The Paint Board is a free online whiteboard. Draw freehand, add shapes and text, use the eraser — all in your browser. Supports mouse, touch, and stylus. Download your drawing as PNG when done.
How to Use the Online Paint Board
The Paint Board is a free online whiteboard that runs entirely in your browser. Draw with mouse, touch, or a stylus — no software to install and no account required.
Drawing Tools
The toolbar at the top gives you 8 tools: Pen for freehand drawing, Line for straight lines, Rectangle and Ellipse for shapes, Arrow for annotating, Text for labels, Eraser for corrections, and Fill bucket to fill selected areas.
Colors and Brush Settings
Click the color swatch to choose stroke color. For shapes, enable the Fill toggle and choose a fill color. The Size slider controls brush/stroke thickness from 1px to 50px. The Opacity slider lets you draw with semi-transparent strokes for layered effects.
Undo, Redo, and Grid
Click Undo (or Ctrl+Z) to step back through up to 30 drawing states. Click Redo to move forward. Enable the Grid toggle to show alignment guidelines on the canvas. Click Clear to erase everything and start over.
Download Your Drawing
Click Download PNG to save your drawing as a PNG image. Use Copy to copy the canvas to your clipboard and paste it directly into presentations, documents, or messaging apps.
Touch and Stylus Support
The paint board uses pointer events for broad input device support. It works with a finger on a touchscreen, a capacitive stylus, or a Wacom-style pressure-sensitive pen. For precision drawing on mobile, enable the Grid to align your strokes.
FAQ
Does the paint board work on mobile and tablets?
Yes. The canvas uses pointer events (pointerdown/pointermove/pointerup) which support mouse, touch, and stylus input. Draw with your finger on a phone or use a stylus on a tablet.
How many undo steps are available?
Up to 30 canvas states are stored in the undo history. Use the Undo button (or Ctrl+Z) to step back, and Redo to step forward.
Can I draw straight lines and shapes?
Yes. The toolbar includes Pen (freehand), Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Arrow, Text, and Eraser tools. For shapes, click and drag to define size. Hold Shift with Rectangle to draw a square, or with Ellipse to draw a circle.
How do I download my drawing?
Click the Download PNG button to save the canvas as a PNG image. The white background is preserved in the download.
Can I copy my drawing to the clipboard?
Yes. Click 'Copy to Clipboard' to copy the canvas as a PNG image to your clipboard for pasting into other applications.
Is the paint board free?
Yes, completely free. No account, no ads, no watermarks on your downloads. Draw as much as you want.