# Draw lines, shapes, diagrams, and more in Canva

Empower your creativity as you sketch them onto your design using Draw. Draw directly on your designs for a personalized touch. You can also leave notes for your team or sketch diagrams and flowcharts.

**Note:** Draw is available in all design types except for Docs. Draw will replace the beta Draw app.

### Draw lines, shapes, diagrams, and more in Canva

1. From the editor side panel, select **Tools** to see the drawing options.
2. Select from **Pen**, **Marker**, **Highlighter**, or **Eraser**.
3. Select **Settings,** then adjust the thickness or transparency.
4. Start drawing on your whiteboard.

- To draw a straight line, hold the **Shift** key.
- To erase your drawing, select the **Eraser** option, then brush over the areas you want to erase.
- To get out of drawing mode, select the cursor icon.
- To hide the Draw tab, press **Ctrl** \+ **/** (Windows) or **Command** \+ **/** (Mac), or select  (Hide).

To change the Color, select the **Color tile**. Choose from your document colors, or pick a new one using the **rainbow tile**.

To customize the thickness, select **Drawing settings**. Choose from the presets or input your desired thickness. You can also adjust the transparency and thickness by dragging the **sliders**.

### Draw or erase

1. To start drawing, make sure you’ve selected a **brush** or **pen** option. Select and drag on your design.
2. To erase your drawing, select the **Eraser** option. Select and drag over the areas you want to erase.
3. To get out of Eraser mode, select the **Cursor** to apply the changes.

After drawing, you can select them as you normally do with Canva elements.

If you are collaborating on a shared design, you can see whether other users are using the draw tool by looking at their cursors.

### My drawings look shaky

That’s totally fine! But if you’d like them to have a more polished look, Canva’s shape assist can help transform your drawings into more refined illustrations.

To use it, draw a shape and pause at the end for 1 second.

We’re working on adding more, but for now, this works for the following:

- Rectangles
- Arrows
- Triangles
- Circles
- Stars
- Lines
- Hearts
- Diamonds

**Tip!** You can draw a straight line by holding the Shift key.

### I've reached the stroke limit and can't save my design.

If your design's drawings aren't saving, it's because you've exceeded our stroke limit of 1 MB per design. Here are some things you can do in order to save your design:

- Take out some strokes from your design.
- You can [duplicate or make copies of your designs](/content/help/duplicate-designs/?query=How%20do%20I%20remove%20a%20background%20on%20a%20photo%3F/index.html) to continue where you left off with the second design.