See form,Understand form,Create form.

Interactive lessons, 3D form, art references and image analysis. Bring observation into your practice.

User guide For studios

iPhone & iPad. Not on the App Store yet. In private beta.

From seeing, to understanding, to creating.

See form

Turn a model, study an artwork, change the light. Build ways of seeing.

Understand form

Learn by doing in interactive lessons, then read colour and value through image analysis.

Create form

Save artworks and swatches, arrange a still life and take that understanding into your practice.

An art study room, wherever you are.

Learn by doing, study form in 3D, build a reference collection and read the colours in your own images.

01Learn ↗

Interactive lessons, artist lives and art history.

02Form & still life ↗

Turn, light and arrange your own references.

03References ↗

Browse artworks by subject and save ideas.

04Image analysis ↗

Explore colour, value and temperature; save swatches.

01 / LEARN

Try the principle.
See what changes.

Fundamentals, artist lives and art history share a home in Learn. Open a record and start with a concrete question, then look, interact and understand.

  • Interactive lessons. Explore light and shadow, light direction, observation and proportion. Turn the model, move the light and receive feedback.
  • Artist lives and art history. Follow lives and works along timelines, with world, Chinese and Japanese art history and art by country.

Lessons and content are growing. The app distinguishes available entries from those in preparation.

Learn · Fundamentals records

Current app · Learn and an interactive lesson (built-in demo)

02 / REFERENCES

Build a collection
you can learn from.

Browse eight subjects: portraits, people and daily life, religion and mythology, landscapes, sea and water, still life and flowers, animals, and abstract art and patterns. Art references and 3D models each have their place.

  • Look closer. Read the artist, date, source and licence, then examine the colour composition.
  • Keep a reference. Save favourites, zoom in and use the squint view to reduce detail and see the broad relationships.
  • Your own references. Import from Photos, Files or the clipboard and keep a floating reference beside the model. View saved works and swatches in your collection.

Image use follows the source and licence listed for each work.

Art references · Landscape wall
Art references · Artwork detail and source

Current app · Artworks by subject and artwork details

03 / IMAGE ANALYSIS

Read the colours
inside an image.

Choose your own photo, or try an artwork from the reference library. Compare the original with its colour masses and see how colour, value and temperature are distributed.

  • Break it down. Inspect colour proportions, names, HEX values, light and dark, warm and cool, and colour relationships.
  • Use what you find. Pick colours from the image, save swatches and find artworks with similar palettes for reference.

Image analysis runs on your device. Your selected photo is not uploaded.

Image analysis · Original and colour masses
Image analysis · Extract and save a palette

Current app · Image analysis demonstrated with a bundled artwork

FROM OBSERVATION TO PRACTICE

Put the tools into practice.

  1. 01Choose a model
  2. 02Set view and light
  3. 03Choose a style
  4. 04Annotate
  5. 05Export

Standard views · Perspective

Views and focal length

Front, three-quarter, profile, back and elevated views; focal lengths from 18 to 135 mm.

How to use it ↗

Five setups · Direction and intensity

Set up your light

Rembrandt, butterfly, loop, split and top light; drag the light sphere and adjust intensity.

How to use it ↗

Material studies · Hair volume

Materials and hair

Compare nine materials, change a hairstyle, adjust the fit and save a personal preset.

How to use it ↗

Centrelines · Proportion · Angles

Annotate with a ruler

Pen, pencil, eraser and a translucent ruler, with colours, stroke widths and undo/redo.

How to use it ↗

Pose presets · MCP control

Poses and joints

Start from a relaxed or closed-hand preset, then adjust individual fingers and the wrist.

How to use it ↗

Objects · Lighting · Composition

Your own still-life table

Arrange up to ten objects, transform, duplicate, ground and snap them, then save the scene.

How to use it ↗

Find a feature. Learn how to use it.

Search the illustrated guide, enlarge phone screenshots and play short demonstrations on demand.

Open the guide ↗

Turn it,
and the form changes.

The same head, from the front, three-quarter, profile and above, is four different faces. Rotate freely, or jump to a standard view with the matching lens length shown.

  • Rotate
  • Standard views
  • Light
  • Silhouette
  • Material

Screen recording from the app · David head

RENDERING STYLES

One form.
Different ways to read it.

From normal shading to marker, pop art and six-step painting. Select a style to see the current app in motion.

Study material, light and cast shadow.

Read the rendering guide ↗
Recorded in the current app · same model and framing

How light builds volume
matters more than memorising a chart.

Move the light and the shading follows. Compress it to light and dark, then see how the shapes sit on the form.

Which step does each surface fall on?

Plane values from 1 to 9, numbered right on the surface.

Screen recording from the app

Complex forms
start simple.

The head in four steps: from blocks to a complete form. You can always step back.

Perspective is not diagrams to memorise.
It is a relationship in space.

Sphere, cone, cylinder: turn on perspective mode and the guides really sit in space. Move the camera and see.

Eyes, nose, ear and mouth are stepped too.

Screen recording from the app

What matters is
not always the features.

Eleven landmarks on the head stay attached to the model and follow it as you turn. Point, leader line, name, region. Bilingual, in a short and a full version.

Once you understand it,
hide the answer.

From looking, to recognising, to remembering.

The real self-test screen: four choices, and the right answer is never highlighted while you test.

The real self-test screen: four choices, and the right answer is never highlighted while you test.

Beyond the head, more forms.

Anime, hands and hair turn, come apart and pose the same way.

Anime has form too.

A flat picture comes from a three-dimensional idea.

Some structures you have to
bend to understand.

A rigged hand: every finger joint bends and extends, or jump to a preset pose.

Side-parted shortLong wavy

Understand the head first.
Then the hair.

Same head, different hair. The head stays. The outline changes.

A reference does not have to be found.
You can build it.

Set up your own still-life table on your phone: add objects, move, rotate and scale them, drop them to the ground, light them, compose.

  • Move
  • Rotate
  • Scale
  • Snap to ground
  • Camera
  • Light

See a problem,
mark it.

Annotate on the image, then export a clean reference: transparent background, 2K or 4K, or a greyscale version for value practice.

Screen recording from the app · Workshop

A collection you can turn.

120 models so far, and growing. Sorted by kind: structure heads, features, head-neck-shoulders, hands, realistic, anime, stylised, figures, animals, plaster, still life and primitives.

  • Structure heads16
  • Features16
  • Head, neck & shoulders10
  • Hands2
  • Realistic9
  • Anime5
  • Stylised21
  • Figures7
  • Animals6
  • Plaster casts4
  • Still life18
  • Primitives6
  • Loomis head
  • Planes head
  • Human skull
  • David head
  • Hand, posable
  • Anime male head
  • Realistic bust
  • Eye, step 2
  • Ear, step 4
  • Head structure, step 4
  • Sphere
  • Shoe

Who it is for.

Art students and exam candidates

A structure you cannot read: turn it, switch off the light, test yourself again.

Art teachers

The same model, the same light, the same angle. Explain a structure once, for everyone.

Studios

Use the library as a teaching aid always at hand: heads, features, hands, plaster, still life.

FAQ

Can I download it now?

Not yet. It is not on the App Store and is in a small private trial. The trial application channel is being prepared. You can explore the user guide now.

Which devices?

iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 / iPadOS 18 or later. On older devices, use normal shading or fewer still-life objects.

What works offline?

Form and Studio run locally. Sign-in, learning progress sync, content updates and high-resolution originals need a connection. Available entries depend on the current version.

Why do annotations disappear after changing view?

Annotations are 2D marks tied to the current view. They hide when the view changes to avoid misalignment. Set the angle, then annotate and export.

Do palette values use the same scale as model labels?

No. Model labels run from 1 (lightest) to 9 (darkest). Palette lightness runs from 0 (black) to 100 (white).

Is there an English version?

The app offers Chinese, English and Japanese interfaces.

Where do the models come from?

120 models so far. The author, source and licence of each are listed in the app under Settings → About → Third-Party Assets, and credited authors are named in the footer.

We run a studio or teach. How do we get in touch?

Public studio contact details are being prepared. The guide explains the available teaching and reference workflows.

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Studios, schools and teachers can explore the learning and reference workflows. Contact details will be announced.

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