How to organize children's artwork
Save the drawings first. You can find them by child and add spaces or albums as your collection grows. There is no need to sort the whole pile before you start.
Keep related drawings together
Use a space for a theme such as Dinosaurs or School Art. An album can hold the creations from a particular birthday or summer. A creation stays in the family gallery when you add it to either.
Start with one creation
Capture a drawing, or bring in a picture already on your device. Keep the pages of one comic or the sides of one card together with multi-part capture.
Step by step
1. Capture the artwork
Lay the drawing flat in even light and keep its edges in view. Check that the picture is sharp before continuing.
The edit screen opens next, with Try again for another capture and Next step to continue.
2. Record a voice note (optional)
If your child wants to explain the drawing, record their words beside it. They might tell you why the dog has a cape.
"This is a picture of our dog wearing a superhero cape. He can fly to the park."
You can save without a recording and add one later.
3. Name it and save
Give the creation a name you will recognize, such as Grandma's garden, then save it. Open it from the gallery to check the result.
Organizing with spaces
Choose names that mean something to your family. A creation can belong to more than one space.
- School Art
- Dinosaurs
- Birthday Cards
- Stories
- Things We Built
Creating a space
A child can name a space during capture and use it right away. A grown-up can rename it or change its picture later.
Adding existing artwork to a space
Open a saved creation, then open Title, Spaces, and Albums to change its spaces. Adding or removing a space does not make another copy or take the creation out of the gallery.
Find something you remember
Look by child, open a space, or search for a name or something your child described. Try the birthday cards you saved across different years.
Spaces stay inside your family. To show Grandma a creation, invite her first and choose what to share after she accepts. Putting a creation in a space does not share it.
Keep separate drawings as separate creations so each can have its own name, voice notes and sharing choices.
Use multi-part capture for the pages or sides of one project, such as a comic or a folded card.
Let your child choose a space name. Dino World is enough.
Already have pictures of a pile of artwork? Add many at once brings them in as separate creations. You can organize them afterward.
The original drawings can stay in a portfolio or box. Keep delicate materials apart, and check the saved copy before reusing any paper.
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