Glaze - oil painting studio

Name: Glaze - oil painting studio
Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Author: Painters Sp. z o.o.

Education

Free

6 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Painters Sp. z o.o.
Language

EN
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Size

60.1
MB

iPad

New: a toolbar with realistic tools, simpler paint selection, and two ways to dry a layer (let it set on its own, or dry it on demand). The real oil painting process, recreated on iPad. No experience needed. No account, no ads, no in-app purchases. For curious people, hospitals, museums, and schools. Glaze is award-winning painting software that recreates how oil painting actually works. Sixteen historical pigments behave according to their real optical properties. Brushes respond to bristle count, length, and flexibility. Paint behaves differently depending on whether it is wet or dry, thick or thin. Colors mix optically through transparent layers instead of blending as pixels. The technique is called glazing: transparent layers of color laid over dry paint. Rembrandt and Vermeer used it to build depth and luminosity still admired today, and it asks for patience, sensitivity, and time. Glaze makes it immediate. The tools take a few minutes to learn; the material stays interesting for as long as you keep painting. There is no "undo", as in a painter's studio. Wet paint is wiped back with the cloth, dry layers are painted over. Corrections happen inside the painting rather than by stepping out of it. Glaze features... — Painting Space — • 16 historical oil pigments with their physical properties faithfully reproduced • 8 sable and hog brushes modeled with 80+ physical parameters, including bristle count, length, and flexibility • 2 canvas types in multiple sizes, each with its own paint absorption, texture, and light reflection • Two drying modes: let a layer dry on its own, or dry it on demand, then glaze over it • Paint dilution that changes color, transparency, and behavior • True optical color mixing based on a proprietary algorithm • Different paint behavior depending on whether the layer is wet or dry, thick or thin • Chalk for sketching, with its own interactions with wet paint • A cloth for correcting or removing paint while it is still wet • Paint from reference artworks or from your own images • No "undo" — decisions stay part of the painting — Museum Section — • Museum collections with dedicated educational materials • Curated selections of artworks • High-resolution exploration with curatorial descriptions, art challenges, and tutorials — Historical Artists — • Artist profiles with portraits or self-portraits, biographical information, and filtering by period • Reference images of artists and artworks from museum collections — Explore More — • Build a personal art collection from museum collections and artist profiles (available offline) • Color themes inspired by museum interiors • Art Tips • Hands-on tutorials designed to get you painting quickly — For Schools and Institutions — • No account and no sign-in required • No advertising, no in-app purchases, no engagement mechanics • Works offline • Runs on shared and managed iPads • Free for schools (write to us about the education program) — If You Just Want to Paint — No course, no background in art, no reason needed. Begin with a sketch and a tutorial, or with an empty canvas. Paint for ten minutes, or come back to the same picture for a month, it waits exactly as you left it. There are no streaks, no scores, and nothing pushing you to come back. Just paint, and the time you decide to give it. --- Glaze is experienced best with Apple Pencil. For more information and educational materials, visit www.glaze.art Problems or suggestions: contact@wellofart.com Terms of Use: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

6 Ratings

Fun results!
08/11/2025
specialappssk
No ads. Simple controls and brushes, fun results, thanks
Fun results!
08/11/2025
specialappssk

No ads. Simple controls and brushes, fun results, thanks
one fatal flaw
10/13/2025
M. Myshack
As an educational app I'd rate this higher. I'm trying it with painting in mind, so my expectations are different than what the developers intended.What it does really well is maintain the saturation of the color as you decrease the opacity, just like a real glaze (I worked in oils many decades back, then switched to acrylics, using glazing extensively). The limited tools and palette are interesting.Where it's really off target as an oils experiment is that they "dry" too quickly, so you can't smear one color into another. Really, some pigments take days to dry. Nor can you scrub or scrape paint away as you would with real paint (you can, but only on the color just applied).The big glitch, though, is technical, affecting both Apple Pencil and finger. Wherever I touch the screen the stroke appears to the right (at roughly a 2 o'clock position)…about a half inch away at the left side of the canvas and an inch-and-a-half by the time I get to the right side. No way you can do a controlled piece of art or a lesson with that happening. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for kids, the intended users?If they fix this I'd say get the app. It's free, interesting, and potentially fun.
one fatal flaw
10/13/2025
M. Myshack

As an educational app I'd rate this higher. I'm trying it with painting in mind, so my expectations are different than what the developers intended.What it does really well is maintain the saturation of the color as you decrease the opacity, just like a real glaze (I worked in oils many decades back, then switched to acrylics, using glazing extensively). The limited tools and palette are interesting.Where it's really off target as an oils experiment is that they "dry" too quickly, so you can't smear one color into another. Really, some pigments take days to dry. Nor can you scrub or scrape paint away as you would with real paint (you can, but only on the color just applied).The big glitch, though, is technical, affecting both Apple Pencil and finger. Wherever I touch the screen the stroke appears to the right (at roughly a 2 o'clock position)…about a half inch away at the left side of the canvas and an inch-and-a-half by the time I get to the right side. No way you can do a controlled piece of art or a lesson with that happening. Can you imagine how frustrating this would be for kids, the intended users?If they fix this I'd say get the app. It's free, interesting, and potentially fun.

A new toolbar, a simpler palette, and paint that dries. • Redesigned toolbar - the tools now look like the tools they are • Simpler paint selection: pick up and move a color on the palette in a single tap • Two drying modes - let a layer dry on its own, or dry it on demand, then glaze over it

Version 3.3 Aug 26

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Seller: Painters sp. z o.o.
Size: 60.1 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iPadOS 17 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17 or later.
Languages: English and 11 more

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