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Summary: Trace a bowl onto watercolor paper using erasable transfer paper. Learn how to trace an image for watercolor with expert tips from an art teacher in this free painting video.
Cody Davis is an artist with over 35 years experience in oil, watercolor and acrylic painting. He has a fine arts degree from the University of Texas and 12 years experience teaching...read more
"Now what we have done is we have an outline that we are going to be working from and I have got some special made gray tracing paper. It is covered with a graphite that is gray so when I press on this and create an outline it will transfer right into and onto the paper. I am using watercolor paper because it will handle watercolor a lot better than just drawing paper. Now this especially made art transfer paper it is not carbon paper used for typing so if you do make a mistake you can erase the gray transfer and before we lift it completely off we want to lift it to make sure that we transferred everything we want. I don't press real hard because I don't like big lines on my watercolors. Some people do it is just a matter of taste. So there it is it is barely there and it is exactly like I want it."
eHow Article: Watercolor Bowl Tracing