Getting your Drawing onto your Canvas Perfectly Every Time! Paint More, Struggle Less
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2019
- So many viewers have asked me how I get my drawings transferred onto my canvas to do my complicated story paintings. Join me as I show you how to easily and accurately do this every single time. Once you try this, you'll never struggle with it again!
Timeline of steps:
2:51 Scaling your Proportions
7:00 Drawing
8:05 Scanning
11:30 Squaring your Scan
17:30 Saving for Email
19:00 Transfer Print Email Instructions
19:25 After you Get your Transfer Print Intro
22:28 Supplies Needed
24:38 Doing the Transfer
35:57 Sealing the Drawing
41:35 Finished Drawing and Final Thoughts
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Thanks for doing this Steve. This was such an informative video. I'm looking forward to seeing her painted.
Great video! Thank you. Can’t wait to see finished painting!
Can't wait to see the finished painting.
Terrific video. Thank you for showing me how to seal the transferred chalk drawing onto the canvas. Much appreciated!!
Oh boy, did I need to hear you say to work out all the problems at the beginning. So many times, I am excited to "get going". Thank you so much for this instruction. Your paintings are just marvelous. My favorites right now are "One More for Coffee" and "No More Beans."
Thank you so much Mr Atkinson!!!
Great tutorial Steve...thanks for saving me a bunch of time!!!
Great idea to expedite the drawing. I do this, and use Saral chalk paper for transfer. Comes in white, red, blue and graphite. Saves the time of all that rubbing on the back.
Great in depth information, Thanks so much for sharing Mate 😊🎨
Thank you so much for this video. Its a great help.
Great video! Thanks so much for the thorough explanation and advice when transferring the drawing.
Thanks Crisalida, I'm glad you found it useful... let me know if you use it down the road!
Had I this information many years ago, my life would have been much more productive. Thank you Steve
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been searching for this teaching for some time now.
Hi Ron! I'm so glad to hear that it was helpful for you. Like I said, it sounds like it's complicated, but that's only because I had to show/describe every single part of the process. It really is quite easy once you've done it a time or two. Thanks for watching and commenting, it makes all the work to do these worth it!
Wonderful information. I love that all these shows make art accessible to all people. You take the snobbery out of art. Imagine Renoir or Degas doing transfers in the academy.
Thanks Mary. There's little I like less than snobbery, so you'll never find it here. Silliness maybe, but not snobbery =0)
Fascinating from beginning to the end, thank you for posting this video!
I'm so glad you found it helpful Chandael, thank you for watching!
Cute intro! Thanks for all the great information!
I am enjoying the Red Green format in the beginning.
Even though I know this method of transferring image on to canvas, I really appreciate this video. Thank you for showing an easier way to calculate proportions. I was feeling a little down - the humour in your video made me laugh out loud. Thanks very much. Liked and subscribed!
First Video that I have seen on this Transfer Technique. Thanks so much.
Thanks for watching Paravaiz, hope it helps you in your artistic journey!
Thank you. Excellent demo of the whole process step by step, with a laugh along the way. (I used the stethescope to check my heartbeat before I pulled the paper away after transfer, and the fan to cool me down so as not to sweat on the paper.)
Haahahaha, glad to see you understand the why behind the how! Thanks so much for the laugh James!!!
Great video. Who knew there was so much going on "behind the scene" so to speak. It is good to see the process. It makes the point that good preparation work will help you enjoy working toward the finished product. Thank you for sharing your process. Looking forward to the painting video on this piece.
Thanks for checking it out Karen and for the great feedback! It's so much better to eat that frog early on. Now onto the fun part... grin!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us.
You're very welcome LilysMix Fine Art! I hope it helps you along your art journey. Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Love your works.
Thank you Lisa, that's really kind of you to say.
Thank you sooooo much for This Video!
Have you made the second video?? I'd love to follow this process more.. thank you for sharing!! Love your page!
YOU ARE SO HELPFUL !! THANK YOu !
I LOVE that you have a sense of humor!!!
Awww, thanks, you made me smile 😃
You’re a legend mate!! This is so helpful!!! Keep doin what you’re doin! 👏🏼
Thank you O I, let me know if you try this and how it goes for you... also, if you have any questions along the way.
Great drawing thanks
Thanx for making it fun. You must know that us artists can be serious and obsessive so thanx
Glad you're enjoying them Mary. It never is a bad thing to have fun. Uh, unless you're at a church funeral... that's not good I suppose. =0)
Hi DPR
Thank you for showing your technique and your humor. Like that :)
Thanks SpotterSky, I really appreciate that. Paint on!
This was wonderful! Thank you for sharing your valuable information. I learned a similar transfer method in art school in New Orleans back in the 70s, using graphite paper. (I’m not sure NuPastels were around then.) But, we had no way to enlarge a drawing and had to draw as large as our canvas. Now with Photoshop, we can enlarge but you’ve put everything together in such a cohesive and logical way, that I’m definitely following your method. Out with the old and in with the new! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful and hope it saves you some time and effort. Paint on!
I love how your showing everystep video by video so we can really more of the progress and the work involve. Good job and again an awsome painting.
Thanks pascale 21! Hope it helps you along the way...
Perfect! Thank you~
You're welcome Connie, and thanks for the feedback!
Fantastic Video - Thank You! I so needed this!!!
Glad I could help Judy. I know it's a lot of steps and I probably put in more detail than needed, but who knows...grin.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt It's the detailed teaching along with your wonderful personality that I enjoy. I started oil painting when I retired (old lady) & it has been difficult at times figuring things out. Thanks again for your expertise, I am so grateful.
Great Job THANKS SO MUCH
Hi James, I'm glad you liked it and I hope it helps you down the road!
Great video, thank you.
You're welcome Kathleen, and thanks for watching!
Another great video! I watched some of your other videos a few times trying figure out your transfer process, so it was nice to see it all in one video, very well explained. I was taught (at The Atelier - formerly Atelier Lack) to transfer using acetate sheets and graphite paper. What I like about using acetate is when you lose your drawing you can hold the acetate over your painting to check your drawing. But what I don't like is the extra pressure it takes to make a transfer through it. I like the idea of transferring with thin paper, I will have to give this a try! Thanks!
I'm glad you found this helpful Debra. It sounds like we were taking classes at the Atelier from the same people, though I was there taking night classes and not formally enrolled. I loved the work I saw that you (the formal students) were producing! Thanks for watching. How has your art life been? Do you make art for a living... do you teach, or do you do it for yourself? I'd love to know more!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Hi Steve. I would love to make art for a living, but I'm not at the point yet. I say yet, because I really would like to sell more paintings. I have them all over my studio and my house. I'm running out of wall space to hang them! I do enjoy teaching; right now I have three private students that come on a weekly basis to paint with me at my studio. And I occasionally teach a class or workshop. As you know from being familiar with where I went to school, I did portrait, figure, and still life in art school; and have been pretty content with painting still life since I got out of school. But the main reason I wanted to learn to paint was to do landscapes, so I've been working towards that goal. I live in NW Washington state, which means rain, rain, and more rain. It's beautiful out here but the rain makes plein air painting a bit difficult. I do it several times a year, but I would like to get out more often. One reason I teach is so I can find students who want to paint outdoors with me. I've decided this is my year to work on landscape painting, so about three weeks ago I signed up for Matt Smith's year long on-line class "Simplifying the Landscape." I think it's going to be a big help to me. Anyway, this is getting too long. I just sent you a friend request on Facebook, so if you go to my page and you can find an album of some of my paintings. Thanks again for being willing to share your knowledge!
@@debranorton6434 I'll take a look on Facebook, but I know the level of work you students produced is high. Matt is a great guy and wonderful teacher. I have no doubt that you'll learn a lot from him. As far as making a living at art goes, I'm always half joking with people that the only thing harder to make a living at than being a fine artist is maybe being a mime... maybe. Though I'm not sure about that ;0)
I have to be careful with pastels because of a lung condition, but I can use PanPastels and wondered if they could be used the same way to transfer. I rubbed some dark gray on the back of a drawing with a tissue (didn't use a sponge since it doesn't need to be thick), then tried on canvas and paper and it worked great. The nice thing is that you can used different colors...for instance if it's primed in a dark color, you could use white PanPastel. There's no loose powder to get on things or smear the canvas, plus you can easily erase any marks with a vinyl eraser. I work in acrylics so I used glazing medium to seal the drawing and didn't have any problem with it smearing.
Thanks! Gonna do this right now! I use watersolubles, so I hope I use the right equivalent medium to liquin!
I used DanielSmith water soluble painting medium mixed half and half with water and Saral last night and it worked good!
A little know how and a few dollars is correct. haha Your work is amazing. If you have a lot of dollars, you can use a projector to project on the canvas. I don't work big anymore so I can just scan or print. Thank you for the amazing video.
Fabulous directions! Thank you.
Thank you Yovette, I'm thrilled you like it and hope it helps you along the way!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I do not have a computer program like you have, not even similar, so I though just using a graph method would probably work. I love the way you explain things.
I really enjoyed watching this I appreciate you sharing with us. This is Ivana from Canada
Hi Ivana. Thanks for watching and for letting me know that you enjoyed it. Let me know how it goes if you give it a try, and if you have any questions. Paint On!
I always enjoy watching other artists work. Back in my "traditional" days I would use the sarel paper you mentioned to transfer my images to my illustration board. Most of my work were collages, so I could construct the composition directly on the board with various transfer images. avoiding one large transfer. It basically worked the same way your process does, though because I airbrush with acrylic, I didn't need to seal the pencils. Today I do most of my work digitally, so size doesn't really matter. I enjoy watching your process as well as your fabulous art. Thank you.
Thanks John. It's funny how our process carries over. I was an airbrush artist too in my illustration days, though mine were more traditional than collages. I stick with what i know and it works for me. Do you paint for yourself too, or are you too busy doing commercial work?
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt If you type in my name with a .com after it, you'll see what I do. Wish I had more work, but I freelance what I can find on the net. I am retired from law enforcement and enjoy what I do at home.
@@johncollado1151 Wow, you have some wonderful work! Thanks for sharing it with me. Looks like you do some Comicon appearances? Thanks for the law enforcement work you did, that's a hard thankless job, I know!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I used to do a lot of Star Trek conventions back in the nineties, but it was a lot of traveling. I just like to stay home now. I'm going to continue watching your previous videos and look forward to your new ones. Thanks again.
Could the liquin be spray painted on?
There's an easier and cleaner way to transfer, using oil paint and medium. Mix a bit of raw umber with any alkyd medium to a runny but not drippy consistency. Let stand for 5 to 10 / 15 min, depending how runny your mixture is. Then brush it over the drawing lines on the back of the drawing. Let it dry a bit until it's no longer shiny. Tape it to your canvas and trace in a different colour than the lines, like red over black, so you know where you are in your tracing. Check the 1rst line to make sure it transfered. Let it dry. Less messy and permanent. Thanks for the whole demo, very clear & detailed, very instructive. Cheers.
Hi Montreal Artlive, thanks for sharing your way of transferring your drawing! I always love hearing how us artists manage to do the same thing in so many different ways. Mine is only one way that has become second nature for me now. I like how yours doesn't require any sealing! Paint on!!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I learned it from a very good painter and instructor. Thank you for all your demos and thoughts on the process, artfully yours
Great video - how would this process change for watercolor? Graphite instead of chalk and no liquin?
Hi Steve!! I'm really interested in doing some sketching before I come with my acrylic paint, but i'm not sure whats the best approach. First of all, I wanna work on a brown stained canvas that i'll do myself at home (probably using white gesso + acrylic paint). My questions are, 1) Do you know if I can use charcoal pencil's as a drawing tool for sketching if i'll be using acrylics? If not, what would be best pencil? 2) I was planning on aplying 1 or 2 coats of brown gesso, let it dry, sketch on top of it with some pencil, and then apply 1 coat of clear gesso on top of it, so that the sketch marks don't interfere or mix with the acrylic paint. 3) Is there any better way for me to do all this besides this approach? Sorry for the long comment, Thanks for the video , take care!
You forgot the Cup of Tea 🤷♀️. This is a great informative vid. Please Sir 🖐, Why can’t I produce artwork like you? 👏 👍😎🍀
Great video. Wot if U can't draw, cheers Graham
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Thank you! Cheers!
I don’t know why I am even watching it, but I watched it full. Thanks 😅
I thought I had the hang of Photoshop, but this video taught me things I didn't know. Thanks Steve! Some might find the process I've used to be worth a try. It involves a simple program called Easy Poster Printer. The software was once free to download, but now I gather it's sold for a few dollars on the Microsoft store. The program enables you to print an image from your computer to almost any size on 8.5x11 sheets of paper with your own desk printer. It may take a few, or several (or more), sheets to print your specified size and then you need to tape them together to make the final image. Taping your drawing together can be a hassle, but for a basic transfer sketch that can be made at home, it works rather well.
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Doesn’t the printer ink get rather costly over time? This was only $12 for a large print which can be kept on file and no fading like home printer inks can do.
Moreen, You have a good point. I've only made moderately large (12x16 - 14x18) prints. I agree that printer ink is expensive, but it's hard to say how much of an ink cartridge I've used. My focus has been to just put together a basic line drawing to transfer in relatively little time. Once the painting is underway, the transfer drawing is no longer needed. (Original sketches and computer images are on hand for reference.) I appreciate Steve's method and see making use of a printing service for larger and more complex transfer drawings.
Great video!
Thank you Janet, I hope it'll help you along the way!
I've had bad luck using Saral and watercolour. I've tried both the grey and the white and I get lines in my paint that I can't get rid of. I'm probably doing it wrong though.
Thinking of doing old time painting ,horse and buggy type any pointer
VAI FICAR LINDO COMO TODOS!!!
Obrigado!
It’s a very helpful video. Thank you for your patience to deliver it to us.
Very through video. I might be tempted to draw full scale on the canvas
Thanks Jeffhreid. Always a good way to go!
Hi! Thanks for the great video. I have a question: instead of the liquin applied with the brush, could you fixate the drawing whit a fixatif spray like those used on charcoal just to be shore the drawing would't be disturbed?
Hi Sa, I don't know why you couldn't. That should work just fine. I use the Liquin sealer because I know it'll bond with the Liquin I use as my painting medium.
thanks @@SteveAtkinsonFineArt love your work 😊
why do you need to seal the base painting with the chalk drawing?
I have a question about sealing the drawing. Would you think it okay to lightly spray the drawing with fixative before applying the liquin? I always seem to do too much damage to my drawing when I seal. I must admit I did not know about thinning the liquin prior to application. Thank you for sharing your incredible skills!
Hi Donald, I don't know if it would cause the Liquin or future paint layers to resist proper adhesion. The best solution I can offer is to use a soft large brush to apply your Liquin with. Something like this works best: www.hobbylobby.com/Art-Supplies/Brushes/Gold-Taklon-Angular-Paint-Brush---2/p/80872099 Using a light touch, for me, minimizes the smearing of your drawing! Let me know how it works for you.
Does´nt the Liquim melt and erase the lines of pastel? Do'nt you need to fix the pastel drawing before applying the Liquin over ot?
The Liquin doesn't lift much of the pastel drawing as long as you use a light touch to apply it. Some of the loose pastel will move, but not enough to make a difference. It's also why I slightly thin it with odorless mineral spirits. It makes it easier to apply thinly. So, I don't have to fix the drawing before I apply the Liquin.
Great video, so much info for those who paint in these steps. One question, what happened to the baby seal??
Thank you Essie! Baby seal?
Draw Paint Repeat you said lets get this baby sealed when you were talking about the steps. With the video you joked about several things and I was kidding back. Guess it was a hold over from April fools day or the fact I am not able to paint with oils. Next time I will add silly emojis so you will know I’m kidding. It is nice you are sharing so many of your tips with everyone...
Ahhhh, now I get it... sometimes @@essietangle9931 I'm just slooooww. Excellent!
"Yes. Dollars" Lol
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Hi Sue, you're more than welcome! Hope it helps you down the road.
"I know you play doctor!" Ha ha ha ha...LOL
How did you transfer your pencil drawing to the computer. Did you take a photo of your drawing which went to the cloud and you then used it in photoshop? I am confused. I have both photoshop and a Mac. Thanks.
Hi Margarita, after I finished the drawing I scanned it on a flatbed scanner. You can take a photo, but you'll have a hard time squaring it up, so it's just easier to scan it.
I just have the image that I want to transfer to my canvas enlarged or shrink on my laptop and I put the canvas over the screen and copy it.
where the f can you find a that thin canvas ? They are usually thick as hell ! Xd
A very easy way to enlarge any image. without measuring squares .........overlay the original image with clear acetate or good tracing paper or photocopy so as to retain the original. Once the same proportion of the original to the finished canvas has been established - draw diagonals from corner to corner on the tracing or the copy, where those crosses intersect in the middle draw a horizontal line and a vertical line parallel to the sides. These horizontal and vertical lines bisect each side. From the top middle (where the first vertical line is) draw a diagonal to the left side centre and one to the right side centre meeting that first horizontal line. Repeat from the bottom middle to the left and right middle. then from the centre where the first diagonals cross draw diagonals to the four corners. (then repeat horizontals and verticals in diminishing triangles....... NOW do the same with the canvas starting with those diagonals - whatever size it is those triangles will always be in "proportion" to those on the small original image!
What is the reason for coating it with those substances at the end? If you want to paint it, do you have to coat it with the substances before painting it?
Hi Lucian, I use a thin coat of Liquin to seal the painting and keep the drawing in place as I paint. That way, if the paint starts to creep on me, I can always wipe it off to bring it back to my accurate drawing.
Great video. One question - what is the advantage of using liquin to seal the drawing vs using a workable fixative?
Hi nowotny1207 you know, I truly don't know if there's an advantage to using Liquin rather than a workable fixative. Intuitively, I'd say it'd work fine, but I don't know if the paint would react/adhere differently in areas where you didn't spray it on the canvas, so I would make sure to cover the entire canvas. Try it on a smaller painting and see how it goes... would you let us all know what happens?
I am still fairly new to oil,painting, but I have been using the workable fixative to seal my charcoal underdrawing. I do a light spray over the entire canvas and so far I have not had any problems with the paint adherence.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Just from a best practices standpoint, to ensure the long life of your paintings, clear acrylic gesso would probably be a better choice for sealing your drawing than Liquin; the clear gesso will not discolor over time and, since it's gesso, it's going to better absorb the paint layers you apply on top of it, and it keeps the structure of the paint layers simple: gesso, then paint, then varnish. That's assuming you're working on a canvas or panel that doesn't have an oil ground already applied to it, though.
@@ButchCurry Hi Butch, I'd agree with you on the clear gesso. The only clear gesso I've ever bought had a sandpaper like finish to it when it dried. Do you know if you can buy clear gesso without that additive? I know I can always use a 400 grit sandpaper or 0000 steel wool to remove it, but it'd be nice to skip that step.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I don't know that there is one I'm afraid. I think it's down to what the "pigment" is they use that makes it absorbent but is still transparent.
I don't understand the sense of this procees? Wouldn't it be much easier and quicker just to order a canvas with my drawing on it?
xD the more of your videos I "consume", the more I want to pack my stuff, quit my current life and become your student. I could live in your offices' backyard just to learn from your experience haha :D
you are a student, you should never stop learning. Keep working on yourself, even working in a coffee shop between painting will teach you time management, people skills, space management and a million other things I just can't be arsed to type, because my paint is drying on my brush.
Cool Steve! Thanks for the peek into your process. Similar to mine though I don't come close to working that large and like to use graphite paper instead of chalk. So let me get this straight. To assure success, I need to make sure I have a stethoscope and lock my wife in another room?! Did I correctly capture the key points? 🤣😉
Ain't it funny how we get used to a process and use it till the end? Hey, it works, right? LOL.
You got the main points exactly! But remember, always get your wife's permission before you lock her in another room! ;0)
Draw Paint Repeat Excellent tip! Oh and your opening had me chuckling all the way. Thanks for making it fun!
Thanks for watching buddy!
Hi Atkinson, i have trouble with making my oil paints flow. I tried to use them straight from the tube but they're very solid coz some of them are a little old, tried linseed oil then they become too slippery.Am an amateur so mediums will just complicate the process so I use turpentine to mix using brush(sometimes palette knife) but all the paint remains in the brush and you know paints are expensive for some of us in Africa. Please do a tutorial on how to prepare your paints palette the amount to squeeze out the tube! Please
Hi Ted, that can be a problem for sure. Especially old oil paints. There are some colors from some makers that I just won't buy anymore because they come out of the tube too stiff (raw umber from Utrecht for example). I will discard any paint tubes that are so old that even getting the paint out of the tube is an exhausting endeavor! Using linseed oil straight won't work, as you discovered, because it makes things a consistency that keeps paints from working together. Using too much turpentine is not good for anything other than at the beginning of a painting. Using too much further along with thicker paints will cause cracking down the line. I know that you wouldn't rather use painting mediums, but really, that's the solution. I choose to use Liquin. It's premixed and you simply add a little into each mixture. It becomes a habit in no time and you don't even have to think about it.
I'll definitely put your suggestion for talking about paint handling, how much to put out and when to put fresh paint onto your palette, on my future videos list. Thanks for your suggestion, I think it's a very good one!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I had the same problem with the Utrecht Raw Umber, I even bought a 150 ml tube....money wasted, I couldn't get it out of the tube either! Felt like it was 100 years old. Not sure why they are having that problem unless it's a chemical reaction with that particular color. Great video btw way. I've seen your work around the Southwest. I used to hang in a gallery in Scottsdale I believe, it was called Troys of Scottsdale. I used to go to the outdoor art show in Prescott too. My main gallery was Christine's of Santa Fe by the La Fonda hotel. They did will for me for quite sometime. I think they closed or sold that gallery though. They had 6 gallerys in different areas of the Southwest. Good people. I'm you neighbor just over in New Mexico. Glad I stumbled on your site. If you know Gary Morton, he's a good friend of mine. Gordon Snidow lives down here where I'm at also. Great to meet you and I love your work!
Hi @@miccotheservicedog5559 I don't know what's up with Utrecht and that color, it's the only one I've found that's like that. But if you're interested, Rembrandt has a great raw umber with the perfect consistency. Thanks!
Morning steve
Wow what a great canvas that u have made
It looks great when u have done it im wanting to have a go
Im not much good on computer but im going to have a go so please can u give me any hints and tips as im dyslexic and need alll the help i can get?
Thank u again 4 ur great vlog❤💘💖💛💙💜💚💟
Can you just paint on the canvas using acrylic or oils?
Of course Al, you can work however you like. Many of my paintings are more complicated than this one and using this transfer method helps me to get the drawing and composition right so that when I get to the painting part, I can concentrate on values and colors. Don't think I'm telling anyone they need to do it this way, this is just how I work and viewers have asked me to share it, so I did. Paint on!!
is it second part? thx
The painting is finished and I have it recorded, but haven't edited it or uploaded it yet... stay tuned!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt thx!
Great work sir next video plz oil portrait.
I'll see what I can do ramesh. I've got a nocturne scene that's in the can and going to be my next video... but a portrait soon!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt thanks sir
hi there, those look like ball-pointpens, are they?
Yep, just plain old Paper Mate 1.4mm blue ballpoint pens. Nothing special.
when you're putting piquin over the top of the canvas and drawing, to stop smudging i'd recommend an acrylic fixative spray. These are usually used for setting charcoal or pencil drawings to stop smudging. Your liquin will have no trouble going over the top of this and will ensure your drawing is super crisp :)
Hey Steve! Fantastic and thorough tutorial!! After that hilarious intro, I think you need to also start a channel on acting! 😂. You also had me almost in tears with the tool pile-up. Ha ha ha!!! Btw, everyone knows you use a stethoscope to listen for the correct graphite density in your pencils... not pastels. Seriously. Loved this one...you truly have a gift for making videos that overflow in usefulness but that are also fun and entertaining!! Kudos. 👍
Thanks so much Brian, that means a great deal to me coming from you! I hadn't thought of using the stethoscope for that. I just keep track of my heart rate when I become overcome with anxiety, lol! I meant to put a "Cheesy Infomercial Opening" warning at the beginning, but forgot... =0)
Why don't you just thin the Liquin a lot more and spray it on??
Steve. Admittedly I am not the sharpest pencil in the box. Somewhere on the paper blending stump spectrum I guess. So, I have to ask the question. Why not scale up the source photo in Photoshop, print it and transfer it to the canvas?
Hi Chief! I'd hafta say that for me, it takes all the pride out of doing the whole process, from concept to drawing through the finished painting. Other people see it differently, but to me that's tantamount to cheating.
And you just may be the sharpest pencil in the box! ;0)
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Thanks for the reply Steve. I guess it's safe to assume that for you it's more about the process than the end product. I can relate to that in some measure, but get impatient with the process sometimes and want to hurry it along. Oh well, I guess for each of us we really just are looking for what satisfies the need to create.
@@donmoore9605 hi Chief. Everyone is different with their own reasons and process for doing their art. I'd never presume to tell anybody what's right or wrong. It's just that for me, my whole professional career, both illustration and fine art, tracing was a no no. But that doesn't mean it's wrong for you. However you get there is totally up to you!!! Thanks for the question!
I DONT THINK I COULD DO THE PHOTO SHOP PROBABLY TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME !!!
IS PHOTO SHOP ON THE INTERNET ???
I love your voice,
Its so soothing,
This is why I use a digital projector. I simply have a photo of what I want to draw or paint, put it on a flash drive and project it via my digital projector on the canvas and make it the correct size. Don't judge!! LOL! I don't do math. I'm challenged!
LOL! I never would judge you Taylor, lol. You do what you have to to get the job done. Heck, even Rockwell used a projector to speed up the process. Thanks for watching and for your awesome support... Paint on brother!!!
I absolutely agree!
I d like to use a projector, can you tell What is the Best to begin please?
Thats one 'cherry' left handed Gibson you have.
Hiya dagoelius! I pine to have an original Les Paul, but alas, it's still only a dream. That's a Harley Benton SC-450Plus LH you see hanging on the wall. But, it plays like a dream and I love everything about it... except the pickguard, which I've since removed! Play on!!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Oh my! i never would known it was not a Les Paul. Ive heard good things about the Harley's, haven't seen them in Australia (yet) so haven't had a chance to try one out . Play on indeed! (great channel btw)
@@dagoelius Thank you! To buy a Harley Benton you have to purchase directly from the maker, Thomann Music in Germany. They ship all over the world for a flat rate of $35 to the US, so I imagine it would be about the same for you in Australia. Thomann's customer service is second to none. In fact, I ordered a Harley Benton amp and it came wired for Europe (not mentioned in their description) and when it would have cost me more for the transformer than the amp cost, I contacted them to return it. They gave me a full refund and just had me keep the amp (need an amp?....teehee). I was so happy with them that I immediately bought one of HB's acoustic lefties. It's fabulous. The pickups on the electric are Roswells and sound great, but even if they didn't, pickups can be replaced to ones you like, no problem. Cheers!
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Draw a diagonal from one corner to the other corner of you original, Your sized copy will always have one of its corner on the diagonal (that's proportional geometry). Slide your ruler towards you over the original (staying perpendicular or parallel to the original's sides) until you get the desired size in one direction, One end of your ruler is always on the diagonal, the opposite end of the ruler is always on the side of your drawing (the frame). Use this method for enlarging too (Project the diagonal and one side way outside the limit of a small original). No calculations whatsoever. None.
Hi mhrobe....Yep, that works great too. I used to use this method when illustrating. Thanks for sharing this, I had almost forgotten about it!
Why not just use fixative or hair spray.
Hi mosig, I get this question often. I use Liquin because I'm sure that the paint layers that I'll be applying over the sealed drawing are compatible with each other. I'm not quite as sure about workable fixative and definitely not sure about hair spray. I'd stay away from that. Thanks for asking!
Lol that intro
Thanks Snapper! =0)
" ludicrous speed... GO ! "
the sound quality at first 2 mins was good , then it goes bad a bit and much louder , then it back good again , take care of this at next and thank you
Hiya Pika! Yes, I had to use a camera mounted microphone for this little section since doing a voice over would have been not ideal. I try to avoid doing this, but sometimes it's unavoidable, I've since got a lapel mic, so it's no longer going to be a problem!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt - Hey bud - _REALLY_ enjoyed the video ! Sound was decent, but Pika 's request was reasonable. Using a SEPARATE device to create a SEPARATE live-as-you-go sound recording, and something to time your start to align the voice over, and all's solved ! Its really pretty simple once you get it worked out, and doesn't require any mysteriously expensive equipment. Then once you've aligned the live video track with the live audio track (and the optional music track underlay) in your video editor you're done ! Its easy to control the sound LEVEL that way, and when you look at what you've posted, if you want to make an adjustment and re-post, you can ! _ALL_ that being said, tho, your sound really IS decent, Pika 's just mentioning a possible improvement in quality you and your viewers might enjoy. Seriously, tho, well done - and _Thanks !_ - ALL the best to ALL,from Texas, C.
@@chuckintexas thanks for the suggestion and info. I'm always appreciative of critiques and suggestions for doing better videos! I do have a lap mic now and won't use the camera mounted external mic in the future. Thanks for watching and the compliment as well as the work around. Paint On!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt - Back when I could still speak (10 Year Cancer survivor) I had GREAT success using lapel mic's, and now that they are wireless, the potential is even greater ! Using a HIGH quality mic, Imagine the TOTAL freedom to walk around your studio and narrate on the fly ! The DYNAMIC element would be great ! Seriously, tho - your vid was EXCELLENT, and while I would adjust some of the techniques for my own situation , the APPROACH is absolutely spot-on and VERY well presented ! Thanks again, and ALL the VERY best to you and yours ! - C.
@@chuckintexas Thank you so much Chuck! I sure do appreciate that. BTW, I got my start as a professional fine artist in Texas (Clifton, TX to be exact), so truly, Texas holds a special place in my heart! The folks there are in a class of their own!!
seems like too much work really...why not draw a grid on the original sketch, then a bigger grid on the canvas?
You can do this of course! Many of my paintings require multiple figures and many many faces.Not to mention vehicles like stagecoaches and biplanes.I also work out my compositions in the drawing. I'd rather take the time to get it right in the drawing and transfer the drawing onto the canvas. It might be me, but I don't have the easiest time drawing on canvas, especially ellipses. Thanks for your thoughts agragaevart! Paint on!!
maybe drawing on small area is saving time ..? rather than grid work on actual size
i will try this method in the video for some drawing and sketching on papers before paining actual size , i learned alot
Thank you @@pika9985, let me know if you do and if it helps you or not. Paint on!!
Don't let this guy spoil your fun of making art. Not everyone can be a professorial sketch artist. I have books where you can see the faint grid lines on sketches from Degas and Renoir. And even Vermeer used the camera obscure to put images on canvas. So, don't let this guy spoil you fun.
Hi Luigi. I'm not being defensive, so please don't take it that way... I'm trying to understand your comment and how I'm spoiling people's fun of making art. Can you explain? I would never tell anyone that this is the way it has to be done. Everyone is at a different place along their path to being the best artist they can be. I have a video where I get my drawing onto my canvas by using the grid technique. I'm simply trying to give artists another way of doing what so many struggle with. Thanks for watching and for sharing your perspective... Paint on!!
Sorry Sorry ... my post was not ment for you. I clicked on the wrong video. the other artist that my comment was ment for, in my humble opinion may be turning many would be artists or just people who like to create, away from art. He was pushing for most people to stay away from anything that helped put an immage on the canvas. Sorry for my harable mistake.
@@luigi5890 Hey man, no worries! I've done the same thing myself, lol. Like you I bristle at artists who say that if you take any kind of measurements while drawing or painting you're cheating. Usually that comes from artists who can't draw anything. I appreciate you tuning in and commenting... hahahaha, even it was for a different video, lol!
We all have our likes and dislikes when
it comes to Art. Whatever methods brings enjoyment to someone to
create, should not be discouraged. I would never knowingly do
anything to take away one's desire to create. This is why I was
trying to replay to another artist and posted here by mistake. Sorry
again. Now if I can only get this paint off my hands and stay out of
trouble LOL
A stetoscope? You forgot the microscope and the telescope...
you need to charge your phone :)
Haahaha, I noticed that! Seems like I'm always charging that danged thing! Thanks for the laugh TJ!
Draw Paint Repeat
You might be needing a new battery. Yours might not be holding a full charge anymore. That’s what happened to mine. Great video by the way.
How did you have FedEx print that for $12 !!?? They told me 7.50 per square foot! 🤬
??? When I send it in, these are my instructions: Please print this at 100% in Black and White (print should be __X__"), on your thinnest white bond paper. Leave 1/2" on all four sides for me.
That should do it for you. Don't let them print it on photo paper or anything other than their copy paper. I believe they use their blueprint printer to output it on. I hope that helps, but let me know if you are still having issues! S.
The video can Be made in ten minutes
Feel free!