HOW TO TRANSFER A PICTURE TO A CANVAS IN 4 EASY STEPS!

[mandihyatt]

nice back yard! :)

[nataliawasilewska97]

tries it loads of times but it just wouldn't appear on the canvas.. maybe I had the wrong pencil ?

[moore79]

@nataliawasilewska97 You need to use a 6B pencil and apply quite heavily to the back of your paper. Hope this helps!

[nataliawasilewska97]

@moore79 Thanks :) don't think I have a 6B though ;( but thats anyway :)

[silvialaughsalot]

Does this trick cause smudges over the canvas? I'm kind of skeptical about using this trick because of smudges :( nice trick nonetheless!

[moore79]

@silvialaughsalot If you rub your hand to much on the surface of the drawing with the graphite underneath you may get some smudging. So it is recommended that you don't lean your hand on while tracing over your drawing. You also need to be careful not to transfer your drawing too dark if you are painting white areas, as it will take a bit of paint to cover up. What you can do is get a kneadable eraser to take out residue graphite, but it will still leave your lines lightly on there.

[vlatko1]

the best ever ! :D i love you for sharing this :D

[vlatko1]

just what i need ! thank you !

[cybrid1940]

Really, this is a very old technique, wich my grandmother used to draw flowers....

And I am an old lady, 74 ys. old, and I just loved to see this technique back to facilitate many people ...

thanks for that.

I lo to see again and again.

Roberta

[moore79]

@cybrid1940 Thanks Roberta for your comment. That is very interesting that this technique was around back then. Of course you can buy transfer paper now, but doing it this way doesn't cost any more money and its more hands on.

[TruthSeekingElf]

That is GENIUS!!! But I always thought that sketching first was cheating and that if you were a good artist you wouldn't do that. God only knows where that idea came from! Now, I'm going to be tracing everything I see! And maybe even the neighbours! :o)

[moore79]

@TruthSeekingElf Hi TruthSeekingElf - We alway recommend you draw you own sketch up freehand on paper and then transfer your drawing onto the canvas. This allows you to have clean canvas to produce your art work on, rather than having lotsof rubbed out lines that you will have to work hard at to get rid of.

You get far more satisfaction from drawing your own picture freehand than tracing or using grids, as otherwise you can feel like you are just colouring in.

[TruthSeekingElf]

@moore79 Thank you! I agree I'd feel better doing my own thing rather than tracing but that said, to trace birds for example until one is used to working with different colours and understanding the colour wheel etc etc, one thing at a time I guess... :o)

[jrfear]

@TruthSeekingElf

Actually, even the Great Masters used projection devices and various other techniques to transfer images onto canvas; hence, the perfected proportions. This is actually the contrary of cheating, it is something that most great artists have done and continue to do. :)

[TruthSeekingElf]

@jrfear Wow! Thank you for that! I'm not sure where I got that this was cheating. I get impatient and once I used a felt tip pen for the smaller branches on a tree and felt bad! Ugh! Well, next time I try something like this I'll remember your comment. Thank you.

[kingreuben1]

Great! you can also use carbon paper..

[MrRotarumarius]

so why not use an indigo!



[GinaRCowins1]

Very Enlightening

[crissy1339]

Thank you,  I was waiting for a solution like this!

[ChrisLaneOfficial]

cheers

[BlueMuffins14]

genius...

[sarras8]

Thanks!:D