Use Markup to Add a Drawing to an Email on iPhone

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By Conner Carey
March 24, 2026

Apple's Mail app just keeps getting better. You can attach a document to an email, send multiple photos, and use a feature called Markup to create a quick, simple drawing and insert it into an email on your iPhone. So, if you’ve been dying to send your masterful iPhone works of art (AKA drawings) through email, now you can. Here’s how to create, insert, and send a Markup drawing in an email on your iPhone.

Why You'll Love This Tip

  • Make a sketch or drawing in Markup and send it in the Mail app on your iPhone and iPad.
  • Use a variety of Markup tools and colors to create your Markup drawing.

How to Insert a Markup Drawing into an Email

System Requirements

This tip was tested on an iPhone 17 Pro running iOS 26.4. Find out how to update to iOS 26.

Want to learn how to add a sketch or drawing to an email? It's fairly quick and easy once you know the right steps. Here's how to draw in an email with Markup.

  1. Open the Mail app. open the mail app
  2. Tap the New Message icon. tap the new email icon
  3. Prepare your email as usual with the recipient’s address, subject, and body text. You can also add a photo if you want. enter to, subject, and text in email
  4. Touch and hold the screen for a few seconds, then let go. Before inserting your drawing, make sure the blinking cursor is where you want the drawing to go. make sure the cursor is where you want your markup drawing
  5. Options will pop up, such as Paste, Select, and Select All. Tap the arrow next to the last option. tap the caret to see more options
  6. Tap Insert Drawing. tap insert drawing
  7. Your iPhone will open up a drawing canvas, and you can create your Markup drawing using the Markup tools. use markup tools to make markup drawing for email
  8. When you’re finished, tap the more icon. tap the more icon to add drawing to email
  9. Tap Done. tap done when ready to add drawing to email
  10. Tap Insert Drawing again. tap insert drawing again
  11. When you’re done preparing your email, tap the Send icon. tap send icon to send email with markup

Now you know how to add a Markup drawing to an email on your iPhone and iPad. Be sure to subscribe to our free Tip of the Day for more great Markup tutorials!

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Conner Carey's writing can be found at conpoet.com. She is currently writing a book, creating lots of content, and writing poetry via @conpoet on Instagram. She lives in an RV full-time with her mom, Jan and dog, Jodi as they slow-travel around the country. 

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