San Francisco, June 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stepping Stone Mobile is proud to announce that Pen & Ink is now the #1 Productivity App in China for the iPad®, having been featured by Apple in the "New and Noteworthy" section of the App Store. Pen & Ink is the simplest way to create beautiful watercolor paintings and drawings on the iPad®.
Apple chose to feature Pen & Ink in China, its second largest market after the United States. Pen & Ink is a unique art app because of its ease of use and professional quality. Its Asian brush style painting is particularly popular in China, where artists can create new pieces replicating the look of ancient ink wash paintings. The brushes change size and pigment load in concert with the user's motion, to produce the fluid, dynamic strokes necessary for this simple but powerful style. For example, a plant with bold stalks that taper off into delicate wisps are painted in one deft stroke. For more information about Asian style ink wash painting, please see the online video tutorial at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z5wsfpwb1E
After being featured in the App Store, Pen & Ink rocketed to the top of the charts in China and remains the #1 freely downloaded iPad® Productivity App. It is also one of the top-grossing apps in China due to optional in-app purchases. Pen & Ink remains #1 in Productivity in 10 other countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Hong Kong.
Pen & Ink, which is receiving 5-star reviews, includes all of the art essentials - numerous paintbrushes, pens, pencils, watercolor palettes and zoom. For people who want to take their art to the next level, the full version offers powerful artistic features such as smudge tools, layers, custom color palettes and 25 unique, realistic brushes. The full version of Pen & Ink is easy to use for both professional artists and novices, and can be purchased within the app for $2.99.
The art can easily be downloaded onto various size canvases from CanvasOnDemand.com and framed on a desk or hung on a wall. "In many cases, the art is so beautiful that it's difficult to discern whether it was created with real paint or an iPad®!" says Jennifer Emerson, a Board Member of the San Francisco Art Institute.
Download Pen & Ink for free from the App Store.