Creative and Practical Arts based iPad Apps
Drawing and Painting Apps
Hello Oil Painter
This app is a terrific free app, which allows students to create their own drawings using oil brushes. The colours can be mixed on a palette and then used in the painting. Markers are also available for finer details. This app was used in our Superfinger comics lesson.
Grades: K - 6 Cost: FREE |
Animation Apps
iMotion HD
Fantastic app which allows you to create stop motion animations. Very simple to use. You can set it to take photos in time-lapse mode or in manual mode, giving you full control over the final animation. Final videos can be saved into photo library for downloading. See some lesson ideas and student examples here.
Grades: K - 6 Cost: FREE |
Flip Boom Lite
Draw and animate cartoons from scratch. An intuative interface makes it easy to use and export to your photo library. There's even a support page with detailed instructions on how to create the best animations.
Grades: 2 - 6 Cost: FREE |
Photography Apps
Superimpose
This app gives you a simple and effective way to superimpose a photo on top of another photo. Upload a background image, then upload a foreground image and use the mask tools to remove unwanted areas. Check out some lesson ideas here.
Grades: 3 - 6 Cost: $0.99 |
WordFoto
This app allows you to combine words and photos to create a typographic work of art. Create your own word banks of up to ten words to overlay over your photo. Great for creating digital images of student artworks. To see a lesson using this app and some student work samples click here.
Grades K-6 Cost: $1.99 |