Once you have chosen a colour tap on the tool you are drawing with to return to the view that gives you access to the other drawing tools.įor more precise drawing you can zoom into your image. Unfortunately we are no better at colouring in now than we were as children. Also, you can make the colour darker if you zoom in with your fingers). You can mix colours - as you can see from our example, yellow and blue make green. If you’d like to change the colour, tap on the circle on the right and choose from the 24 colour options. There’s also a colour picker and ruler, more on that below.Ĭhoose your tool and start sketching, what you sketch is inserted as an image within your note. You can select from one of the tools, which include a fine pen, a felt tip pen, and a pencil, as well as an eraser.
If the keyboard is loaded you may need to tap the + above the keyboard to see the drawing icon.
To start drawing, tap the squiggle icon at the bottom of the screen. One of the best features in the Notes app on the iPad and iPhone in iOS 9 is the ability to go beyond simple text notes and start drawing straight onto the screen with your finger (or with the Apple Pencil for anyone thinking of purchasing the iPad Pro).
