About Grid for Artists

Simple, free tools for people who draw: students copying their first portrait, painters squaring up a canvas, teachers preparing a lesson and pixel artists making sprites.

What we make

The site started with one tool, a grid drawing tool that puts a grid over a reference photo. It grew around the same idea: break a picture into a grid so it is easier to see, copy and make. Today it includes add grid to photo, grid drawing worksheets for classrooms, transparent grid PNG downloads, an image to pixel art converter and a pixel art upscaler.

How we build it

• Private by default. Every tool runs in your browser. Your images are never uploaded.
• Free without tricks. No account, no watermark, no features held back behind a paywall.
• Made for drawing. Step-by-step cell mode, real canvas sizes and print-ready PDFs exist because artists asked for them.
• Works on tablets. Most people draw with a tablet or phone next to the paper, so every tool is designed for touch screens first.

Sample images

The sample paintings used across the site (works by Vincent van Gogh and Katsushika Hokusai) are public domain images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access program, released under CC0.

Contact

Found a bug, have a feature request or want to suggest a classroom resource? Email hello@gridforartists.com. Art teachers: we would love to hear how you use the worksheets.