what I mean by it, is the program. say you make a layer, and draw in that layer like a previous comment suggested, you can click the arrow to minimize the group of strokes so you dont have to keep looking at them. however, every time you draw a new stroke, it reopens the layer so it is back in view.
and by behind the scenes i basically just mean if I am drawing I perfer to only see what I need to work on. I think my main issue is that vector drawing programs arent for me, im kinda coming from clip paint lol. only issue being that clip paint is notoriously not good for many things and has a shit dev team, so ive just been looking for alternatives.