Draw the things you love, one step at a time
Lessons that draw themselves while you follow along, on paper or on a canvas made for Pencil and touch.
Free for good, with no ads. For ages 5 to grown-up.
Who draws with Lapis
Three age groups, from five-year-olds to grown-ups, and families who draw together.
Not just lessons. A whole art room for everyone at home.
Lessons to follow, practice that helps, a canvas for anything, and a sketchbook that keeps it all.
Cartoon Cat 
Baby Dinosaur 
Cartoon Fox 
Happy Whale 
Ink the outline
Trace your best pencil lines with the fineliner: the fluffy head, ears, body, legs and the big tail.
Watch it drawn, then make it yours
Every lesson draws itself one step at a time, the way an art teacher shows you at the table: light shapes first, then the outline, then colour and shadow. Nothing moves on until you’re ready.
- One step at a time
- Tracing guides for small hands
- Every step read aloud
- Replay any step, any speed
Trace it, fill it, and feel it click into place
Practice mode shows exactly where each step goes: a dotted line to trace, a chequered shape to colour in. A bar fills as you draw, and when the step is done your lines tidy up and the next one appears.
- Instant feedback
- Stays inside the lines
- Stars for care, never for speed
A canvas that keeps up with your pencil
Pressure, tilt and palm rejection for Apple Pencil and pen laptops, pinch to zoom and turn the page, and brushes that behave like the real thing. Draw whatever you like, for as long as you like.
- Pencils, inks, markers, crayon, watercolour and more
- Hard, soft and kneaded erasers
- Rest your hand on the screen while you draw
- A time-lapse of every drawing
Colour together, even from far away
Pick a picture and start a room for your household, or send a grandparent a code. Everyone colours the same page at once, only ever undoes their own colours, and keeps their own copy at the end.
- No chat, and no strangers
- Children join other families only with a grown-up’s PIN
- Everyone saves their own copy
A Daily Doodle, free every morning
A new lesson for each age group every day: something for the bus, the kitchen table or the ten minutes before bed.
Penguin
12 minutes, 7 steps
Every drawing, replayed stroke by stroke
Your sketchbook keeps every drawing and plays back how you made it, from the first light line.
The family Fridge
The best drawings go up where the whole household can see them, and nowhere else.
Courses, drawn by hand
42 courses for three age groups; here are the ones with drawings to show. Every group’s first course is free for good.
14 lessons, ages 5 to 7 Shape Friends Free 
13 lessons, ages 5 to 7 Garden Friends 
12 lessons, ages 5 to 7 Animal Pals 
11 lessons, ages 5 to 7 3D Tricks 
10 lessons, ages 8 to 12 Sweet Treats 
11 lessons, ages 8 to 12 Cartoon Critters Free 13 lessons, ages 8 to 12 Adventure Sketchbook 
12 lessons, ages 8 to 12 Line & Shape Free 
17 lessons, teens and adults Perspective 
12 lessons, teens and adults Form & Light 
14 lessons, teens and adults Seeing and Measuring 
16 lessons, teens and adults Animals from Life 
9 lessons, teens and adults 
Made for families, safe for children
A grown-up owns the account. Children draw in their own profiles, with nothing to sign up for and nothing to buy.
- No ads, ever
- Not for Lapis, not for anyone else. We never sell or share data.
- No emails for children
- A nickname, an age group and a picture are all a child’s profile holds.
- A family PIN
- Plans, profiles and invites sit behind four digits only grown-ups know.
- Drawing days, not streaks
- A child’s week fills with dots. Missing a day never takes anything away.
- Private by default
- The Fridge is only for your household. Share links expire and never show a name.
- No chat with anyone
- Children colour together with your household, and with other families only when a grown-up says yes.
Your pace, your plan
Every new account gets 14 days of Family with no card. When it ends, Lapis carries on free and keeps every drawing.
Free
For everyone
$0
No card and no time limit
The Starter course in every age group, today’s Daily Doodle and no ads, ever.
Plus
Plus Save 60%
Monthly plan $4.99
$1.99 /month
billed yearly as $23.99
$4.99 /month
billed monthly
Every lesson, for one learner. Other profiles stay on Free.
Family Save 62%
Monthly plan $7.99
$2.99 /month
billed yearly as $35.99
$7.99 /month
billed monthly
Every lesson, for up to six learners at home.
Questions grown-ups ask
The short answers. There’s more about accounts, consent and data on the page for families.
- What age is Lapis for?
- Five to grown-up. Little Artists (5 to 7) draw big friendly shapes with read-aloud steps; Young Artists (8 to 12) draw characters and places the way illustrators do; Foundations teaches teens and adults line, form, light and drawing from life.
- Do we draw on paper or on the screen?
- Either. Every lesson draws itself one step at a time and waits for you. Copy it with a pencil on paper, or draw right on the screen with Apple Pencil, a pen laptop, a finger or a mouse.
- What does the free plan include?
- The whole Starter course in every age group, a new Daily Doodle every day, the free canvas, tracing guides, step replays and read-aloud, 30 saved drawings per profile and up to 3 profiles. No ads, and it doesn’t run out.
- How does the free trial work?
- Every new account gets 14 days of Family, with every lesson open. There is no card to enter, so there is nothing to cancel: when the trial ends, Lapis carries on free and nothing is deleted.
- Is it safe for my child?
- Children draw inside profiles a grown-up creates, with a nickname and a picture. They never need an email or a password, never chat with anyone, and never see an ad or a price. A family PIN keeps plans, invites and settings for grown-ups.
- Can I cancel or get a refund?
- Cancel from the grown-ups area in two taps; your plan runs to the end of the period you paid for. Yearly plans can be refunded in full within 30 days.
Your first drawing is ten minutes away
Make a free account for your family in a minute, or try a lesson straight away.