coming together to draw a common theme. If you need ideas for drawing, inspiration, encouragement or just want to look at amazing art, Sketch a Day is the right app for you.
If you've ever participated in Inktober, this app is like that - but forever - and you have a place to share your work and enjoy others.
** Sketch a Day is growing fast **
There are over 50,000 artists in the community now. It's just growing faster and faster all the time!
If you want to learn, want to get back into drawing, or just want a quick practice or warm-up, then Sketch a Day could be perfect for you. For beginners, we have tips and tutorials each day. For the experts, you can post your images and show your skills to the world.
So...go sharpen your pencils!
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Did you know?
• By drawing each day and getting likes, you can build your own private gallery of famous masterpieces.
• Parental controls make Sketch a Day a safer place. You can prevent 'adult material' from being seen by your children by setting a PIN on the parental controls.
• You can comment on people's sketches so you can ask how they did it, ask for tips, give them some kudos or just be silly!
• You can also add your Instagram account name so people can follow you on Instagram quickly and easily.
• When you've done a drawing, you can share it on Facebook straight from the app.
We have had some really creative drawings in our first few months. We've had pencils, watercolours, digital drawing, pen and ink, acrylics. We've had kids, adults, beginners, improvers and experts!
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I would like to use this space to say thank you to all the people who have messaged me to tell me how Sketch a Day has made their lives better. Drawing every day really seems to have a huge positive effect on people's lives.
Category : Art & Design
Reviews (28)
Like the challenges. This helping me to relax and improve on my skills. Some of the prompts are a big challenge but well worth the time and effort. Right now I'm having a problem seeing the weekly prompts. Not sure why. Got that problem figured out. I still like the challenges and some of them make me think and I have been learning some interesting stuff. Yeah!!
This is the first app I've found that has a social aspect to it that is a legitimately positive space. There are some ads but not too many (Developers gotta eat too) and they tend to be longer ads further apart which is my preference. The prompts are very open ended and the skill level of the users seems to be "I've literally never drawn a thing ever" to "I'm a professional and even my 5 minute sketches look professional" but all are given equal space.
So glad I downloaded this app, it's simple with no clutter or pop up ads. The daily prompts are fun, the community has a wide skill level from beginner to full blown artists. Everyone is super kind it's a wonderful art sharing experience with no judgement. There is tutorials and recommendations of art supplies. Highly recommended especially if like me you struggle think what to draw so great to encourage you to draw out of your comfort zone and help get your skill level up.
The best app in the whole world. Every day you get an interesting prompt to draw something and practice your skills (and get your mind working!). The community is supportive, friendly and inspiring. Ideal for everyone, whether you are beginner or a pro. It brightens my day, every day! (And my drawing/creative skills have improved a lot!)
I just downloaded this app and did my first sketch. But I can't share it. Every time I press the "Add yours" bottom, the app closes and I got a message saying that the program was interrupted. But I really like the concept of the app, and the fact that for each challenge, it gives some ideas of what we can sketch! I wish it would have an online version, for when this kind of problems occurs
I'm loving this app so far, it's great daily practise + inspiration for when you don't know what to draw. I like that there are tutorials for different mediums and skill levels. I think it would be really cool if there was a way to tag your art besides the medium used so you can look at specific things. Alongside a tagging system, blacklisting would also be nice. Then people could have more freedom with what they draw while others can blacklist their triggers.
This app is fantastic! Not exactly what i was expecting but i like it. An improvement could be a way to upload video digital animations because I've thought of ways to make the drawing an animation but then after i spent my entire day working on it; it seemed to not work, unless i missed something but i enjoy it a lot. It's very fun and exciting to see new things pop up everyday for you to do and the creative hints are fun. I recomend to anyone who needs a push to (start) draw(ing) (again)
This app absolutely rocks. I used to have such bad art block that i would go days, even weeks, without drawing a single thing. This app changed that. With just a one word prompt, it reminds me of the book "A Doodle a Day". The layout is simple and easy to navigate. Although it is free, ads are not popping up left and right unlike other mobile apps. 10/10 100% reccomend.
The app is great - pushes artists out of their comfort zone, gives new ideas, challenges, and is very fun. I love it! However, it would be nice to have the option of editing your comments and posts. It would also be great if we could submit a drawing of any rectangular shape, instead of just a square. I often have to crop my drawings, which can get quite frustrating (unless that's an option you get with a paid membership, then it makes sense). Over all, wonderful app! Definitely recommend it!!
(*Edit* I uninstalled it last time as the closing left the app unusable, but as Tom said below, there had been a fix and it doesn't close anymore! Fantastic app for anyone wanting inspiration or motivation.) It's closes a lot. I struggle to look at any of the drawings and it closes on me. No idea why as only a handful of people have the same experience on the reviews? I'm Samsung Galaxy s9. I hope there's eventually a bug fix and I can make good use of this app as it looks very useful.
Good app for adding art and following prompts, not so good as a social platform. I receive notifications, but when I click on them it doesn't take me to the comment. Rather, it drops me off on the prompt screen and I have no way to get back to the message without finding the image i commented on by scrolling through the gallery. This is far from ideal.
Great prompts. I love seeing other people's entries, too. Even browsing the sample ideas and stuff they offer is fun because it's just looking at more art. There's limited interaction and what is there is always supportive or helpful. The community is full of artists there for the sake of art and learning. No drama. Life's been unexplainably bad for me and art is my escape, but it's been so bad that I couldn't even do that. This app has helped get a little bit of me back.
Sometimes it takes forever to load from opening the app and I HATE the way it asks you to edit the photo after you take it for posting. It forces you to have a square photo and it will not let you zoom in a lot. I love the idea behind this app, and I especially love the "ideas" button that comes with every prompt. It is a 50/50 kinda thing, so I give it 3 stars.
I really admire this app. I have met so many incredible people with absolutely stunning art. Some of it is downright jaw dropping. My only downvote is that you can only participate in a challenge for 24-48 hours total. Then that's it. There also isn't an option to just go into challenges specifically for your interest. Like I'm into fantasy&elves. But most of these challenges are random words like "flip," or "bath." While I adore this app, if they wanted to tweak it up, that would be my advice.
I like this app. I think one of my biggest struggles is deciding what to draw and this challenges you to interpret new ideas everyday. I do get a little obsessive about seeing what people like which can be a little bit of a bummer for average-y artists like myself but that is just my fault not the app. Overall, it has been great and very motivational to practice making art!
Sketch a Day has helped me to try new things and draw things I never would have drawn, making me think outside the box a bit more, due to lock down I have found it hard to feel motivated to do things, this has helped with that, even if I feel like not doing anything I give it a go and sometimes end up with something I like. Only issue I have is that when I open the app it says loading for about 5 minutes and I have to keep closing and opening the app, I dunno if it's an issue with my internet 🤷
This is similar to Reddit's /r/SketchDaily except in app form. The best thing for beginners learning to draw is simply putting a pencil down on paper and making a mark. This app can provide not only motivation, but simple prompts to answer that "I don't know what to draw" question. The interface is simple to understand and navigate. The description says the app will provide tutorials but I haven't seen any. Clicking the ideas button only brings up a simple Google image search for the days topic
I love this app and what it's about. It encourages people of all ages and skill level to post a manual or digital drawing based on or relates to a 1-word prompt, for example: ginger, chart, cosy, plan... etc, every day. I find it so inspiring and motivating to draw this way. I also LOVE how differently people can interpret the word and create. Such a broad range if possibilities opens your mind to ideas you've never thought of. It's also a very supportive and respectful environment. That is key.
Never knew such app existed. It is an overwhelming and beautiful collection of so many artistic works. Providing a platform for all from an amateur to the experts in expressing themselves to the art world. And all this for free. Amazing! Outstanding ! Marvelous! It just couldn't get better. Thank you for giving a space to explore the creative side of mine.
This was the best app i've ever had! I love to draw, but since I just haven't had the motivation to draw anything, this app is just the thing I needed. It gives you challenges on what to draw, digital or paper! And people will comment your work and give you tips with things you are struggling with, or need help on. This app is awesome, and I would totally recommend it if you are an artist! (Or if you aren't and want to become one!)
Really kind and supportive community! Even if you're just beginning and making heaps of mistakes, we've all been there, and I've never seen any rude behaviour in the app. Prompts are interesting and varied, and you can see all different kinds of art people have uploaded, from detailed oil paintings to simple abstract sketches to colourful digital pieces. I am not a paying member and there are no annoying ads, but if you upgrade you have the option to direct message other creators and more.
The positive environment is awesome. Was always too afraid to really show any art but this makes it easy and comfortable. Also allows for easy viewing of the days artwork from other prospective artists The only thing ill say is that i wish there was a better search engine in app, for users and art as in, to look up a certain date or topic. Thats my only complaint, but its honestly not even that big of a deal. The rest of the app and its environment is totally worth it. Would certainly reccommend
Wonderful! It gives a motivation and inspiration to sketch because of its simplicity and positive feedbacks and overall positive atmosphere. Painting is a way to calm down for me, and here i can paint without being criticised, even though I have no talent at all. I think that's why I like this app and find it useful for me, because If you like something and you practicing in it, you getting better. So let's sketch something! Thank you, Tom!
Great community. Great art. It's all about learning and improving, and it has people at every skill level. I have yet to see anything but encouragement. The interface is clean and sleek. I bought Gold just to support this app (which is a one time payment btw, NOT a subscription). I don't use this everyday, but when I need some inspiration it can be a lot of fun to explore and participate in.
Good app. Helped jumpstart my artistic side. I was in a big slump, basically lost motivation for drawing because of what's going in life. Glad I found this app and got back into drawing. Found another way of relaxing, taking a step back from a busy life and honing my skills, all the while sharing with a good community of like minded individuals of every skill level and different mediums.
I like it. There is some thought put into the daily prompts or at least the algorithm used to generate them. I haven't seen any prompts to draw something like "serendipitous". The functionality is good. But, there is no function to share drawings I like. It's strange that an artist can like and report their own work to the moderators. Why are those options but not the one thing that'd promote the app? It also doesn't send notifications when artist I follow uploads an image.
I'm not a great artist. I'm learning. Before using this app I found myself staring at a blank page with no idea what to draw. A lot of tutorials I found on youtube were boring. Then I found sketch a day and it completely changed my thinking about learning how to draw. I was afraid to do anything at all but this app gives me prompts that force me to practice and learn new skills and I surprise myself with the results. I am actually excited to draw each day and get ideas for new prompts.
This is a great app for any budding artist whether a seasoned Pro or just starting. Get yourself out of your comfort zone and try and draw daily, think outside the box on the prompt of the day. Really awesome and friendly community, no matter what your skill level. The only issue I have had is with the uploading compression, I've lost detail on uploaded drawings before but that is my only gripe. Can't recommend the app enough for any artist!