Over the last seven years I have used a mechanical pencil to "trace" my drawing onto my watercolor paper. I own two mechanical pencils, a .5 and .3, and have been using the .3 because it produces a finer line. BUT it also breaks quite easily. I was transferring my pineapple drawing and became frustrated, very frustrated.......note, artist problem solving opportunity!
In the 90's I took tole painting classes. It was popular back then, much like the painting parties are today. To transfer the pattern to your project, one would use a waxy graphite paper and a stylus. I still have that very stylus.
So I took it out and began to trace over my pineapple drawing and it works! Oh my and it works! Why? At the end of the stylus is a round ball. It is smooth and will create a smooth line on your paper and it DOES NOT break!
Here is what the tool looks like. I recently purchased this stylus from the Holcraft Company for my upcoming art demonstration. I purchased the small stylus which has a very small pin head, but you may also order the medium size for this purpose.
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