Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6 in the US, key stages 1 & 2 in the UK). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.


Features

Multi-Platform

Works on Mac (Intel and PPC), Windows (Windows95 through Vista), Linux and other systems.


Simple Interface

A number of useful drawing tools are made available.

The drawing canvas is a fixed size, so the user doesnt need to worry about pixels or inches when making a new picture.
The entire program fits on a screen as small as 640x480, and can be displayed full-screen, to hide the computers underlying desktop interface. (It defaults to 800x600 mode, but can run at larger sizes and in portrait or landscape mode, as well.)
Loading and saving of images is done using thumbnails, so no knowledge of the underlying operating systems filesystem structure is needed. Even filenames are unnecessary.


Entertaining Interface

Fun sound effects are played when tools are selected and used.
A cartoon version of Tux, the Linux penguin, appears at the bottom to give tips, hints and information.

Many,many Drawing Tools