An award-winning app, courtesy of the folks behind Khan Academy, Draw and Tell boasts a whole bunch of digital tools—crayons, paint brushes, stencils stickers and more—that encourage kids to ...

There I was, making sure my art-loving 8-year-old was drowning in the markers, paints and craft projects he craved, while ignoring his most straightforward request: “I want to learn how to draw.” By ...