I also believe another way in order to put a sketch onto a canvas is by using a glass surface and a lamp. So, I would tape the sketch to the back of the canvas and lay it flat on the glass surface and then put the lamp underneath the glass surface. The sketch should be visible enough to see, and then I would trace from there. But this video makes great points, so I'm also going to try this as well.
OH MY GOSHHHH!!!! Thank you so much!!! I had a lovely sketch of a friend that I decided to put on a canvas but did not trust myself. This helped so much and worked so well. It looks stunning!!!!!!!
Yes! So glad you mentioned this...thats what I have done with stretched canvas, otherwise it will make the canvas sag when you press down hard on it with the pencil....On canvas board no worries about this.
OH MY GOD THANKYOU SO MUCH! I did the whole painting but was having problems with the character's features and my whole painting could be spoiled but thanks for saving it. You're so perfect artist
Graphite is good but black pastel is better and it washes off easily with a damp paper towel. I also use white pastel against dark backgrounds. For the transfer I use a hard pencil like 3H. Good video!
Thanks Tim for the great transfer tip. I enjoyed the intro & exit clips on this video -- so did my cats who came barreling in to see what was up with the birds -- they like your cat too!
Thank you so much!! I Bought 12 canvases for my 6yr old daughter's birthday party and didn't know how to transfer the drawings I printed. I was actually planning on buying some pre-done ones. This was really helpful. Thanks again :)🙃
I've done this for years and it doesn't always turn out so good and with a canvas like he's using could stretch the canvas in that spot. The best way is to use tracing paper with your drawing on it and then use carbon paper under the sketch. You first place the tracing paper on the canvas and tape it down so it doesn't move then slide the carbon paper under it with the ink side down next to the canvas. Press lightly as you trace onto the canvas because you don't want to have dark ink on the canvas.
I used to do this all the time when I was a child, before you could Google anything or go to RUclips. It just made sense to me to do it this way. Sometimes I was drawing every day and would do this so I wouldn't haven't to redraw things.
i use this technique quite a lot in my signwriting job...but i use chalk on the back instead of pencil, because sometimes i find that the pencil leaves some nasty smudge marks that i find very hard to remove or paint over. also if you decide that you need to make changes once its on the canvas it far easier to remove chalk...once its how you want it you could go over it again in pencil but i dont bother to. thanks for your videos...cheers tim
Thanks for a proper how to video. I don't know how many times I look for a "how to" and their is no speaking. Might as well learn from my dog at that point. Your videos are great
Thank you for showing us this technique. I am a new person at all of this. You make it look so simple which is what I needed right now. I drew the head of a horse but am not sure which to do next; paint the canvas first, put the horse in and highlight the canvas around the horse with my painting or what? Can you direct me here?
Thanks for sharing. This is exactly what I was hoping to find. I'm no artist by a long shot. I bought a canvas, and a coloring book. I want to paint in a background, and put one of the pictures from the book on my painting. Then paint the picture. All just for fun.
Cool. I was looking for something like this only. I did painting on drawing book and wanted to transfer that without any feature changes on canvas. Was worrying how to do that. Thanks a lot.
i used to hold it against the window and press really hard on my pencil or i would cut the shape out, but definately gonna try this technique. love your videos man!
I think i have an idea that could work better if you don't want to ruin the drawing, like if it's an old drawing that you care too much about to mess it up. First you transfer very smoothly your drawing to a bakery release paper (because it is very transparent), then you put that new drawing over a Carbon Paper, used so much in offices, so you don't need to scratch that much the back of the drawing. Finally you do the second transfer to the canvas by drawing over the bakery paper and the carbon paper. I think it's the best way to preserve the original drawing and you can be really precise
You put the paper on top of the drawing, because it's very transparent you will be able to see through, then you copy it, but just the general form, the important parts of the drawing. aline
João Maurício Oh yes I get it thank you. But I have another question. If I transfer my sketch to canvasusing carbon paper, can I then just start painting over it with acryl, without the sketch running out. Sorry for my lack of english, but I hope you can understand what I mean.
The carbon paper will work just like common pencil. It's basically graphite. If you use thin layers of acrylic paint it may show through, but it will disappear after a couple of paint layers on top of it. It's not recommended if you are gonna paint it using watercolors though. I hope I got it right aline
Thank you very much :) My sketches on canvas always gets lines which are too thick somehow, and now I am going to draw people, so I hope it will work. I am going to try at least :D
I have seen videos that show how to transfer a printed image on a canvas. Is there some way to do this while also maintaining the ability to paint on that canvas?
Used to do that as kids. ☺ What do you think about store bought graphite copy paper (not sure if they are called that, but they used to use them to make more copies of text done on typewriter
I use this for all of my painting since I do many revisions before I settled on my final image...if I were to draw directly onto the canvas then I would have a mess of erased lines that would never totally go away and eraser marks too. This is kind of a pain when you do the whole image this way but it has to be this way for me.
Didn't most people learn to do this in elementary school? We used this method to reproduce maps. You can also buy carbon paper which does exactly the same thing and avoids all that tedious shading. But if you do it this way the softer the pencil the better - like a 9B graphite stick (rather than a pencil) and use masking tape to stick the drawing down - otherwise it is likely to slip.
Thanks Tim. Great tip by a great artist with a generous spirit. 👍 Unfortunately in my case it'll be the transfer of one of my crappy drawings onto one of my even crappier paintings! 😄 But what I lack in talent, I compensate in enthusiasm. I suppose you learn painting by painting, in some respect. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
So I drew the photo on the canvas first instead of on paper. How do I transfer the image from canvas to traceable paper so I can make outlined canvases (more than one)for a class? In other words, I drew 1 canvas but I need 20 canvases traced for a class so they can just do the paint portion.
Seriously. Thanks for reminding me I need to work on drawing.......and beating me over the head with it until I feel completely unqualified to do anything and guilty about using the technique you're showing. Sheesh.
Cathy Roberts You need more work on your sensitivity than you need on your drawing. What a complete snowflake you are! 😄 We all wait for your art tutorials with eager anticipation.
Why didn't the graphite from the original drawing rub onto the canvas when you flipped it over to rub the graphite on the back of the paper? I'd definitely do that on a different surface than the canvas. If you don't care about reversing the image you could just trace on the back when you flip it over.
I find that my drawings are almost always not to the scale of my painting, so I scan my drawing into the computer. Then I can scale the drawing to the exact size I need, plus it does not destroy the original.
this really helped me because 2 be honest i am really bad at drawing things twice and also mother's day is coming and my mom loves the Cheshire cat from alice in wonderland and yeah
Hm.. the issue I was looking for is how to get from the sketch on canvas to paint! Still no clue... Cause if I got a sketch on canvas and I go over it with some paint, the sketch is gone! Or should I be doing it sorta like paint by numbers and keep painting within the lines and make sure the background and the sketch are just touching each other instead of overlapping?
what you can do is get a matte fixative (I use a matte varnish tbh) and spray your sketch, then let that dry. if you coat it well enough, the sketch won't smudge off when you go over it with paint
What would graphite paper do with do under and must I have a pattern with it or you create your own pattern around instead of using a book with a pattern do you use graphite or tracing paper or both on top of my pictures I drawn on white paper or put the paper on graphite
If you want to keep your sketch, make a copy of it, then do this technique or buy some graphite transfer from Hobby Lobby or Michael's. I like keeping my originals.
Actual tutorial starts at 3:07
ur welcome
CartWheelzOfRage
thanks, mate!
Gosh, thank you. I coulda done without the lecture first.
Jesus thank you lmao
CartWheelzOfRage thx
For the love of Christ--this is torture.
I can tell this painting is SO meaningful to you. Beautiful. Thanks for the idea!
I also believe another way in order to put a sketch onto a canvas is by using a glass surface and a lamp. So, I would tape the sketch to the back of the canvas and lay it flat on the glass surface and then put the lamp underneath the glass surface. The sketch should be visible enough to see, and then I would trace from there.
But this video makes great points, so I'm also going to try this as well.
oh wow thanks for that
Ysabelle Angeli thank you. i was looking for another way to do it
You can trace right off your computer screen. Can even enlarge it too.
Ysabelle Angeli much better way 🤙🏽 especially for more detailed artwork thanks
Ysabelle Angeli I'll try that
Anyone else loving the way his painting turned out 😱😍
Ik I’m 3 years late but I love how it turned out as well 😭🤣
Guys if this is to much for you, just tape your drawing on the back and have some lighting so u can see
You literally just saved my life!
OMG YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!! 😍
Girlll your so smart!!!!!
I do that it helps a lot
Thank you
Used this to transfer a silhouette onto a very detailed background and it worked flawlessly! Thank you!!!
OH MY GOSHHHH!!!! Thank you so much!!! I had a lovely sketch of a friend that I decided to put on a canvas but did not trust myself. This helped so much and worked so well. It looks stunning!!!!!!!
bonus tip: put a hard cover book or something solid behind the canvas when you trace it
ty for this tip
Thanks for the tip
Yes! So glad you mentioned this...thats what I have done with stretched canvas, otherwise it will make the canvas sag when you press down hard on it with the pencil....On canvas board no worries about this.
I wouldn´t have never imagined this technique!! simple and useful!!
OH MY GOD THANKYOU SO MUCH! I did the whole painting but was having problems with the character's features and my whole painting could be spoiled but thanks for saving it. You're so perfect artist
Graphite is good but black pastel is better and it washes off easily with a damp paper towel. I also use white pastel against dark backgrounds. For the transfer I use a hard pencil like 3H. Good video!
Thank you for sharing! That's awesome
Thanks Tim for the great transfer tip. I enjoyed the intro & exit clips on this video -- so did my cats who came barreling in to see what was up with the birds -- they like your cat too!
Very helpful , thank you . LOVE your painting and the reminder to keep drawing .
Thank you! Fantastic way to aid my young kiddos in transferring their drawings onto canvas for family gifts!
Love this idea!!!
Thank you so much!! I Bought 12 canvases for my 6yr old daughter's birthday party and didn't know how to transfer the drawings I printed. I was actually planning on buying some pre-done ones. This was really helpful. Thanks again :)🙃
I've done this for years and it doesn't always turn out so good and with a canvas like he's using could stretch the canvas in that spot. The best way is to use tracing paper with your drawing on it and then use carbon paper under the sketch. You first place the tracing paper on the canvas and tape it down so it doesn't move then slide the carbon paper under it with the ink side down next to the canvas. Press lightly as you trace onto the canvas because you don't want to have dark ink on the canvas.
Sheri, if you're worried about the canvas stretching you can put some support (I use a piece of MDF) under it.
I used to do this all the time when I was a child, before you could Google anything or go to RUclips. It just made sense to me to do it this way. Sometimes I was drawing every day and would do this so I wouldn't haven't to redraw things.
i use this technique quite a lot in my signwriting job...but i use chalk on the back instead of pencil, because sometimes i find that the pencil leaves some nasty smudge marks that i find very hard to remove or paint over. also if you decide that you need to make changes once its on the canvas it far easier to remove chalk...once its how you want it you could go over it again in pencil but i dont bother to. thanks for your videos...cheers tim
reminds me of when I used to do this with Crayola!
I use oil pastels
Ordinary chalk like wat teachers use ?
Man that was a cool thing to know...that painting at the end is amazing 💚
Thanks for a proper how to video. I don't know how many times I look for a "how to" and their is no speaking. Might as well learn from my dog at that point.
Your videos are great
Thank you! you just saved me a trip to the art supply store.
Thank you for showing us this technique. I am a new person at all of this. You make it look so simple which is what I needed right now. I drew the head of a horse but am not sure which to do next; paint the canvas first, put the horse in and highlight the canvas around the horse with my painting or what? Can you direct me here?
you saved me 3 hours of my life in guess work
Thanks for sharing. This is exactly what I was hoping to find. I'm no artist by a long shot. I bought a canvas, and a coloring book. I want to paint in a background, and put one of the pictures from the book on my painting. Then paint the picture. All just for fun.
That was so helpful! I can finish my painting now ♥
I used to do this when I was a kid. I can’t believe I forgot about this.
I usually use oil paint(needs a little dry) instead of pencil. It works the same way, and the image stays clean of a pencil
Thank you for your advice too! Yes! It works!!! :) Спасибо! ;)
Cool! can you tell me how dry the oil has to be? And do you use any mediums in the oil first or?
Thank you so much for sharing this technique it helped me a lot.
Cool. I was looking for something like this only. I did painting on drawing book and wanted to transfer that without any feature changes on canvas. Was worrying how to do that. Thanks a lot.
i used to hold it against the window and press really hard on my pencil or i would cut the shape out, but definately gonna try this technique.
love your videos man!
I was just thinking about doing this. Thank you for showing us the way!
holy did i need this thank you so much.
Thank you man much needed
Thank you, glad it helped!
perfect, just what I am having trouble with, thanks Tim!
Nobody's gonna ask how much time you spent trying to perfecting the sketch anyways...... So tracing is a life saver for me😅😅😅😅😅
I think i have an idea that could work better if you don't want to ruin the drawing, like if it's an old drawing that you care too much about to mess it up. First you transfer very smoothly your drawing to a bakery release paper (because it is very transparent), then you put that new drawing over a Carbon Paper, used so much in offices, so you don't need to scratch that much the back of the drawing. Finally you do the second transfer to the canvas by drawing over the bakery paper and the carbon paper. I think it's the best way to preserve the original drawing and you can be really precise
João Maurício How do you transfer your drawing to bakery release paper?
You put the paper on top of the drawing, because it's very transparent you will be able to see through, then you copy it, but just the general form, the important parts of the drawing. aline
João Maurício Oh yes I get it thank you. But I have another question. If I transfer my sketch to canvasusing carbon paper, can I then just start painting over it with acryl, without the sketch running out. Sorry for my lack of english, but I hope you can understand what I mean.
The carbon paper will work just like common pencil. It's basically graphite. If you use thin layers of acrylic paint it may show through, but it will disappear after a couple of paint layers on top of it. It's not recommended if you are gonna paint it using watercolors though. I hope I got it right aline
Thank you very much :) My sketches on canvas always gets lines which are too thick somehow, and now I am going to draw people, so I hope it will work. I am going to try at least :D
OMG THIS HELP SO MUCH 😁😁 thank you!!
Thank you for watching! Glad it could help!
You are awesome and you inspire me a lot!!! Thank you!!!
Wow bro thanks. We did this in school but I kept wondering how I did. Thanks for reviving great work
This saved my life!!!
I did this with the Rolling Stones logo and it came out good.
Bro skipped a hundred steps HAHA from that outline to a full painting. So good 🤣
Dude took like 2 years to actually tell us how to do it. 😩 get to the point man
Ikr
The way you are doing it will transfer the front to that canvas, put a blank sheet under this to protect your canvas. thanks
thanks for this, I had been wanting to draw on a canvas without ay mistakes but really helpful watching this!
This is actual really awesome !! 👏🏼
I have seen videos that show how to transfer a printed image on a canvas. Is there some way to do this while also maintaining the ability to paint on that canvas?
this worked, it turned out really well :) thanks
Just what i needed!! Thank you so very much.
Wow that was so cool!
You saved my life!
Used to do that as kids. ☺ What do you think about store bought graphite copy paper (not sure if they are called that, but they used to use them to make more copies of text done on typewriter
I am an artist and its not hard to just draw freehand. ALL the best from Australia.
Works amazingly thanks
i use animator style. tape the top edge to the painting and lift paper up down up down...like tracing. Works for any photo, drawing.
I use this for all of my painting since I do many revisions before I settled on my final image...if I were to draw directly onto the canvas then I would have a mess of erased lines that would never totally go away and eraser marks too. This is kind of a pain when you do the whole image this way but it has to be this way for me.
good points you make & clearly understandable
agreed
Charcoal is much quick ❤️
Transfer paper works the best!
Didn't most people learn to do this in elementary school? We used this method to reproduce maps. You can also buy carbon paper which does exactly the same thing and avoids all that tedious shading. But if you do it this way the softer the pencil the better - like a 9B graphite stick (rather than a pencil) and use masking tape to stick the drawing down - otherwise it is likely to slip.
Thank you sir.... made it easy
Don’t forget to continue working on your drawing skills, guys!
I like my original sketch i want to keep it in pencil but try to paint another copy as well with acrylic. Hopefully this works
Thank you! I understand this much better now
that really helped cause i"ve got a art project
THANK YOU SO MUCH🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great work! Will the same technique work if I have to transfer some words or sentences on canvas? Do I have to flip the paper?
You don't have to reverse - it will show up exactly like the original image.
Nice tricks. Thank you so much.
Thanks Tim. Great tip by a great artist with a generous spirit. 👍 Unfortunately in my case it'll be the transfer of one of my crappy drawings onto one of my even crappier paintings! 😄 But what I lack in talent, I compensate in enthusiasm. I suppose you learn painting by painting, in some respect. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
For bigger works, you can use carbon paper
But it leaves the shine of the carbon even after you outline it
@@818Vallero Acrylic paint should cover it, right? (just being curious, since I haven't tested it out yet)
@@markyang1924 it doesnt unfortunately..still leaves a shine of the carbon after you paint ove it
@@818Vallero Thanks for the super fast reply !! I really appreciate it. Then I'll just try (soft) pencils then. May you have a great week :)
So I drew the photo on the canvas first instead of on paper. How do I transfer the image from canvas to traceable paper so I can make outlined canvases (more than one)for a class? In other words, I drew 1 canvas but I need 20 canvases traced for a class so they can just do the paint portion.
How the hell are you supposed to be teaching a class lmao
How did you do the background? Masking fluid on the figures?
So you're saying this could possibly work on an already darker acrylic painted background?
Yeah, but what about transfering a sketch with the canvas size? How u do it?
You'd either have to draw the sketch bigger, or you can scan your sketch, resize it on the computer, print it out and follow the same method.
@@gagnonstudio thanks 😊
@@gagnonstudio i can do the sketch in procreate straight
This really works
Thank you for watching!
The end result , wow.
The birds and the cat stole the show.
+bugisami That's just mean! Very funny, but mean. :-D
You were talking a bit too slow, but thanks for the tip. Your a life saver 👍
Great video thank you
Too much lecture and less tutorial
+Arif John agreed haha. (not hatin)
Seriously. Thanks for reminding me I need to work on drawing.......and beating me over the head with it until I feel completely unqualified to do anything and guilty about using the technique you're showing. Sheesh.
Cathy Roberts You need more work on your sensitivity than you need on your drawing. What a complete snowflake you are! 😄 We all wait for your art tutorials with eager anticipation.
yeah! What is wrong with people? they can't pay attention for 7 minutes and can't take a professional advice given for FREE... Wow...
I don't draw Cee C so I could give a crap about his unwanted tips. I just came for the tutorial, not all the tips and unwanted jabbering.
I love your cat (I love birds too)
Help do u transfer your graphite image before or after gesso ???
The painting looks amazing 💜💜
Thank you so much for the video and information
Thank you ! Worked out great .
Why didn't the graphite from the original drawing rub onto the canvas when you flipped it over to rub the graphite on the back of the paper? I'd definitely do that on a different surface than the canvas. If you don't care about reversing the image you could just trace on the back when you flip it over.
I find that my drawings are almost always not to the scale of my painting, so I scan my drawing into the computer. Then I can scale the drawing to the exact size I need, plus it does not destroy the original.
Love this
this really helped me because 2 be honest i am really bad at drawing things twice and also mother's day is coming and my mom loves the Cheshire cat from alice in wonderland and yeah
ye me to but now everywhere on my painting is a little bit pf grey lmao
Hm.. the issue I was looking for is how to get from the sketch on canvas to paint! Still no clue... Cause if I got a sketch on canvas and I go over it with some paint, the sketch is gone! Or should I be doing it sorta like paint by numbers and keep painting within the lines and make sure the background and the sketch are just touching each other instead of overlapping?
what you can do is get a matte fixative (I use a matte varnish tbh) and spray your sketch, then let that dry. if you coat it well enough, the sketch won't smudge off when you go over it with paint
What would graphite paper do with do under and must I have a pattern with it or you create your own pattern around instead of using a book with a pattern do you use graphite or tracing paper or both on top of my pictures I drawn on white paper or put the paper on graphite
Great tip. Thanks
Or you can just use carbon paper. But you have to be more carful with this one as it transfers the lines quite easily. :)
That helped me a lot! xD Thx!
If you want to keep your sketch, make a copy of it, then do this technique or buy some graphite transfer from Hobby Lobby or Michael's. I like keeping my originals.
This really would be great if my sketch hadn't been ripped, mended, taped, glued, redrawn, ripped again, and amazingly detailed. :(
this works for painting on shoes too 😃
can i do it even if i drew it on a notebook ?
how are you doing it when you need to also make it larger?
Does this work on painted walls?