Paint By DS is a digital colouring book which enables the player to recreate masterpieces by renowned artists such as Hokusai, Cezanne and Van Gogh, in their own artistic style. The player uses the DS stylus to mix oil and water-based paints to create colours and consistencies and then paint the artwork. Paint By DS consists of 15 colouring in challenges along with a variety of fun minigames, such as puzzles based on the famous artwork included in the game.