Join / Sign In CNET editors pick the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission. The best apps for drawing on your iPad From Procreate's blank canvas to creative coloring books, these iPad drawing apps will unleash your inner digital artist. Drawing digitally has always seemed like an unattainable skill to me, but when I was looking for ways to pass the time during the coronaviruslockdown, I gave Apple's Procreate app a chance. Even though I enjoy using physical media, it was intimidating to try painting or to use a different medium besides pencil and paper. The thought of hauling out all the supplies, setting up a workspace, and then not being able to create what I had hoped and having to put everything away again was daunting. But trying out digital art on my iPad let me experiment with different artistic figures and forms, no real-life mess involved.