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AR Drawing
AR drawing online: how to trace a picture in your browser, free, no app
Trace any picture onto paper with your phone camera, straight from the browser: no app, no sign-up, no watermark. Setup in five steps, what the free version can and cannot do, and when the app is worth it.
Oct 13, 2026 · 6 min read
20 things to make with AR tracing: Christmas ornaments, wood burning, T-shirts, cakes, mini canvases and more
AR tracing is not only for paper. Twenty small projects you can transfer through a phone camera – painted ornaments, pyrography, fabric, cake lettering, engraving, rocks and chalk – with the setup tip for each surface.
Oct 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Grid method drawing: how to scale a drawing with a grid, and when AR tracing is faster
How the grid method works on paper and canvas, the maths for scaling a drawing up or down, the mistakes that ruin it – and when tracing through a phone camera does the same job in minutes.
Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Mural App
Grants for muralists and public art funding: who pays for walls, and how to get it
The six sources of money for murals – percent-for-art, city programmes, BIDs, foundations, brands and festivals – what each one wants in a proposal, how to budget a wall for a funder, and where to find the calls.
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Wall mural ideas: 25 ideas by room, wall and skill level (2026)
Mural ideas for bedrooms, kids' rooms, living rooms, exteriors and businesses – sorted by how hard they are to paint, with notes on how to get each one onto the wall.
Oct 12, 2026 · 9 min read
Mural projector guide: which projector you need, when it works, and when a VR headset beats it (2026)
How many lumens a mural projector needs, how far to place it, why it only works at night – and why, in 2026, a VR headset is the better buy for the same money.
Oct 12, 2026 · 9 min read
Canvas
Draw Together in Real Time: Sketchar Launches the First Cross-Platform Multiplayer Drawing App for Mobile
Sketchar Multiplayer lets you draw together in real time on iOS and Android. Create a room, invite anyone, and co-create on a shared canvas – the first true cross-platform collaborative drawing app for mobile.
Jun 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Try the new Smudge Tool in the Sketchar app
Sketchar introduces an advanced Smudge tool – blend colors, smooth edges, and create stunning transitions like digital oil painting. Experiment with different brushes and bring your art to life!
Jul 25, 2025 · 1 min read
Introducing Sketchar Collabs: A New Way to Create Together
Are you looking for a drawing app that sparks creativity, connects you with a creative community, and helps you learn to draw in a fun and engaging way? Meet Sketchar Collabs – the latest feature in the Sketchar app, designed for artists, hobbyists, and anyone passionate about drawing as a hobby or a lifelong skill. ▋Art Challenges You Can Start – and Everyone Can Join After successfully hosting over 100 art challenges with more than 10,000 participants, we’re thrilled to announce that now
Jun 27, 2025 · 2 min read
Interview
Street art vs graffiti: the difference, from someone who has painted both
Graffiti is letters, written for other writers. Street art is images, made for everyone. Murals can be either. A muralist with 20+ years on walls explains where the line is.
Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
25 Years of Graffiti Meets AR/VR Mural Tools: 5 Questions for Konstantin Zmogk
Konstantin Zmogk has been painting graffiti for over 25 years — and just used Sketchar for the first time to sketch a mural. Here are the five questions we asked him about AR drawing, VR mural painting and the new Paint Calculator.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Hamza from Algeria on Murals, Millions of Views, and His Creative Journey with Sketchar
An artist story from Algeria: meet Hamza, one of the first commercial artists in the country to build his workflow around Sketchar — from AR sketching to 20M+ views and smarter paint planning.
Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Artist Agent
Artist opportunities explained: grants, fellowships, residencies, open calls and festivals, and which to apply for at each career stage
The five kinds of artist opportunity side by side – what you get, what you give, who is eligible, how long it takes – and a simple way to decide which to chase this year depending on where you are in your career.
Oct 21, 2026 · 7 min read
How to write an art grant proposal: structure, a worked budget, and a copy-and-fill template
The seven parts of a grant proposal juries expect, how long each should be, a worked budget for a real project, the sentences that get proposals rejected, and a template you can fill in an afternoon.
Oct 21, 2026 · 8 min read
Paid artist residencies: what "funded" really covers, how to find them, and the maths before you accept
The difference between paid, funded and fee-based residencies, what a stipend usually covers, who offers fully funded places, the eligibility rules that narrow the field, and how to work out whether a "free" month actually costs you.
Oct 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Paint Calculator
Mural Paint Calculator Tutorial: How Much Paint Do I Need for a Facade?
A detailed 3-minute walkthrough of the Mural Paint Calculator web app for facade murals. See how to enter wall dimensions, colors, and coats in this wall paint estimator for a large-scale facade mural
Aug 26, 2026 · Video
Mural Paint Calculator: Know Exactly How Many Spray Cans Your Mural Needs
Upload your mural sketch and instantly calculate how many cans you need and how much it costs. Free tool by Sketchar.
Apr 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Education
Why Creativity Matters for Kids: 5 Ways Art Shapes a Child's Mind
From confidence to problem-solving, here are five reasons why creativity is important for children — and simple ways to nurture it at home with drawing, AR, and AI art tools.
Oct 1, 2026 · 4 min read
Is AR drawing cheating? What five centuries of tracing tools say
Tracing with a phone camera is the newest of five centuries of artists' tools. What it teaches, what it does not, and how to use it so you end up drawing freehand.
Sep 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Using Sketchar In Art Classes– Charleston County School of the Arts Case Study
VR expands learning, speeds skill growth, and strengthens collaboration. At Charleston County School of the Arts, students used Sketchar on VR headsets to view the same image and draw on one real canvas together–coordinating their strokes in sync and practicing true collaboration.
Feb 4, 2026 · 3 min read
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