Method You Use to Transfer a Drawing to a Canvas

Method You Use to Transfer a Drawing to a Canvas

Use an Soft Pencil

What you do is get an Ebony Pencil (they're pretty cheap) you then take the pencil and shade the whole back side of your drawing, press really hard and maybe go over it twice if you have a lot of detail.—Guest blair

Transfering Drawings to Canvas

After I make a sketch on paper, I freehand draw it on the canvas with a pencil and use a soft artgun eraser if needed. I use canvas boards so this is pretty easy to do.—Guest Martha McWilliams

Overhead Projector

The easiest method I've found is using an overhead projector.

Go to your local copy center and have your drawing, sketch, painting, etc transferred onto an 8 /12" x 11" piece of acetate or clear plastic. Then use an overhead projector, to project a perfect image of what you want to reproduce.—Moonwolfin

Transfer Drawings onto Canvas

The easiest method I've found is using an overhead projector.

Go to your local copy center and have your drawing, sketch, painting, etc transferred onto an 8 /12" x 11" piece of acetate or clear plastic. Then use an overhead projector, to project a perfect image of what you want to reproduce.—Guest barbaranorman

Depends on Medium

I personally find using a grid method for large canvases the best.

Drawing freehand without too much detail for smaller canvases works pretty well most of the time. But with watercolours I use tracing.—mcbab

Enlarged on a Copier

I did a 12x16" of the piece, then I enlarged it on the copier to 50x60" or as close as I could get to 48x64" and used a rough grid system to match the copy to the canvas. —Guest Katie Carr-Anderson

Using a Grid

Right now I'm more into learning watercolor technique than practicing my drawing skills, so I tried using a grid. I would definitely do it again when scaling up or down, as was the case this time. —greenhome

Drawing as the Basis

I'm not sure I agree totally that the under-drawing should be "sketchy". Draftsmanship is the foundation of good art. For me, a finely wrought cartoon should be able to stand on its own as an art work.—Guest Bill van Heerden