How can I draw freely with LibreOffice Draw?

I have opened an image with LibreOffice Draw. I would like to draw a free line on that image, that is to push the mouse button, drag the mouse around, and have the computer track my movements and draw a curve on the image accordingly, until I release the button. Everywhere I search I see "use the curve tool" (or specifically its "freeform line" sub-tool), but the curve tool smoothes my curve, so that I end up with something quite different to what I actually draw. It makes it quite difficult to draw letter shapes, for example.

Is there a way to have Draw just draw what I draw, without any smoothing or other effects?

Solution 1:

Using the Freeform Line tool sound like the best tool in Libreoffice for what you want to do, whilst the Curve tool may be more precise but slower to use. If you want to edit the curve after adding it, use the Edit points tool.

You may want to use a program designed more for this called Inkscape, which has more tools available. You can then use the resulting SVG file and edit it within Draw, or insert a exported image (e.g. PNG) version.