Features & Capabilities

The all-in-one reference tool built for painters: grid, value study, color harmonies, & color mixing. Everything you need, nothing you don't.

Artists Reference is made for painters, illustrators, and traditional artists who work with real materials, not pixels. It gives you the digital reference tools you need while you're creating physical art.

Key Features

  • Gallery: Take a photo of your finished work, add a frame, and view them all together in your personal gallery.

  • Value Study Mode: Instantly view your reference in 7-value scale to see shadows and highlights or greyscale to see tone and contrast clearly.

  • Gridlines: Helps get your under-sketch down accurately.

  • Side-by-Side View: Compare your reference and your canvas at the same time, optimized for tablets and stands.

  • Crop and Frame Tools: Adjust composition and aspect ratio of your reference to match your canvas before you begin.

  • Collections: Curated starter projects to help you practice and improve, including Animals, Architecture, Botanical, Figure, Landscape, Master Study, Portrait, and Still Life.

  • Color harmonies: Experiment with color harmonies to define the feeling if your piece and save swatches

  • Offline Friendly: Works anywhere, even in the studio or outdoors.

  • Clean, Focused Design: No ads. No clutter. Just the reference tools you need.

  • All of your artwork is private and only saved in your personal icloud. No artwork is visble to the internet or AI models

Made for Traditional Artists

Whether you're painting with oils, gouache, watercolor, or charcoal, Artists Reference helps you translate what you see into confident compositions and balanced values. Start with curated Collections to build your skills, or bring your own references for any project.

No AI art is used for any of the starter project references in this app. All photos are attributed to the original artists with links to their portfolio.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Gil Osborne
Version:
1.60 Last updated: 2026-05-28
Version code:
885056555
Creation date:
2025-10-12
Compatible devices:
Size:
180.20MB
URLs:
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Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-01
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Developed by:
Gil Osborne
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/lt/app/art-reference/id6752580673
Website:
https://www.threads.com/@gil.osborne

User Reviews

First off this app is really unique! So much potential! It seems to still be in active development so it’s not perfect . However… This app is incredibly generous I would describe it as a “Creative project manager” There is so much utility here! This is a tool I’ve been looking for! You get so many great tools for free! I definitely want to support this apps development. Suggestions: - When you upload a reference it gives you the ability to download it again. This is amazing. For your finished work I’d add the feature to download the framed version and the original file unedited as well! (Just like when you download your reference photos from the gallery) - adding the ability to place our own colors in the color mixer - ability to create a custom color palette in app similar to the color harmonies tool. - a gallery option so you don’t have to swipe to look through your completed gallery. (like a display of the pictures you can click, maybe even organize in folders) then you can display it in gallery mode with the picture frame or close up with the ability to view the description and other details in a digital menu. (Adding a switch from picture frame mode to a more digital interface would be cool and make it easier to admire your own work especially being able to zoom in) - adding a confirmation before you delete a project (The button is so close to the duplicate button. If someone’s finger slips their project would be ruined) Bugs I’ve encountered: - When you complete a work it doesn’t automatically go to the “completed” section! The completed section says 0 even when I added a “finished work”. - the app is a little laggy at times. - I feel the option for a more in depth tutorial showing how to use the interface would be good for many people! (for people who may not be as experienced with devices/ tech it may frustrate them!) - when you make a new project I have to open and close to app to access the new project which can be a bit frustrating. - after removing a project the screen doesn’t clear sometimes it just keep the project you just deleted open? I did this with one of the sample projects. I’ll update this review if I find anything else! Very amazing app I love what you’ve done this is perfect ⭐️
by D3*****, 2026-06-06
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