I googled how to enlarge and project onto canvas without a projector and it led me to you! This is the exact low tech solution I was looking for! 🎉 Thank you for this video!
I saw this and thought it would help me with a large portrait I am working on. I had hit a dead end , or so I thought, for days. I was working from a small photo, which I hate doing but had no alternative.The portrait seemed OK but just a bit 'Off'. I did masses of drawings, couldn't get it right and I was desperate. I found your wonderful "OWLY" image and today I made a box, got some film, my phone, a sharpie and tape. I couldn't find your blog so I did it from memory. I drew the major points (I was making a portrait of my husband, so it has to be good). I taped it in the box and took it to the portrait. I was amazed that I had actually got it right in the painting and it matched the projected drawing! I was delighted. It was the shape of the head that was throwing it off and that was easily corrected. I am SOOOOO grateful to you for your wonderfully simple projector and your very sweet and direct way of presenting it. I will use the method to sketch out portraits in future, but I am also delighted that I had got it right in the first place! I have had to return to painting seriously in old age to make ends meet, so this is not a pleasant hobby. Thank you so much I am eternally grateful not only about your video , but also because it restored my confidence!!
Oh wow, this is such a lovely comment - thank you so much for letting me know how much it helped you as that means a lot to me. It's such a simple method that works so well and I'm glad you able to correct what went wrong. I hope all your future portraits go well ☺
Very much like the old masters used to do. You have brought a very affordable way for anyone to enlarge an image. I use a projector, but I am lucky to have one. This is so nice for those who want to enlarge images.
My Dear Friend! My overhead projector fell and stopped working. I have been searching all morning for a work around. After tedious DIYs, apps that are bogus, and a great deal of frustration, I found your video! From one artist to another, much thanks!🤗💜
I was looking at buying a projector, but definitely going to give this a go - thank you Emma! I have lost my confidence with freehand drawing, so this is very useful for me.
you are right freehand drawing is not easy, it takes plenty of practice. Vincent Van Gogh said, to be a Fine Art painter, you have to start with drawing. Wish you luck with your paintings
Brilliant!! I am a silk painter and I frequently need to enlarge my drawings to the proportion of the canvas I will be mounting my silkpainting on (photo>tracing>enlargement). This is by far the simplest, easiest, and cheapest means I have seen of doing that! Thank you for saving me $ on a fancy projector:))))
Ingenious! Thank you for sharing, you’re saving people hundreds of dollars on a projector 💚💚💚 thank you immensely! May you receive prosperity, wealth and large sums of money everywhere you go. Happy Holidays, Emma!
You are a life saver!! I am making a display at work (Lowes) for the christmas tree tent area. I needed to project an image onto a fence panel so I could paint it on there. Our projector is missing and to rent one for a 20 minute job was crazy. I have tried some other methods and they didn't work. THIS WAS PERFECT!! I can't thank you enough for making this video!!
This is awesome. I've been asked to do a human portrait. Animals are my specialty. Given the fact that the family member knows exactly what the loved ones looks like, there is no margin for error. This is brilliant.
That's an ingenious approach, I'm impressed. You have me thinking now about how to make a version with up to a 24x36 inch canvas horizontally on a table with an Anglepoise or clip lamp so i don't have to crawl about on the floor with my bad back.
This is such a great idea! I think I’ve heard of it before, but you explained it all so well. I trace a LOT, using carbon paper or just laying down a lot of graphite or color pencil on the back of the photo or image, bc I just don’t want to take forever before I can even start painting… the drudgery of erasing, drawing, adjusting, erasing, again, and on and on before I can even get get going with the best part. Thanks so much!
Yes I totally get the struggle of years of tracing and drawing graphs and erasing so I was so happy to find this technique and I'm glad I can share it with everyone 👍🏻
This really saved me spending so much money for an enlarger! I’ve been admiring the large canvas paintings of a dogs face on a large canvas in my vets office. I’m definitely going to use this method to Wow the friends
Thank you so much. This is incredible! Other ideas I've seen with cardboard are quite involved, so I don't bother. Yours is so simple and works. Thanks again.
Brilliant! I've been struggling for hours this week, trying to get an image on a large canvas; I'm pretty picking about sizing. I was looking at expensive (and bulky) projectors; this is easy, quick and don't take up any storage room. THANKS!
What a cost saver Emma! This technique will never fail because of equipment failure or connection with a mobile device issues, further more it does not require us to download yet another App to accomplish this task! Brilliant! I'm going to use Clear Acetate or Mylar Sheets to trace my images onto because they are perfectly flat, and you can choose how thick you want it to be. Furthermore, you can easily save the image in a file folder or manilla envelope, should you want to use it again in the future! My Mom was an elementary school teacher for 38 years; the Clear Acetate or Mylar sheets I'm referring to are the exact same thing she used with the overhead projection machines in her classroom!! I have considered purchasing an old used overhead projector, but they are hard to find. I think there is only 1 company that still manufactures these machines and the price of a new projector is apx $300. Thank you for this content Emma! ~~Christy~~
Hi Christy, thanks so much for watching! I'm so pleased that you've found this technique helpful and cost saving 😁 I used to think about buying a projector before I found this method and it works exactly the same! x
Excellent video! Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida and now we have Camera Emma. Old school projector. Thank you for this. The art to this is approaching it from the right angle so to not obscure your lines. That's a challenge. thank you for this!
I need to save this process for my digital work! Thank you! Could be a huge game changer for me! I was actually looking for a completely different method to transfer my digital work to canvas when I found your method!
Youre a blessing to me...since i am in my early senior years i am having hard time to see detailes in my sketches ...so i love this tutorial it will help me a lot.Ty so much!!! 😍😘😙
So simple, so low tech, so primitive, so ingenious! I didn't think it would work without a lens, but it sure does. Better than a pantograph, certainly you can get things much bigger. I want to scale up outlines of horses running so I can transfer the shapes and create 3D stucco horse art work on outside of my house, this is perfect. I may use plastic food wrap, cellophane taped together to trace the large original artwork. Thanks so much Emma, very cool, I love it!
@@lesliemiller3628 I ended up buying the projector about a year ago and It was pretty nice! I haven’t used it since then tho. It’s good for mini movie nights. How did the bulb almost burn your phone? Did you project it onto your phone?
This worked beautifully! I enlarged a 7x10 inch photo of two zebras from our safari onto a 36x48 canvas. Now I'm getting ready to do my creative work. Thanks!
This is the fastest method I've seen.I used a shoe box (threw away the lid) and cut a rectangle in the bottom. Fast! Simple! Worked good enough for making my poster!
Great idea. I've been looking at projectors today but then looked for an alternative and found this. I want to paint pictures from photos I have taken and I don't have them printed out, so I'm just going to trace them off my PC monitor instead :-). Top tip people.
Omg! Emma! You are a genius! Thanks so much for the video and the demo. The best ever. You can also use transparency sheets for the tracing. I bought a large piece to make a grid, but I can now cut it to the size I need for this project. Inexpensive, works great and you can do it in any size you want. This is the best video. Blessings and be safe.
Wow..😯 This is pure genius.👏👏🙌 Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🙏. You're the best.. I'm SO subscribing to this channel ASAP.. finally my search is over.. trust me, I've searched, and you're the only one person on RUclips with the best idea. God bless you dear.🌹❤️🌹
i was looking for a simple way for projecting a drawing on canvas/ wall. this video is amazing. very easy and such a smart way of using just a cardboard and torch/ light source. thanks for sharing
I have always wanted a projector, although the image can be somewhat distorted this way, I don’t know why I never thought of this. It’s amazing I never heard anyone else mention this way either. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
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I googled how to enlarge and project onto canvas without a projector and it led me to you! This is the exact low tech solution I was looking for! 🎉 Thank you for this video!
Amazing, I love that!! 💜
You're a bloody genius! Thank you! x
I saw this and thought it would help me with a large portrait I am working on. I had hit a dead end , or so I thought, for days. I was working from a small photo, which I hate doing but had no alternative.The portrait seemed OK but just a bit 'Off'. I did masses of drawings, couldn't get it right and I was desperate. I found your wonderful "OWLY" image and today I made a box, got some film, my phone, a sharpie and tape. I couldn't find your blog so I did it from memory. I drew the major points (I was making a portrait of my husband, so it has to be good). I taped it in the box and took it to the portrait. I was amazed that I had actually got it right in the painting and it matched the projected drawing! I was delighted. It was the shape of the head that was throwing it off and that was easily corrected. I am SOOOOO grateful to you for your wonderfully simple projector and your very sweet and direct way of presenting it. I will use the method to sketch out portraits in future, but I am also delighted that I had got it right in the first place! I have had to return to painting seriously in old age to make ends meet, so this is not a pleasant hobby. Thank you so much I am eternally grateful not only about your video , but also because it restored my confidence!!
Oh wow, this is such a lovely comment - thank you so much for letting me know how much it helped you as that means a lot to me. It's such a simple method that works so well and I'm glad you able to correct what went wrong. I hope all your future portraits go well ☺
Out of all the methods I’ve seen this is the most clever one! Trying it out today.
amazing! 😁 thanks for watching!
Completely agree! I can’t wait to try it out !
Very much like the old masters used to do. You have brought a very affordable way for anyone to enlarge an image. I use a projector, but I am lucky to have one. This is so nice for those who want to enlarge images.
Thanks Ray 😁
I want to salute you for your ideas that are creative and helpful to many people.
Thanks :)
My Dear Friend! My overhead projector fell and stopped working. I have been searching all morning for a work around. After tedious DIYs, apps that are bogus, and a great deal of frustration, I found your video! From one artist to another, much thanks!🤗💜
Aww I'm so pleased! Glad I could help ☺
I was looking at buying a projector, but definitely going to give this a go - thank you Emma! I have lost my confidence with freehand drawing, so this is very useful for me.
Oh that's great! I'm pleased you found this video before spending money on a projector - it really is a good method 👍🏻
you are right freehand drawing is not easy, it takes plenty of practice. Vincent Van Gogh said, to be a Fine Art painter, you have to start with drawing. Wish you luck with your paintings
The whole process is an art by itself 😂
I used this process on a painting I'm getting ready to do and it worked so wonderfully.
0:48 Same Approach and Problems here! Thank you for this Video!
Brilliant!! I am a silk painter and I frequently need to enlarge my drawings to the proportion of the canvas I will be mounting my silkpainting on (photo>tracing>enlargement). This is by far the simplest, easiest, and cheapest means I have seen of doing that! Thank you for saving me $ on a fancy projector:))))
I'm so pleased this will help you and save money!! 😁👍🏻
Ingenious! Thank you for sharing, you’re saving people hundreds of dollars on a projector 💚💚💚 thank you immensely! May you receive prosperity, wealth and large sums of money everywhere you go. Happy Holidays, Emma!
Thats such a lovely comment! Thank you 😊 ☺️
Simple and effective, I love the home made recycled cost free nature of your projector. Thanks for posting!
Thanks you 😁
You are a life saver!! I am making a display at work (Lowes) for the christmas tree tent area. I needed to project an image onto a fence panel so I could paint it on there. Our projector is missing and to rent one for a 20 minute job was crazy. I have tried some other methods and they didn't work. THIS WAS PERFECT!!
I can't thank you enough for making this video!!
Aww that's so nice of you to say! I'm so pleased it helped and that you didn't have to end up renting a projector 😁 I bet your display looks lovely!!
This is awesome. I've been asked to do a human portrait. Animals are my specialty. Given the fact that the family member knows exactly what the loved ones looks like, there is no margin for error. This is brilliant.
thank you :)
That's an ingenious approach, I'm impressed.
You have me thinking now about how to make a version with up to a 24x36 inch canvas horizontally on a table with an Anglepoise or clip lamp so i don't have to crawl about on the floor with my bad back.
Yes amazing, it should work 👍🏻
I just used this method and it worked great. Thank you!
This is such a great idea! I think I’ve heard of it before, but you explained it all so well. I trace a LOT, using carbon paper or just laying down a lot of graphite or color pencil on the back of the photo or image, bc I just don’t want to take forever before I can even start painting…
the drudgery of erasing, drawing, adjusting, erasing, again, and on and on before I can even get get going with the best part. Thanks so much!
Yes I totally get the struggle of years of tracing and drawing graphs and erasing so I was so happy to find this technique and I'm glad I can share it with everyone 👍🏻
Very smart idea, no projector ,no high expense. Ingenious, thanks for the tip.
This deserves waaaay more views
Thanks! ☺️
Thank you, for the tutorial!!!
This really saved me spending so much money for an enlarger! I’ve been admiring the large canvas paintings of a dogs face on a large canvas in my vets office. I’m definitely going to use this method to Wow the friends
Thank you so much. This is incredible! Other ideas I've seen with cardboard are quite involved, so I don't bother. Yours is so simple and works. Thanks again.
Perfect!! 😁☺
I saw this last month. Now i want, i was searching about a week for this video..❤️
Finally i got, and followed. The best one..✌️😊
amazing! I'm glad you found it 😁
Thank you for the no BS presentation. Well done
Excellent tutorial Emma. I will definitely be following these instructions. Well done.
I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video! I hope your project goes well 👍🏻
Brilliant! I've been struggling for hours this week, trying to get an image on a large canvas; I'm pretty picking about sizing. I was looking at expensive (and bulky) projectors; this is easy, quick and don't take up any storage room. THANKS!
I'm glad the tutorial has helped! and saved money too :)
Thank you. I had an old school projector and it burnt out. This is brilliant way to use projection on the cheap
.so useful😊
So glad to help ☺
I've watched multiple transfer videos! This is my favorite! Can't wait to try!
Love it!
This is brilliant! You legit made a DIY projector. I remember using overhead projectors in school back in the day. Thank you.
What a cost saver Emma! This technique will never fail because of equipment failure or connection with a mobile device issues, further more it does not require us to download yet another App to accomplish this task! Brilliant! I'm going to use Clear Acetate or Mylar Sheets to trace my images onto because they are perfectly flat, and you can choose how thick you want it to be. Furthermore, you can easily save the image in a file folder or manilla envelope, should you want to use it again in the future! My Mom was an elementary school teacher for 38 years; the Clear Acetate or Mylar sheets I'm referring to are the exact same thing she used with the overhead projection machines in her classroom!! I have considered purchasing an old used overhead projector, but they are hard to find. I think there is only 1 company that still manufactures these machines and the price of a new projector is apx $300. Thank you for this content Emma! ~~Christy~~
Hi Christy, thanks so much for watching! I'm so pleased that you've found this technique helpful and cost saving 😁 I used to think about buying a projector before I found this method and it works exactly the same! x
Love it. I am going to try it ❤ Thanks for sharing!
Incredible
You are amazing 👏 Thank you for sharing your ideas and gifts with us!
Never in a hundred years would I think of this method, cheap and easy.
Thanks 😁👍
That is just so cool!!!! I've been using grids for yrs, but feel I must try this. Thank you!
I’m not an artist. First trying to do something for my son. It worked so well!! It kind of made me look like a professional. Thank you!
That's great! 😁
THIS IS SO CLEVER and I love that its everything you can do just from stuff at home!!
Thanks hun ☺️
Excellent video! Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida and now we have Camera Emma. Old school projector. Thank you for this. The art to this is approaching it from the right angle so to not obscure your lines. That's a challenge. thank you for this!
Yes, its a bit of a challenge but easier if you can prop it up off the floor
I need to save this process for my digital work! Thank you! Could be a huge game changer for me! I was actually looking for a completely different method to transfer my digital work to canvas when I found your method!
Amazing! 🤩
So clever !! I am going to try it this weekend.
Thank you for this tutorial. I am working on a workplace project, and this is exactly what I was looking for. Great job!!!
That's great! ☺
Youre a blessing to me...since i am in my early senior years i am having hard time to see detailes in my sketches ...so i love this tutorial it will help me a lot.Ty so much!!!
😍😘😙
Amazing!! I'm so pleased 😁
Brilliant idea ! I was looking for something like this. It's so simple, and clever.
Amazing! This is the low tech answer I have been waiting for 🎉🎉🎉
Yay!! 🤩
So creative. I was looking for a projector and never in my wildest dreams would have come up with this. Good to know.
So simple, so low tech, so primitive, so ingenious! I didn't think it would work without a lens, but it sure does. Better than a pantograph, certainly you can get things much bigger. I want to scale up outlines of horses running so I can transfer the shapes and create 3D stucco horse art work on outside of my house, this is perfect. I may use plastic food wrap, cellophane taped together to trace the large original artwork. Thanks so much Emma, very cool, I love it!
I'm so happy the video has helped! I'm sure your artwork will look amazing scaled up! 😁
Amazing hack! I was about to spend over $60 on a mini projector that would’ve stalled my project for days! Thank you so much for this important tip!!
I bought an inexpensive projector and the bulb almost caught my photo on fire !!
@@lesliemiller3628 I ended up buying the projector about a year ago and It was pretty nice! I haven’t used it since then tho. It’s good for mini movie nights. How did the bulb almost burn your phone? Did you project it onto your phone?
Great idea worked very well with a few adjustments and very easy compared to some of the grid ideas. Thanks heaps .
This worked beautifully! I enlarged a 7x10 inch photo of two zebras from our safari onto a 36x48 canvas. Now I'm getting ready to do my creative work. Thanks!
Amazing!! I'm sure it will look amazing 😍
So clever. Thanks for Charing your idea
Wow... very wonderful and amazing metode, I love it. Thank you for the tutorial.
This is the fastest method I've seen.I used a shoe box (threw away the lid) and cut a rectangle in the bottom. Fast! Simple! Worked good enough for making my poster!
Amazing!! I'm so pleased 😀
Great idea. I've been looking at projectors today but then looked for an alternative and found this. I want to paint pictures from photos I have taken and I don't have them printed out, so I'm just going to trace them off my PC monitor instead :-). Top tip people.
Yes that would work too! 😁👍🏻
sounds great.
That's a good thought.
This is so easy and SMART. Thanks for sharing this!! ❤️👍
the smartest thing i've seen all month
Wow. I can hardly believe that projected to clearly and strongly. I’ll have to try it out. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you so much this helped me with my art and a really didn’t want to buy a projector this was so helpful! I’m going to try it rn
That's great! :)
Crumbs that is clever, I had no idea that this was a possible technique!
Wow!! This is great!! Simple but very clever! Thank you!
Very useful video, thank you Emma!
perfect idea for wall paintings
I LOVE this idea! Thank you so much for sharing with the community.
OH MY GOD!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
This is reaaaaalllly helpful!!
Yay I'm so pleased!! 😁
Wow! I am so impressed with you and your method! Thank you so much. I cannot wait to try it too. Have a blessed day. xx
Thanks soo much! Glad it's helped x
Wow! That is so much faster than using a grid method to enlarge things! Thank you!!!
Yes!! I remember the days I used to use a grid, so long!! 😅
@@EmmaRave I am still using the grid. I find it faster than digging out an overhead projector, setting it up and using it. But this is faster.
Thank you Emma. You are awesome. Will try this to trace my sketches onto larger canvases.
Omg! Emma! You are a genius! Thanks so much for the video and the demo. The best ever. You can also use transparency sheets for the tracing. I bought a large piece to make a grid, but I can now cut it to the size I need for this project. Inexpensive, works great and you can do it in any size you want. This is the best video. Blessings and be safe.
Thats great! Good idea with the transparency sheets - I also used to use those 😁 I'm pleased you enjoyed the video 👍🏻
You're an angel!! I had an art project to do for school and this helped immensely!! Thank you sooo much 💕🎇
Wow..😯 This is pure genius.👏👏🙌 Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🙏. You're the best.. I'm SO subscribing to this channel ASAP.. finally my search is over.. trust me, I've searched, and you're the only one person on RUclips with the best idea. God bless you dear.🌹❤️🌹
Ahh amazing! Thank you sooo much ☺️
thanks for the explanation. you made it look easy! super helpful!!
WHAT AN AWESOME WAY TO ENLARGE YOUR SUBJECT! THANK YOU FOR AN EASY, ECONOMICAL TRICK.
Thanks!! 😊
i was looking for a simple way for projecting a drawing on canvas/ wall. this video is amazing. very easy and such a smart way of using just a cardboard and torch/ light source. thanks for sharing
I'm so happy it helped you :)
Brilliant!
Thank you! This is exactly what I've been looking for.
This is amazing, you are so smart! I don’t need to buy projector to finish my drawing homework! Thank you so much!
Omg...wow! That is a neat idea. Thanks for sharing.
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Thank you!
I'll remember this tip when I need to sketch & enlarge from a small photo. Thank you!
You just saved my money I was going to spend on projector 🥰
Thanks so much . This was very helpful. I find the grid method so tedious. Super.
Yes me too! I used to do the grid system and it was such a long process 😅
I have been searching for this and you are the best and most simple way... Thank you so very much.
I have always wanted a projector, although the image can be somewhat distorted this way, I don’t know why I never thought of this. It’s amazing I never heard anyone else mention this way either. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings
Amazing! I'm so glad to help ☺
very smart idea, helped me so much. thank you
Fantastic idea. Thank you for sharing! I will start using this. Much easier than drawing from scratch!
I can’t wait to watch each of your videos
Thank you for posting this!! Very much appreciated. 👍💯
This is a genius method! I've downloaded the video. Will be using this method soon! Thanks a lot for this keep up the good work! 🤝
Thank you 😊
Thanks for this tip I needed this one sometime I don't have any time to sketch.
This is brilliant! I was going to buy a projector, but I will try this instead. Thanks!
Genius, can't wait to try it.
very interesting artistic technique, simple, efficient, an organic natural way to replace projector..
This is awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for sharing this technique. I will try it soon . 🙂
Love it, great idea and well demonstrated
Thank you for sharing. I’m definitely going to try this
Wow, that's so cool! Thanks for sharing. ♥️
Great idea! I will be trying that sooner than soon. Thanks, Emma
Wow 🤩 thank you so much for sharing! So helpful!🙌🏻🫶🏻