How to Transfer a Drawing / photo to Canvas for Painting - Jason Morgan Wildlife Art

[@wildlifeartjm]

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[@sandracarver6]

I always drew freehand because I felt like I would be cheating if I didn't. What a relief to know that even professional artists use tips and tricks, so if they can then I, as an amature certainly can too!. This saves me so much self doubt that I am not good enough. Thank you so much Jason!

[@bigkingsha]

This is great for achieving photo realism. I say if you have excellent drawing skills already you really have nothing further to prove. This is just a shortcut and it speeds up the workload. If you're a person who can't draw very well...yeah - this could be considered cheating - BUT this could also help improve the way you interpret correct spacial recognition. Many people don't understand that after you have the image transferred to canvas, you still must call up the incredible skill of filling it in with paint hues, values, sharpness, edge blurring, light sources and texture. The sketch or drawing can take a few minutes to a few hours, but the paint going on top of it could take days, weeks, months or years! In the end you are still accessing your higher skill to make this work. This is no different than an architect who uses rulers, mathematics and landscaping tools or a musician who uses a metronome to keep good time. Imagine a tailor who never uses a dummy to design a dress or suit...it would be a disaster! We all need tools that help us to build and refine perfection in artistic expression. Excellent video!

[@wildlifeartjm]

king shaman great reply - thanks for oyur opinion :)

[@angeliquemohs4706]

my drawing skills are pretty good but i have found using these techniques help. when im painting ill do a trasing drawing then a free hand and ill do a 3rd trasing drawing. it helps my brain see what i need to improve in my free hand drawing and helps my brain figure out how i want the final painting or colored pencil drawing will go. i can also practice different backgrounds i want to try and see which will ill good in the final piece :)

[@pabrown69]

king shaman Bs it's cheating. How you get the image on the canvas or paper doesn't matter. It's how you render the final image. I know some well paid artists who use projectors or light boxes to be sure to get an accurate rendering of their subject. Are they cheaters?

[@TheLondonForever00]

Best video on KZbin for gridding and transferring drawings, it's helped me so much and given me so many new ideas. Thank you so much!

[@pjlewisful]

You make it so easy to comprehend. You're a pleasure to listen to. Subscribed.

[@wildlifeartjm]

Pj Lewis thanks :)

[@reeleder]

Thank you that was very informative. I cannot draw but have recently taken colouring and now painting. I purchased some stamped canvas to paint. Of course you are limited to what you can do because you're at the mercy of what is available. I will never be an "artist" but I find this so relaxing. I work at a very high stress job and this has become my outlet.

[@robbiewood391]

Thank you Jason for all the different suggestions. Fabulous ideas!!

[@wildlifeartjm]

my pleasure

[@curlyanneb1973]

I've never seen the ruler measuring!!! I can't wait to try it, thank you! (From someone who never had very many classes but kinda likes to dabble in it. )

[@Kalimbarima]

Your channel is now my favourite, a lot of videos i watched are so helpful!

[@vickistanton9972]

Jason, also wanted to comment on all the postings claiming transferring is cheating....many great masters had other artists in training prepare their canvas including the sketch for them. Then they would take over with all the detail, so I don't look at transferring as cheating, I consider it just an individual choice. Life is short...enjoy and don't worry bout it!

[@thepowerofyourtrueself4794]

This is so clever, thank you for sharing ❤️

[@jessicabruggmann9547]

That was really interesting. Thank you very much for this video. I shared it on my facebook page.

[@parvaiznaseem8831]

Great information for Beginners specially. Now I can concentrate more on painting rather than trying to draw the picture. More enjoyment and likely to continue with this Art Form.

[@saltlifegull4091]

Thanks for sharing those techniques. You're such an awesome teacher!!

[@Stellarspace95]

It's amazing what you can do if you really understand what you're looking at

[@sandraellis1081]

Hi Jason You work is amazing ...and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Also being from Cardiff myself ... it is refreshing to hear a fellow Welsh accent and to know that it isn't just singing but also Art that Wales is good at. Thanks Sandy.

[@wildlifeartjm]

thanks for the lovely comment

[@jenniferk7707]

Great video! As a beginner I have already encountered that just one method does not work for every application, so this video gives me multiple options for my tool box :)

[@TheAgigi3]

Thanks. I am used to the grid method but really want to learn the freehand technique. This video is really helpful

[@christinegalysh7433]

Thank you so much for this video. It is wonderful to have these options in one video. Very important for us to make a start on what we art painting. This is a 5 star for sure Thank you again and All the Best

[@itzDave09]

It's always nice to see what your up to Jason. This is a great video for people who really don't know how to draw and for the ones that want short cuts. Thanks and always.... Your The BEST !

[@wildlifeartjm]

Thanks David :)

[@danallured5806]

hi again Jason, a variation I often use is to print a draft of the photo on thin cheap photocopier paper, thinnest cheapest i can get, use a 2" graphite stick and literally use the side of the stick to cover the whole of the bit i want to paint on the back of the draft photo, tape it to the canvas and draw over the outline, same as you would with graphite paper, and you don't need to ruin the original photo if it's a customers. it seems easier than getting hold of graphite paper, at a pinch a beginner could just use a soft pencil lead to cover the back(how i used to do it,but takes longer than a graphite stick. great video again my friend, i have used the projector method on the walls of a residential home for some ww2 artwork I did there, and my sons bedroom wall with a call of duty image. my freehand sketching is fine but since discovering some of these methods I have not looked back and I'm producing much more professional looking work. thanks again Dan.

[@michaelparry1383]

Jason, Great job. We appreciate all of these great techniques. Lisa from Lachri Fine Art covered some of this on her channel and suggested going here to get more details. These are great helps and tips. Your work is great and we appreciate it all.

[@TeresaDominici]

Thank you Jason for showing us, I personally use the grid, it is easier for me!

[@mignolgregory8064]

Enjoy watching the different ways of transferring drawing to canvas I paint but not much good at drawing so I trace or project the image I like the projector that you use and would not mind purchasing one also can it be used on computer as well

[@amberl239]

Soo happy that i found this video! Definitely going to give these methods a try 😊

[@danielparke9915]

You don’t know how much you’ve helped me 😱🙌🏾

[@jenniferstrausser3184]

thank you so much, that has been a huge help to me. I never saw the blocks numbered and lettered before, what a difference rather than counting constantly.lol

[@paintingpete741]

Great video. I'm so behind the times I had no idea there was such a thing as a laptop projector. I've been using the old timey light bulb projector where the room must be absolutely dark. Glad I found your video!!!!

[@bodohkamu]

Thank You so much for your videos. Your tips are amazing and helping me so much with my paintings. Thanks again.

[@Ashtarot77]

Awesome! You've just helped me figure out how I'm goign to tackle a very intricate painting :)

[@soufiepourabdol9339]

Hi.I am planning to get a projector.The one which you are using in this video is fantastic.Will you please tell me the brands name and all the information about it( I mean what model it is).thank you.

[@wildlifeartjm]

Hi Tassycrafty - I agree I think all methods are great to use and practice, this helps observation and a more rounded development.

[@cherylmeredith2248]

Great!!! Really enjoy watching your work.

[@ahmedtarek4932]

Thanks Jason this tutorial is really informative

[@patriciabrown2539]

Thanks Jason, you're tips are really helpful

[@GaryNorthants]

Hi Jason, really enjoying your recent videos. Just a little additional tip when using a ref to transfer from there is a free program called Posterazor that will allow to print any ref over several pages so you can scale to the exact size of your canvas.

[@Claire-77]

Thank you so much, that's a great tip.

[@isabellamargot]

Thank you!! I was looking for an easier pencil transfer method -- I didn't want to scribble all over the back of the image I'm trying to transfer. TRANSFER PAPER! haha. I never would have gotten there, so thank you!!

[@CandidClara]

Really helpful Jason. Thank you!

[@frankypolglish]

wow this really helped thanks pal👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@anuk7473]

Awesome..thank you so much for sharing

[@dianek6129]

excellent video! many options, thank you, just what I was searching for!

[@CrazySeamstress1]

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@dorothykernoghan8908]

Thank you for your help, I do use some of these methods of transfer

[@deckerli5054]

This was very informative. Thank you.

[@rhondamagee7459]

thank you so much Jason, great ideas

[@Linda-qq5mg]

What method would you use for transferring a drawing on pastel paper for a pastel painting? I am not good at free hand drawing! Thank you so very much for all of your videos.

[@wildlifeartjm]

Do the drawing first on paper then trace. I have lots of videos here showing that

[@5173-w2y]

This is an excellent video. I love to paint, but can't draw (depth perception issues). This video will allow me to get the proportions more exact! Thank you! ;D

[@zaratustra5249]

What computer proyector brand you recomment? great video. thank you to share it whit us.

[@cshula1]

Great lesson. Thank you.

[@luisafernandamurilloruiz4872]

Es increíble lo que haces, me gusta muchísimo....voy a aprender contigo y ya me he suscrito: . Gracias por publicar y compartir. Me has motivado a pintar....

[@vickistanton9972]

Hello Jason. Thank you for your lessons. I enjoy them tremendously.I have a question regarding projectors for laptops.I have a Mac Air laptop. Any suggestions which projector for copying photographs onto my layout paper?? There are so many. I'm looking for reasonably priced that I can put a photograph in and trace that's all. Any suggestions?Thanks much.

[@lhawkins40]

Amazing video, and tutorial, thank you for your time to create this wonderful video, it gave me some great ideas, also just subscribed!

[@michellechilton5253]

Thanks so much for this. Very helpful

[@rubengenesis100]

I apparently your video and I liked👍🏼 but you forgot to say what brand projector your using

[@seasonfilms9375]

Can you help me? I want to transfer a landscape scene into canvass for oil painting later with the kids. I dont have the patience to freehand draw on each individual canvass the image we are all going to paint. Is there a way I can quickly put the vector lines or simply an outline image onto the canvass as quickly as possible?

[@allanandmichelle]

Hi which projector did you suggests?

[@KarenBalon]

Thanks so much for this info Jason! I do have a question on projection/transferring. I have created a drawing on paper and want to paint it, however, I want the painting to be larger than the original drawing. So unfortunately I can't use my usual method of transfer paper. I know I can use projection to go larger but have no clue what I need or how to do this. Do you happen to have a youtube tutorial on this method of transfer?

[@tgheinze]

Karen Balon One way is to take your drawing to Kinkos and have it enlarged and printed. Or if you have the right software, you can do it yourself. For example, take a photo of the drawing and rescale it to the dimensions for your canvas, making sure you keep the aspect ratio correct. Mac and PC both have built in apps for this. The trick is to then print it on multiple sheets of paper and tape them together. You need to have software that prints this way, usually called "poster" mode..

[@LostMines]

Thanks for this very helpful indeed. Al

[@crystalheart9]

Really helpful video, thanks so much!

[@wildlifeartjm]

glad you found it useful :)

[@cat123456789woman]

Dear Jason thank you for your suggestions, although in the first way I suggest you could skip more time if you could PRINT the image in Milimeter Paper so you save time from orienting the spaces horizontally and vertically. Also I try to figure if there is a similar way for time saving if one can "print" the image on the paper canvas in a very light way of course instead of transferring with the hand. Has anybody tried that , is that efficient, please give your responses! Thank you so much, I am Catherine from Greece♥

[@LisaVanDyke]

Extremely helpful, thank you!!

[@marysinclair1917]

Hi Jason, I had an idea similar to the carbon paper idea. Have you ever tried burda carbon paper for making sewing patterns. You can get it on ebay, I think there is yellow, blue, red .

[@gypsygirl2681]

Thank you. Awesome

[@ericashmusic8889]

Thanks for these tips Jason, I'm nowhere near your standard artwise,but as a designer by proffession, if you double the dimensions the resultant picture will be 4 x times larger,not twice as big.. hope you don't mind me mentioning that. Kind Regards.

[@ghostrida76]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@Saif_Alrawi]

Thanks very much, I liked your techniques?

[@wildlifeartjm]

my Patreon art channel - lots of detailed full length videos + reference photos + line art - www.patreon.com/wildlifeart

[@dhorieagrimano9270]

Thank you so much for sharing it will help me a lot :)

[@Tassycrafty]

Have you tried negative space? I personally think negative space is also a brilliant method.

[@nsjshj3959]

Tassycrafty l

[@hitendravasa8576]

Fantastic 👌👌

[@supremepower6478]

Great introduction.

[@adinacappell2494]

What brand projector do you have? Thanks

[@samibowers1094]

what kind of projector that connects to your computer are you talking about?

[@rubencwiklenski6248]

that helps me a lot! thank you!!

[@patricia8889]

very helpful , thank you.

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias maestro

[@daisy3690]

thank you so much for sharing!

[@lindamarquis6117]

awesome!

[@Tassycrafty]

Thanks for touching on this subject. I was just reflecting today if the grid method is cheating. As an Art teacher, I always have the tendency to encourage free hand drawing since I have to assess my student's ability to observe, and draw. How do I assess this if the grid method is being used. Right? However, I also agree that this method has been used by great masters. Therefore, I introduce observational drawing( freehand) first, let them develop this skill before introducing the grid method. The latter also requires skills since one needs to be able to understand proportion and I suppose still be able to observe and transfer. Thank you for this wonderful video . Really appreciate it. Tassy

[@greenglass2]

i use grid drawing but now i mostly use carbon tracing but no carbon paper. just flip the page up and down and paint what you saw there. animators draw cartoons like this. the paper gets paint on the back though but you have a direct comparison what you painted to fix it.

[@maximme]

or get a cheap LED monitor. lay it flat on the table, ( detach the stand first) then trace over. Be careful NOT to use too much pressure.

[@SpiritLadyArtist]

Thank you for this. - Barb

[@wildlifeartjm]

appreciate it Barb :)

[@SpiritLadyArtist]

Jason Morgan As you may or may not know society itself is changing. It will not be possible for much longer to make money off of selling DVDs as many artists are doing. I know another young man who is staring out gives full demo shows on youtube as he knows as well. I suggested he take donations as people still need money in this system till the system changes to a sharing type economy called the resource based economy. End of money due to technology replacing the worker. Those who adapt will continue. Those who don't will not or will be forced to adapt. We are in a changing times in our who system due to technology. I would not have followed you for years if it was not for the web. I found you via web. You are where my ancestors are from and I would have never have heard of you otherwise unless you wrote and old fashioned book and sold it in the US. I love technology for this reason. The bad uses will technology in the people's hands it's it cure.

[@The_Blackshield]

Hi Jason - great little video this one, thank you. Is it possible to have a bit information on the projector that you use? I'm thinking about giving one a go myself.

[@wildlifeartjm]

Hi I just borrowed one myself for the demo, but there are LOADS on amazon that are quite cheap :) they don't need to be high spec just for the drawing

[@The_Blackshield]

Jason Morgan - Wildlife Art Thank you. :)

[@finnhudson7735]

I don't know how to make that lines or squares or whatever it is to make my portraits. Can u teach me please.

[@COLORPAPERPRINCESS]

so nice!!

[@prathyushamakamprasad8506]

Is there any software to enlarge the image to canvas size that artists use ???

[@wildlifeartjm]

In Photoshop just go, image, image size and type the size you want.

[@Rustyedit]

what projector did you use ?

[@martagilvazartlife]

Just bought your wildlife volume 2 cd, then i thought , hold on will i be able to use it in the UK since i paid in dollars, is this coming from the states, confused lol

[@wildlifeartjm]

I am uk based :) the cd's and all my dvd's work anywhere in the world anyway :)

[@martagilvazartlife]

Jason Morgan - Wildlife Art Thank you Jason, i just sent you an e-mail :-)

[@RealSega.G]

Thanks!

[@pmb5005]

Excellent video. I am totally new to painting with acrylics and not an artist. Are there any downsides to using graphite paper? Can it be messy on the canvas? Are lines easily erased? Thanks so much for your help. :)

[@kisaraneko4524]

it gets a bit messy and you cant erase it.

[@genevieveplowman6845]

Great thank's very much

[@soufiepourabdol9339]

Hi, is there anybody out there that knows which projector gives a very sharp and detailed image for tracing?

[@narcovice]

the body up toward the beack is the shape of a wave

[@rabindrashakya7839]

Good One..

[@siddharthwagh4058]

👍👍👍👍👍 nice

[@Junkbox2012x]

My god this helped me alot

[@Junkbox2012x]

I've now been able to sell 8 canvas to a realism structure

[@wildlifeartjm]

just uploaded my latest free tutorial video - have a look :)

[@NickRowlandsMusic]

Ah hello my fellow welshman. 👋 It took me about 5 seconds to detect that accent. 😁 Great tips 👌🏻

[@jackson3910]

Sir please make a workshop for us sir

[@narcovice]

i would use the outside shape of the paper as guid

[@irangel1958]

thanks for this, I just subscribed and this is very helpful. I love drawing, but sometimes the "tools" you mentioned here let me get on with painting. good work, much appreciated. -Ismael