The feeling is almost like drawing with pen on paper. I just need to experiment to see what feels more natural, using the easel that came with it or just laying it flat on my desk. So far, for drawing coastlines (which is all I've done so far on the first map with it), the easel works better. But when it comes to drawing mountains and forests it may be better laying flat. We'll see. But the experience is pretty seamless, to me it's like just drawing on paper. The screen has a great matte finish on it too, so there's no surface glare. It has the look of a Kindle Paperwhite to it.