Tracing Paper Sketch Transfers for watercolor and other media. Preserve your paper using this trick.

[@AuroraDragonDesigns]

Thank you for taking the time to explain this process. Your artwork is lovely.

[@bohanart]

Thanks! I hope you find it useful.

[@lynnfrenette8706]

Awesome, I will definitely try this. Thank you so much for taking the time to show us your tips of the trade.

[@bohanart]

It definitely helps me.

[@lynnfrenette8706]

@@bohanart just a add in, I tried you process today and it worked great. My tracing paper is by Canson and states on it it is resitant to scraping. It worked very well. Thank you again, I found this is a lot better way to transfer an image to watercolour paper.

[@bohanart]

@@lynnfrenette8706Happy to hear!

[@voliabrandaolaveneremachad7849]

Great tip! I’ll try it!

[@bohanart]

I hope you find it useful.

[@dianedavis1833]

Great video! Your art is quite beautiful!

[@bohanart]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@bubbletip9836]

AAAGGGHHHH! So simple dammit why didn’t I see this sooner?!!!❤

[@bohanart]

It sure has helped me keep things neat and clean.

[@farmingmama]

Thank you! Will be trying this.

[@bohanart]

I hope it is useful.

[@CC-ho5lw]

Why not just use graphite transfer paper? Also I’m confused when you mention if you’re using a high quality tracing paper you can get 2 or 3 transfers from it? How can one re-use a piece that already has one specific drawing on it for then an entirely different image?? 🤔

[@bohanart]

Great question. Basically it is a much cleaner result. Graphite transfers have the graphite over the whole back and tend to leave lots of smudges and accidental transfers on the relatively delicate watercolor paper. WIth the tracing paper you on'y have the graphite exactly where you need it, so it is a much cleaner, less smudgy result. When making your own transfer with tracing paper, you can transfer that SAME IMAGE if you make a mistake on your piece. It doesn't get reused for any other image/drawing. I just throw it away once the painting is finished.

[@CC-ho5lw]

@@bohanart Gotcha. I find the Saral brand to be excellent at both transferring and not smudging. Important not to lean on it while transferring and if there is a tiny smudge or two they are tiny and easily dabbed off with a putty eraser.

[@bohanart]

@@CC-ho5lw if it works for you, go for it! I always ended up having stray marks. THe tracing paper is also handy for me because I often only transfer part of the sketch at a time... like the background lines, then do the wash, remove the frisket and then transfer the detail for the foreground. The translucency of the tracing paper makes that really easy to align as I go.

[@TheCombatartist]

Get to the point, make the point and be done with it.

[@bohanart]

Sorry if I was long winded... skip to 4:00 if you just want the action.