https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog Notes on color and craft for people who color: palettes, shading, coloring with an Apple Pencil, S Pen or stylus, how pages are made and how judging works. en-US https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/apple-pencil-colouring-apphttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/apple-pencil-colouring-appSun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTPencilDrop is a free coloring app that uses what your Apple Pencil can do: pressure, tilt, hover and double tap, and the Pencil Pro’s squeeze, barrel roll and haptics. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/s-pen-colouring-apphttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/s-pen-colouring-appSun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTPencilDrop works with the S Pen on Galaxy tablets and phones. It reads the pen’s pressure, tilt and hover, so you can shade as you would with a real pencil, and it ignores your resting hand. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/android-stylus-colouring-apphttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/android-stylus-colouring-appSun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTPencilDrop gives any pen Android reports as a stylus its pen features, with pressure, tilt and hover wherever the pen has them. A rubber-tipped stylus works too, as a finger. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/one-page-three-colour-planshttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/one-page-three-colour-plansWed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA color plan is four choices made before you start: where the light comes from, five to seven colors, where the darks go, and one loud color. One lighthouse page, planned three ways. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/colour-theory-for-colouristshttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/colour-theory-for-colouristsTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTPick five colors, plan where the lights and darks go, warm the front and cool the back, keep one color loud and mix your own grays. That’s most of the color theory a page needs. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/shading-with-apple-pencilhttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/shading-with-apple-pencilMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTTo shade with an Apple Pencil, press lightly and build the color up in thin layers. Tilt the Pencil over for broad, soft areas and bring it upright for edges. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/how-judging-workshttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/how-judging-worksSun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTJudges see two entries from the same page side by side, with names hidden, and pick the one they prefer. Every entry gets seen, and its rating comes from all those comparisons. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/how-our-pages-are-madehttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/how-our-pages-are-madeSat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTOur line art is drawn with AI image generation, then checked by software and approved by a person before anyone colors it. https://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/why-adults-colourhttps://pencildrop.altdevapps.com/us/blog/why-adults-colourFri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAdults color to give their hands something absorbing while their head goes quiet. A new shared page each day, with a closing time, is a reason to pick the pencil up again tomorrow.