Google Keep allows you to combine sketches, notes and texts in order to create a brainstorm.
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Google Keep is more than just a simple note-taking application. It’s easy to use, and you can still create notes on the fly. Google Keep has a drawing canvas. Are you making use of it? Let’s take a look at it if you haven’t already.
Google Keep Note: How to draw a note
Google Keep’s Drawing canvas helps you to create visual notes. Create and edit drawings, add handwritten notes or combine text with a drawing in one Keep note. It’s great for visual notetakers. You can draw ideas and explain concepts visually instead of typing them out.
Google Keep is now available for both web and mobile users.
Google Keep: How to create a note with a picture
Sketching is easy to do on Google Keep. These screenshots are taken from Google Keep desktop.
Open Google Keep .
Please click on the link to learn more. Note with Drawing Icon (a small canvas with a pen).
Credit: Saikat Basu
The drawing canvas is displayed with some drawing options on top. You can draw with the Pen Tool by default. Click and drag on the canvas.
Credit: Saikat Basu
You can fine-tune the sketch using the drawing tools and color palette.
- Click (to select)
- Eraser Pen for thin lines
- Marker for thicker lines
- Highlighter
- Grids (square, dotted, and lined grids).
Select the Back Arrow and Preview it to exit.
You can add information to the Note using the options below the note.
Click here Close.
The process of creating a note in Google Keep is the same for Android or iOS. The spotter can help you to identify the New drawing note The bottom icon of the screen will show you the sketching tool. Use your finger to select it, and start sketching.
Note: The back arrow can be used to exit at any time. Your drawing will be automatically synced with your other devices, just like any other Note. Drawings that are empty will be discarded.
Add drawings to existing notes
Text notes can be enhanced with drawings.
Click on the (More – three vertical dots) icon to open a menu. Choose Draw a picture Open the canvas in the same way as before.
The text note will be displayed on top of any sketch that you have created on the canvas. Add multiple sketches in the same note. They will show up as separate panels.
Saikat Basu Credited for Screenshot
Tip: It’s a great way to quickly create an outline for a presentation, or creative project.
Add a drawing to an image note
The Drawing Pens can be used as an alternative tool to add annotations to images that you have uploaded on Keep.
Tap on the image to open the note. Tap on the image in the note. The image appears in a dark box with a Pen Tool on top right.
Draw directly on the image. Tap on the Eraser, then select Remove Drawing. Page Clear.
Credit: Saikat Basu
Draw with Google Keep to improve your skills
These tools can be used in a variety of creative and interesting ways. These are some of the ways that I have used it:
- Create a mind map to quickly explain your decision.
- How to explain directions (not all people have Google Maps)
- Draw a rough outline to help me remember a word that I’ve just learned.
- Use the Grid You can quickly create bar or line graphs by using the grid options.
- Grids help you visualize any layout by evenly spacing elements.
- Share them with others for brainstorming or collaborative projects.
- Grids are used to play a quick Battleship game.
- I can organize my ideas visually for a trip or project.
Google Keep’s Drawing Tools aren’t an app that allows you to draw, but it does allow you to include sketches and handwriting in your notes.
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