I’m Marisol. By day I price out air conditioning jobs in Tucson, which means I spend a lot of time with spreadsheets and not much with anything pretty. Eighteen months ago I bought a used iPad from a coworker’s cousin, mostly so I could draw my greyhound, Biscuit, asleep in strange positions without burning through a sketchbook a week.

How the name happened

The first thing I learned on the iPad was that tapping the canvas with two fingers undoes your last move. I did it about four hundred times that first night. Every beginner mistake I made was fixed with two fingers, so the blog got the name.

What you’ll find here

• Plain answers to the questions I typed into a search box when I was stuck
• Apps I tried, including the free ones
• Cheap gear I bought and whether it earned its place
• Honest notes on what still looks wobbly in my own drawings

What you won’t find

I’m not a professional illustrator and I don’t pretend to be. I’m a hobbyist who draws most evenings after dinner, usually on the couch with a dog on my feet. If something worked for me, I’ll say so. If it didn’t, I’ll say that too.

Questions are always welcome. You can reach me at [email protected].