When I begin a project, I almost always create my drawing on tracing paper and any brand will do. The benefits are several; 1) you will not damage your watercolor paper from erasing, 2) you are able to see the positive and negative shapes more easily to critique your drawing before you start painting, 3) you can draw an element, a flower for example, multiple times and place them on your drawing to see which angle works best and 4) you are able to use your pattern again!
Once you are happy with your composition and you have redrawn your drawing using a black fine tip marker (if you do not do this you will not be able to see the drawing), you have two options. The first option is to turn over your drawing and "line in" your drawing on the wrong side of the tracing paper with a 2B or H pencil (see video)
OR you may take a pencil and cover a small sheet of tracing paper, all over,and place this under your drawing when transferring to your watercolor paper.
Linda C Miller Artist | Naturalist | Instructor
Copyright Linda C. Miller 2022
Once you are happy with your composition and you have redrawn your drawing using a black fine tip marker (if you do not do this you will not be able to see the drawing), you have two options. The first option is to turn over your drawing and "line in" your drawing on the wrong side of the tracing paper with a 2B or H pencil (see video)
OR you may take a pencil and cover a small sheet of tracing paper, all over,and place this under your drawing when transferring to your watercolor paper.
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Linda C Miller Artist | Naturalist | Instructor
Copyright Linda C. Miller 2022
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