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

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Transfer your drawing to a canvas in 4 easy steps. The benefit of transfering your drawing is that you can make your mistakes on paper and not on your canvas.
Richard & Diana Moore give you step by step details that are easy to follow.

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[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!

[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.

[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.

[mandihyatt]

nice back yard! :)

[nataliawasilewska97]

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

[vlatko1]

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

[vlatko1]

just what i need ! thank you !

[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.

[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. :)