How To Use Transfer Paper

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In this "how to use transfer paper" tutorial I use the transfer paper found here: helloartsy.com/my/transfer-paper

Manufacturer claims: "Works like carbon paper to transfer designs from one surface to another. Produces waxless, clean tracings that lay erasable on tracing surface. Colors for all-purpose and reverse work, metal, keylining, and light/dark surfaces."

How To Use Transfer Paper - The Easy Way!. Have you ever wondered how to transfer a pencil drawing onto a canvas using transfer paper?

In this free drawing and painting tutorial I demonstrate the best way to transfer a pencil drawing over to canvas ready to be painted. Transfer paper can seem a little strange at first and many artists simply don't bother with it. I never used to use transfer paper; I used to draw directly on canvas before I started my paintings. After getting used to using transfer paper I have come to find out that drawing directly on my canvas is not such a great way to begin a painting.

I have found the extra step of using transfer paper to actually shorten the length of time it takes to create a painting. Why? When I don't use transfer paper I spend more time fixing drawings directly on canvas (super annoying) and I spend more time fixing the painting later on (extremely annoying) when I find out my original drawing on canvas is underdeveloped because the texture of the canvas prevented me from drawing accurately. Also, pencil is hard to erase on canvas making the initial drawing not so fixable. I can avoid all these problems of beginning an accurate painting from an accurate drawing first created on paper simply by using transfer paper!

Not only do I show you how to use transfer paper, but I also reveal some of my tricks for lining your original drawing up exactly with your canvas. If you're like me you spend a fair amount of time composing an accurate drawing on paper in the hopes of creating a great painting. Watch the tutorial to find how to use transfer paper most effectively so that you get an extremely accurate replication of your original drawing on paper.

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