diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bb5fab3..d369ec3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,29 +3,33 @@
 
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
-  outputs = {
-    self,
-    nixpkgs,
-  }: let
-    system = "x86_64-linux";
-    pkgs = import nixpkgs {inherit system;};
-  in {
-    devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
-      nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-        gcc
-        clang-tools
-        lldb
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+    }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+    in
+    {
+      devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          gcc
+          clang-tools
+          lldb
 
-        meson
-        ninja
-        pkg-config
+          meson
+          ninja
+          pkg-config
 
-        gtk4
+          gtk4
+          libepoxy
 
-        gdb
-      ];
+          gdb
+        ];
 
-      shellHook = "";
+        shellHook = "";
+      };
     };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5e4838c..07049d3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ project(
 )
 
 gtk = dependency('gtk4', required: true)
+epoxy = dependency('epoxy')
 
 src = files(
   'src/main.c',
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ src = files(
 executable(
   'vektor',
   src,
-  dependencies: [gtk],
+  dependencies: [gtk,epoxy],
   link_args: ['-lm'],
   install: true,
 )
diff --git a/src/ui/uicontroller.c b/src/ui/uicontroller.c
index 2f6fb3d..84da301 100644
--- a/src/ui/uicontroller.c
+++ b/src/ui/uicontroller.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void vektor_uictrl_init(GtkApplication* app, VektorWidgetState* stateOut) {
     stateOut->workspacePaned =
         GTK_PANED(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "workspace_paned"));
     stateOut->workspaceCanvas =
-        GTK_PICTURE(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "workspace"));
+        GTK_GL_AREA(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "workspace"));
     stateOut->workspaceButtonLinetool =
         GTK_BUTTON(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "button_linetool"));
 
diff --git a/src/ui/uicontroller.h b/src/ui/uicontroller.h
index 73dd7b5..723274e 100644
--- a/src/ui/uicontroller.h
+++ b/src/ui/uicontroller.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all the widgets used in internal logic of the program
 typedef struct VektorWidgetState {
     GtkWindow* window;
     GtkPaned* workspacePaned;
-    GtkPicture* workspaceCanvas;
+    GtkGLArea* workspaceCanvas;
 
     GtkButton* workspaceButtonLinetool;
 
diff --git a/src/ui/vektorcanvas.c b/src/ui/vektorcanvas.c
index 074d461..c7a4990 100644
--- a/src/ui/vektorcanvas.c
+++ b/src/ui/vektorcanvas.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "epoxy/gl.h"
 #include "gtk/gtk.h"
 
 #include "../core/raster.h"
@@ -8,6 +9,114 @@
 #define VKTR_CANVAS_HEIGHT 400
 #define VKTR_CANVAS_SIZE (VKTR_CANVAS_WIDTH * VKTR_CANVAS_HEIGHT * 4)
 
+static GLuint shader_program;
+static GLuint vao;
+
+static const char* vertex_shader_src =
+    "#version 300 es\n" // <- ES version
+    "layout(location = 0) in vec2 aPos;\n"
+    "void main() {\n"
+    "    gl_Position = vec4(aPos, 0.0, 1.0);\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+static const char* fragment_shader_src =
+    "#version 300 es\n"          // <- ES version
+    "precision mediump float;\n" // required in ES for fragment color
+    "out vec4 FragColor;\n"
+    "void main() {\n"
+    "    FragColor = vec4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+static GLuint compile_shader(GLenum type, const char* src) {
+    GLuint shader = glCreateShader(type);
+    glShaderSource(shader, 1, &src, NULL);
+    glCompileShader(shader);
+
+    GLint success;
+    glGetShaderiv(shader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
+    if (!success) {
+        char info[512];
+        glGetShaderInfoLog(shader, 512, NULL, info);
+        g_error("Shader compile failed: %s", info);
+    }
+    return shader;
+}
+
+static void init_shader(void) {
+    GLuint vertex = compile_shader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertex_shader_src);
+    GLuint fragment = compile_shader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragment_shader_src);
+
+    shader_program = glCreateProgram();
+    glAttachShader(shader_program, vertex);
+    glAttachShader(shader_program, fragment);
+    glLinkProgram(shader_program);
+
+    GLint success;
+    glGetProgramiv(shader_program, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
+    if (!success) {
+        char info[512];
+        glGetProgramInfoLog(shader_program, 512, NULL, info);
+        g_error("Shader link failed: %s", info);
+    }
+
+    glDeleteShader(vertex);
+    glDeleteShader(fragment);
+}
+
+static void init_geometry(void) {
+    // Vertices for a rectangle in NDC coordinates
+    float vertices[] = {
+        -0.5f, -0.5f, // bottom-left
+        0.5f,  -0.5f, // bottom-right
+        0.5f,  0.5f,  // top-right
+        -0.5f, 0.5f   // top-left
+    };
+    unsigned int indices[] = {0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 0};
+
+    GLuint vbo, ebo;
+    glGenVertexArrays(1, &vao);
+    glGenBuffers(1, &vbo);
+    glGenBuffers(1, &ebo);
+
+    glBindVertexArray(vao);
+
+    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
+    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vertices), vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+
+    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, ebo);
+    glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(indices), indices,
+                 GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+
+    glVertexAttribPointer(0, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 2 * sizeof(float),
+                          (void*)0);
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
+
+    glBindVertexArray(0);
+}
+
+static gboolean render(GtkGLArea* area, GdkGLContext* context) {
+    glClearColor(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1.0f);
+    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+
+    glUseProgram(shader_program);
+    glBindVertexArray(vao);
+    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, 6, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
+    glBindVertexArray(0);
+    glUseProgram(0);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void realize(GtkGLArea* area, gpointer user_data) {
+    gtk_gl_area_make_current(area);
+
+    if (gtk_gl_area_get_error(area) != NULL)
+        return; // context creation failed
+
+    init_shader();
+    init_geometry();
+}
+
 void vektor_canvas_init(VektorWidgetState* state, VektorCanvas* canvasOut) {
     canvasOut->canvasWidget = state->workspaceCanvas;
     canvasOut->width = VKTR_CANVAS_WIDTH;
@@ -20,10 +129,14 @@ void vektor_canvas_init(VektorWidgetState* state, VektorCanvas* canvasOut) {
         VKTR_CANVAS_WIDTH, VKTR_CANVAS_HEIGHT, GDK_MEMORY_R8G8B8A8,
         canvasOut->canvasPixelBytes, VKTR_CANVAS_WIDTH * 4);
 
-    gtk_picture_set_paintable(canvasOut->canvasWidget,
-                              GDK_PAINTABLE(canvasOut->canvasTexture));
-    gtk_picture_set_content_fit(GTK_PICTURE(canvasOut->canvasWidget),
-                                GTK_CONTENT_FIT_CONTAIN);
+    g_signal_connect(canvasOut->canvasWidget, "realize", G_CALLBACK(realize),
+                     NULL);
+    g_signal_connect(canvasOut->canvasWidget, "render", G_CALLBACK(render),
+                     NULL);
+    // gtk_picture_set_paintable(canvasOut->canvasWidget,
+    //                           GDK_PAINTABLE(canvasOut->canvasTexture));
+    // gtk_picture_set_content_fit(GTK_PICTURE(canvasOut->canvasWidget),
+    //                             GTK_CONTENT_FIT_CONTAIN);
     // g_object_unref(bytes);
 }
 
@@ -38,8 +151,8 @@ void vektor_canvas_update(VektorCanvas* canvas) {
         canvas->width, canvas->height, GDK_MEMORY_R8G8B8A8,
         canvas->canvasPixelBytes, canvas->width * 4);
 
-    gtk_picture_set_paintable(canvas->canvasWidget,
-                              GDK_PAINTABLE(canvas->canvasTexture));
+    // gtk_picture_set_paintable(canvas->canvasWidget,
+    //                           GDK_PAINTABLE(canvas->canvasTexture));
 }
 
 void vektor_canvas_fill(VektorCanvas* canvas, VektorColor color) {
diff --git a/src/ui/vektorcanvas.h b/src/ui/vektorcanvas.h
index abf9560..e66c369 100644
--- a/src/ui/vektorcanvas.h
+++ b/src/ui/vektorcanvas.h
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 #include "../core/raster.h"
 #include "../util/color.h"
+#include "gtk/gtk.h"
 #include "uicontroller.h"
 
 typedef struct VektorCanvas {
-    GtkPicture* canvasWidget;
+    GtkGLArea* canvasWidget;
 
     // texture related stuff
     guchar* canvasPixels;
diff --git a/ui/main.ui b/ui/main.ui
index fa33915..718ee6c 100644
--- a/ui/main.ui
+++ b/ui/main.ui
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@
 
                                 <!--Main canvas-->
                                 <child>
-                                    <object class="GtkPicture" id="workspace">
+                                    <!-- <object class="GtkPicture" id="workspace">
                                         <property name="content-fit">contain</property>
                                         <property name="hexpand">true</property>
                                         <property name="vexpand">true</property>
 
+                                    </object> -->
+
+                                    <object class="GtkGLArea" id="workspace">
+                                        <property name="hexpand">true</property>
+                                        <property name="vexpand">true</property>
                                     </object>
                                 </child>