Photoshop and GIMP are all great software but sometimes you need to put together a quick graphic, or draw online creating a sketch, an icon or a painting. Here is a list of some great web based drawing tools that let you create awesome paintings and drawings online without downloading or installing anything to your computer:

1. Scriblink:

Scriblink is a free digital whiteboard, which provides the following features, shapes, hundreds of colors, a size bar, a text feature, and a grid to help guide drawings. It also gives you options to email, save and print your work. An image up loader is also provided to use images on the whiteboard.

2. DrawSpace

Drawspace is a free online resource for artists, which offers very informative drawing lessons for different levels. These lessons can be printed and downloaded.

3. LiveBrush

LiveBrush is a drawing tool where a brush tool is used to create graphics. It offers over 100 styles and decorations. Graphics, collage and abstract art can be created with this tool.

4. Queeky

Queeky is an online drawing community with unique drawing tools such as QueekyPaint, MultiDraw and Queeky Art Player. The Queeky drawing tool is also available in mobile version.

5. SwarmSketch

SwarmSketch is an ongoing online canvas where each week a popular search term is chosen which becomes the sketch subject for the week. Each user contributes a line or two.

6. ColorPX

ColorPX is a simple online application for pixel drawing. ColorPX gives you 2048,1024,512 or 216 pixels to draw and you can choose between small, medium or large sizes.

7. Bomomo

Bomomo is another fun drawing application, which is simple and produces very beautiful and elegant images. It offers many drawing tools such as lines, textures and shapes.

8. FlashPaint

FlashPaint is an awesome online drawing tool that lets you paint pictures online. It runs on Flash and provides a simple and easy to use drawing editor. You can save the drawings you create and also publish it online.

9. MagniGraph

MagniGraph allows you to convert photos or sketches into vector images in black, white, red or blue. MagniGraphs can be created in two ways; an image can be uploaded from the computer or the web.

10. OdoSketch

OdoSketch is a simple web application, letting the user create sketches without requiring any other tools. You can choose from various colors and thicknesses and also view a slide show of sketches created by other users.

11. Mr.PicassoHead

Mr.PicassoHead is an application, which let’s you draw in the style of Picasso; a 20th century Spanish painter who was the founder of Cubism movement is art. This application offers features like, drag-and-drop face parts, different colors and manipulation of the objects.

12. MyOats

MyOats is a free online drawing application where simple and complex designs can be created to be saved as images or made into wallpapers. MyOats also has a member’s community, where drawings can be shared and entered into contests.

13 SketchSwap

SketchSwap is a fun drawing tool, which offers a simple sketchpad to the user. When the sketch is made, it is swapped with some one else’s sketch. A fun feature of this tool is that the drawing is animated in front of you.

14. Imagination Cubed

Imagination Cubed is a simple and user-friendly drawing tool by GE which lets you use tools like size, color, style, pencil, shapes, stamper, line, typing and background color. It has an option of playback, which lets you use it as a diagram tool as well.

15. Pixie

Pixie is a drawing application that is designed for children. It offers features such as clipart, backgrounds, lines, shapes, brush tool, stickers and many amazing colors. In Pixie, pictures can be saved as individuals or can be prepared as a slide show.