Transfer a Photo to Paper - The FASTEST and EASIEST way I know to Transfer ANY image to paper

[@wildlifeartjm]

my art lessons Patreon art channel - www.patreon.com/wildlifeart Art lesson website - www.jasonmorgan.co.uk/ Artists reference photo site - www.wildlifeart-online.com/ Facebook - facebook.com/jason.morgan.wildlife.art/ Instagram - instagram.com/wildlife_art_jason/

[@catherinemourounas7132]

I LOVE your tutorials-as "seasoned" as I might be, I ALWAYS pick up something new! Thanks Jason for having this channel, this group, and especially for letting us all be your students!!!

[@wildlifeartjm]

thanks for your very kind words.

[@peterandersson7877]

Thank you Jason! Finally I found my master to follow! Love it!

[@wildlifeartjm]

my pleasure :o)

[@garrymarlton3656]

Always good to see again

[@TerrieJohnson731]

I thoroughly enjoy your very helpful content. Thank you. I'm just starting to be interested in animal art. Six years of playing with watercolor I have begun soft pastel. I'm not sure if realism is going to be my style but I know there's much to be learned from it. I'm glad to see that you tranfer the same way I do.

[@wildlifeartjm]

Good luck!

[@michellelittle9184]

Excellent as always, Jason.

[@ClamJaneH66]

Thanks for sharing Jason. Great instructional video.

[@marionwoody1217]

Thank you for showing us this technique. I am ready to take my first tutorial from you. I’m a little nervous as I am an acrylic and watercolor girl. Love your work.

[@wildlifeartjm]

you will do fine - its all a learning experience

[@witchinastitchcrochet]

This is exactly what i do 😊 love the transfer paper especially the white one, invaluable. From one artist in a sunny (today) wales to another, 👋

[@wildlifeartjm]

no sun in my part of Wales :o(

[@witchinastitchcrochet]

@wildlifeartjm oh that's a shame! I think if I blink it may disappear though 😂

[@michelleperry1042]

Thank you for sharing this transfer technique, I try to draw, but I am not the best at it. This would certainly speed things up, especially on very detailed drawings 😊❤

[@wildlifeartjm]

my pleasure

[@stevenhopkins2925]

I like your honesty about transferring photos like this. My problem is that I've worked very hard to be able to free hand my work to a decent standard while other "artists" trace and deceive buyers by not telling them this method was used. I now have to declare that I free hand all my work in the hope of a little extra credit.

[@wildlifeartjm]

I have lessons teaching drawing freehand too - for me it comes down to time. But in my opinion everyone should be free to do what they want and if they want to use a tool like the old masters even did thats up to them.

[@stevenhopkins2925]

@wildlifeartjm I agree, but like I say, it's an honesty thing to me. I already said how I feel cheated if someone has traced but also, if you can draw to a high standard then the only time, I can see, where time would be a factor, is in a commission and then the person who selected you might not be as happy with the result if they knew it was transferred like this. Free hand should be encouraged, I think. Just use transferring for painting practice. Each to his own though eh.

[@stevenhopkins2925]

@@wildlifeartjm I would happily transfer or project one of my own smaller sketches if I was having trouble with a likeness or to speed up the process of enlarging a sketch to a big canvas.

[@marytesta3003]

Even great artists did the light box 100s of years ago.

[@stevenhopkins2925]

@marytesta3003 what difference does that make?

[@613toot]

omg this is as old as the hills,been doin like this for years jason.

[@wildlifeartjm]

yep thats why I say in the video" Ive been doing it for over 25 years " - this is a new video for new artists just starting out.

[@evelyndominguez4757]

Yes, it’s new for me. Thank you 🙏

[@vapsman88]

Great information, Jason. Recently I discovered another way, I have an old Lightbox from the 80's that still works. I was amazed to find out I can see the outline drawing when placed underneath the Pastelmat Card. Also I have been a member of Patreon since 2016 after a recommendation by Lisa Clough (Lachri).

[@wildlifeartjm]

wow I didnt think that would shine through pastelmat

[@candlelight245-g7e]

Make a video about where you get your pan pastels and pastel pencils🤗🙂💜💛💚💙 please

[@brendadoyle643]

Thank you! Good video!

[@dijosephine9556]

Hi Jason .can I just use pastel pencils in the lessons or would I have to use soft pastel as well. I have experience in coloured pencils but always thought I would like to try pastels.

[@wildlifeartjm]

some of my lessons ONLY use pastel pencils, many use panpastels too just because they are quicker on the underlayer and save pencils wearing out quickly - but you can absolutely just use pencils like this free lesson - Giraffe - www.patreon.com/collection/196136?view=expanded

[@MegaLana12345]

Hi Jason Do you have a tutorial on making a line drawing from my own photos? I like the line art you provide with your classes but I am unable to make line art just black and white with no background

[@wildlifeartjm]

Yes I have lessons on pretty much everything here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojTi4CmaqxoqK8

[@Trth1707]

I love this , so helpful, I never bought of using a biro, so good.

[@wildlifeartjm]

my pleasure

[@marytesta3003]

I use Saral paper. It doesn't contain wax and is fully erasable. It comes in 5 colors. I just buy a sample set that has 2 of each color. I am an extremely amateur artist so appreciate a very nice and clear demonstration. Thank you.

[@jannewport9358]

I am having to figure out a way to get a large enough reference photo in order to do a large format drawing, like 16 x 20.... I find when I print out a photo on 4 different sheets from my printer, once I tape it all together, it seems distorted. Ive tried and tried... no luck yet! Suggestions?

[@wildlifeartjm]

Ihave a video for that on youtube - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWzkIh5o86Wgsk an this on e- kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqO7dn-XnriDgdE

[@850081236]

I go to my local printer with the photo on my phone. He prints it out in the size you want. In black and white on normal paper it’s not too expensive. I also have a projector where I can trace the photo by taping my paper to the wall

[@jannewport9358]

@@wildlifeartjmExcellent video! Thank you!

[@greensleeves7165]

Jason, I have a question, how much of the teaching material in your Patreon tiers would be on color pencils rather than Pastel pencils?

[@wildlifeartjm]

its almost all pastel and some oils

[@JackSmith-ud9bg]

How to find good art prints for my project such as animals

[@wildlifeartjm]

art prints meaning reference photos? I have 1000 here - www.wildlifeart-online.com/

[@belledobson2007]

really interesting,

[@sussipersson456]

Some paper are sensitive and you can not erase sketched lines, or if you do something wrong and need to erase,in those cases its better to trace

[@EKS49]

May I ask which printer you sue please as I understand the printer makes a difference.

[@MegaLana12345]

Do you print your own reference photos? Does that cost for much ink used?

[@wildlifeartjm]

I use a cheap printer epson xp 7100 and compatible inks so its VERY inexpensive to do. Get a decent paper for the final print you will work from though.

[@rogerredford4010]

More professional artists than would care to admit it, just use a large format printer to transfer the photo...

[@JohnPedini]

Well, time is money...

[@wildlifeartjm]

yes @@JohnPedini

[@juangalindo4555]

No lo puedo creer,este señor tarda 20 minutos en explicar como se hace una copia de foto con la técnica del papel carbón,se creerá que estamos en la edad de hierro.? Que vídeo más absurdo y que señor mas pesado.

[@robincharles7057]

​@@juangalindo4555Mucha gente no quiere utilizar una impresora o una máquina. No tienes que ser grosero porque prefieres usar la tecnología. ¿Estabas buscando un vídeo de 20 minutos que explicara cómo utilizar una impresora?

[@franglais-riders]

I just put the photo of my subject to a spreadsheet, get it to the size I want ( usually to fit a A2 canvas) and print on several pages. It can be fiddly if the printer overlap a bit of the photo, but works ok. I then put the photo together with sellotape. Then I use a wide kitchen proof paper ( the cheap variety) to transfer. Et voilà. Yes a bit fiddly if the image is bigger than what the printer can print in one page, but fast enough.

[@MegaLana12345]

I didn’t catch the name of the pastel paper. I live in California ❤

[@witchinastitchcrochet]

It's pastelmat paper

[@wildlifeartjm]

pastel paper is clairefontaine pastelmat

[@TerrieJohnson731]

I can't afford your photos now due to buying pastels Lol 🤣 maybe later. I installed your app.

[@koontyb4827]

If you're printing the image off the computer via printer why don't you just import the image to an image manipulation app like Photoshop, then desaturate the image and play about with the edge enhancer and levels to produce the lineart for you. That way, you avoid the unnecessary printer ink cost for printing the full image and the rig marole of doing what you do?

[@tusk242]

If this is SOMEONE ELSES PHOTO , THIS IS PLAGIARISM They could be SUED. so So many Photographers do WORK HARD.. NO WONDER ART GALLERIS CONSIDER this JUST being a good COPIEST, and will sue. and if that Person can NOT produce in a court room to PAINT DRAW without a PHOTO how to do a Realist Squirrel , dog , deer. cat, bird. PEOPLE need to know the ANATOMY, and if they do not know the Anatomy with out a Photo, it will show in COURT OF LAW. CAN YOU ? you say you have been doing it for years, May this will show in a COURT OF LAW. to see if you can do it without a photo.

[@wildlifeartjm]

ha.... why do you assume all that? This is my OWN reference photo, one I took with my OWN camera, that I allow my patreon members to use in their artwork. I dont know why some people jump to conclusions before actually learning the facts of anything. I guess the lesson here is to learn the facts BEFORE you rant.

[@rogerredford4010]

I agree that nobody should copy someone else's photo into a drawing or painting without their permission. I often use reference photos shot by the client themselves and with permission that's fine. Although I will say that I prefer a less photorealistic style (in my mind, I may as well display a photo if that's the case), but everyone has their preference and if photorealism is your thing, that's fine too.

[@heidid2346]

@@wildlifeartjmI agree. People should not jump to conclusions. I am not a good photographer so I don’t take my own photos but I always ask for written permission to use someone else’s photo, or I buy it from them or from a website that supplies photos. I hate it when people assume you are stealing someone else’s work.

[@karenhinson9582]

Thank you sooo much. I love your videos.

[@wildlifeartjm]

I agree - thats why I used my own photo in this and all my lessons use my own / copyright free or paid fro images. @@rogerredford4010