Provided is a liquid material application device whereby the amount of programming work for realizing a desired line drawing application (drawing application) can be reduced. A liquid material application device for applying a drawn line of a liquid material to a workpiece while moving the workpiece and a discharge head relative to each other, the liquid material application device being provided with a discharge head (50) for discharging the liquid material, a workpiece table (25) on which the workpiece is mounted, a robot (20) for moving the discharge head and the workpiece table relative to each other in the XYZ directions, and a control unit having a calculation device and a storage device for storing an application program, wherein the control unit is configured so as to be provided with a first control unit (30); for moving the workpiece and the discharge head relative to each other on the basis of the application program, and a second control unit (40) for controlling the amount of discharge of the discharge head, the first control unit has a function for outputting information as to the speed of the discharge head relative to the workpiece at a predetermined timing, and the second control unit has a function for automatically controlling the amount of discharge on the basis of the speed information outputted from the first control unit.