Sketches Pro

Make your mark with this great drawing application.

- Rob Redman

Tayasui’s Sketches Pro is a popular iOS art app, and the fact that it’s made its way to the Mac App Store is a welcome one. But can it deliver on the same streamlined yet versatile experience the mobile version offers?

In a word, yes. This is one of the cleanest, slickest, and most intuitive painting applications you will find, and does away with the need to break from your creativity to figure out how to achieve something.

Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the layout, though; the selection of tools cater for just about everything you could need. Each has a selection of options, such as a round or square tip. The app is smart, too – if you select a watercolor brush and don’t have a watercolor layer active, you’re asked if you want one added.