How to Draw on Canva
Written by Casey Botticello
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Sometimes, when creating a graphic design, you want to add to your photo or design directly, through the use of a draw tool. Canva recently added its own drawing tool, and it does not dissapoint. This Canva tutorial will teach you how to draw on Canva, in just a few, simple steps!
Steps on How to Draw on Canva
1. Add The Canva Draw Tool
To add the ‘Draw app’ to your account, you need to go to the left menu and the ‘More’ option. After scrolling to the end of the list, you will be able to see ‘Draw Beta’. By clicking on that, the draw option will be added to your menu options.
2. Choose Your Brush Type, Size, and Transparency
If you click on the ‘Draw’ option, you will see different brushes that you can use for decorating your pictures.
Here, we are trying ‘Pen Stroke’ for example. You can also use ‘Erase’, ‘Transparency’, and ‘Colors’ options.
3. Try Marker Effect
The ‘Marker’ option is the same as the pen option but thicker.
4. Try Glow Pen Effect
The “Glow Pen’ option will give you the neon light effect on your strokes.
5. Try Highlighter Effect
The ‘Highlighter’ option will give you a square highlighter effect.
6. Edit Image with Brush Effects
Let’s see an edited picture with these brushes. Also, please keep in mind that whatever you draw using these brushes will be automatically grouped. So if you want to use the strokes as separate lines, you need to close the left menu each time you finish strokes. You can also add some animation effects as well.
Conclusion
Canva is an amazing graphic design tool, and I hope you found this tutorial on how to draw on Canva, useful! Click here to read our comprehensive Canva Guide. If you are interested in downloading Canva or trying Canva Pro for free, click here. Below are several related Canva tutorials that you might find useful:
