If you’re looking for an easy paint program packed with features, ArtRage is your tool. The full version of ArtRage 2.5 is available to download for Windows and OS X for $25, ArtRage 2.5 Plus CD with an 80 page full color manual is $39.95, but a Starter version is FREE!

In the Starter version, you can paint with oils, sketch with pencils, chalk, crayons, and markers. As you move your cursor across your “paper”, you run out of paint and chalk just as you would using real paint or chalk. You can also see the texture of the paint on the paper and can manipulate it with an artist’s palette knife.

In the Full version you can use an airbrush, sprinkle glitter, paint with gold leaf, silver foil and other metallic colors. You can even load in your own photos as Tracing Images to help you recreate them as paintings. The full version also allows you to use stencils and rulers.