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Summary: Tracing paper is made to be erasable. Learn what tracing paper is used for in watercolor painting with 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
"This is tracing paper that you can get at an arts or crafts store. It's especially made so that it's erasable, it doesn't have any grease in it like regular carbon paper that you used on typewriters many years ago. We're going to trace out. There's really not that much to trace. Just going to trace out the barn. There's a ramp down here, a loading ramp I'm sure, and then the snow line. These we won't worry about, we'll put them in later. Let's see how this looks. Darken it up in a few areas. OK, that's good enough."
eHow Article: Watercolor Winter Barn Tracing Paper