How to Use a Video Projector to Enlarge Drawings Onto Canvas

[@AmpersandArt]

So many great tools that artists can employ!

[@leam1978]

this technique is super useful for murals.

[@ChrisBreier]

Absolutely! It would take a lot longer to enlarge the drawing by hand, even if you used a grid.

[@leam1978]

@@ChrisBreier murals are also good to use sharpies with because treated/stucco walls will tear up those expensive paint pens ;)

[@ChrisBreier]

@leam1978 Do you ever have trouble with the sharpie bleeding through when you paint over your lines?

[@leam1978]

@@ChrisBreier not really. on a canvas, i can see how that might be an issue, but on stucco, the texture (and scale) helps hide it. i'm using novacolor mural acrylics, which are pretty intense. i suppose if bleeding was an issue, i could put an isolation layer over the drawing. for canvasses, this might be something like workable fixative, which i've seen oil painters use over charcoal.

[@Frank_Nemo]

2:50 To find the centre of a canvas, or any rectangle, then draw 2 diagonal lines corner to corner. Where those lines intersect (cross) will the the exact centre, both in terms of height and width.

[@ChrisBreier]

Yep, good tip! I should have added that to the geometry section.

[@Frank_Nemo]

@@ChrisBreier No problem, Chris, and thanks for the interesting vid.

[@endertheawkwardemoji280]

great tips thanks

[@riku6146]

nice video

[@LeftBrainedArtist]

I was wondering how you did this painting.

[@ChrisBreier]

I think this projector will have to be included part 2 of my game changing art supplies video.

[@Phoenix-kp8yq]

Your work is amazing. These courses are not taught in any art college.

[@kennethaquino8352]

its just prove that grid,tracing and other method is not "cheating"

[@ChrisBreier]

Hockney's book "Secret Knowledge" is pretty interesting, he believes many of the masters used lenses and other optical devices to create their paintings.

[@kennethaquino8352]

@@ChrisBreier yes sir whatever your sketching technique you used is doesnt matter