Glaze - oil painting studio

As an educational app I'd rate this higher. I'm trying it with painting in mind, so my expectations are different than what the developers intended. What it does really well is maintain the saturation of the color as you decrease the opacity, just like a real glaze (I worked in oils many decades back, then switched to acrylics, using glazing extensively). The limited tools and palette are interesting. Where it's really off target as an oils experiment is that they "dry" too quickly, so you can't smear one color into another. Really, some pigments take days to dry. Nor can you scrub or scrape paint away as you would with real paint (you can, but only on the color just applied). The big glitch, though, is technical, affecting both Apple Pencil and finger. Wherever I touch the screen the stroke appears to the right (at roughly a 2 o'clock position)…about a half inch away at the left side of the canvas and an inch-and-a-half by the time I get to the right side. No way you can do a controlled piece of art or a lesson with that happening. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for kids, the intended users? If they fix this I'd say get the app. It's free, interesting, and potentially fun.

No ads. Simple controls and brushes, fun results, thanks