Vangu: Learn to Draw
Turn images into drawing guide
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Learn to draw anything — starting with any photo from your camera roll.
Pick a photo. Pick a style. In moments, you get a 9-step sketch tutorial laid out panel by panel, just like the structured exercises real artists use. Follow along on paper, on a tablet, or anywhere you can hold a pencil.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Upload any photo — a portrait, a pet, a flower, a building, a landscape.
2. Choose your medium — pencil, black ink, or ink & watercolor.
3. Get 9 progressive panels showing exactly how the drawing is built up, from the first light construction lines to the final rendered piece.
4. Swipe panel by panel and sketch each step at your own pace.
BUILT ON REAL ARTIST TECHNIQUES
Every tutorial follows the same construction methods professional artists teach — the Loomis head method for portraits, gesture-first figure construction, silhouette-before-detail for animals, perspective grids for architecture. You're not tracing. You're learning the thinking behind the drawing.
THREE STYLES, ONE PRACTICE
• Pencil Sketch — graphite fundamentals, shading, proportion
• Black Ink — confident line work, cross-hatching, high contrast
• Ink & Watercolor — loose gestural lines with color washes
DRAW ANY SUBJECT
Portraits. Figures. Animals. Landscapes. Still life. Architecture. Bring your own reference photo or start with the curated examples inside the app.
GET FEEDBACK ON YOUR WORK
Snap a photo of your finished sketch and get a focused critique — what's working, what to tighten next time, and the one fix that will level you up the fastest.
PERFECT FOR
• Complete beginners who've always wanted to draw
• Hobbyists looking for structured daily practice
• Artists learning a new medium
• Anyone who learns best by doing
Every new user gets free credits to try it out. No subscription required to start.
Designed for phone and tablet. Dark mode supported. Screen stays awake while you sketch.
Uses Apple's EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
Improved subscription and credit-pack screens, with clearer pricing and credit allowances. Reliability improvements and bug fixes.
The developer, Jesse Deng, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Jesse Deng
- Size
- 102.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Weekly $3.99
- Pro Annual Offer $29.99
- Learn To Draw - Weekly $6.99
- Learn To Draw Yearly $39.99
- Pro Annual $29.99
- Learn to Draw Pro (Weekly) $3.99
- Learn to Draw Pro (Yearly) $29.99
- 22 Credit Pack $9.99
- 12 Credit Pack $5.99
- 5 Credit Pack $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jesse Deng