The Tools Drawer holds pencils, chalk, markers and other drawing tools. The color palette is located in the Colors Drawer and here, artists can either choose one of 16 palettes or custom make their own. The final touch is the paper. With more than 120 paper textures, the possibilities to create distinctive works of art are almost endless. Advanced digital artists will want to try photo cloning and experiment with the 100 photographs contained on the CD-ROM or import photos from digital cameras, scanners and digital stock photographs.
Users can choose any of the painting tools to clone the original photograph.
If impressionism isn't the artist's forte, perhaps becoming the next Hollywood animator is the goal. Just like introductory art courses, tracing is a key function in Art Dabbler. This helps designers ensure that the movements in each subsequent frame make a smooth transition from the previous one. Digital artists can choose two different kinds of pencils or choose one of the twelve other options for drawing tools. Felt markers bleed, crayons create waxy strokes that blend, chalks react to the paper texture, and the brush saturates the paper with color.