a coloring book to transfer an image from.
I am working from this graphic that I downloaded -
Print out the graphic and flip it over. Using a number 2 pencil, color the backside
of the image. Like this ......
Now flip it back over and place on watercolor paper. Be careful not to move
the paper around on top of the watercolor paper or you will smear the pencil.
Now take your number 2 pencil and outline right over all the black lines.
Applying heavy pressure. Again be careful not to move the top paper.
Applying heavy pressure. Again be careful not to move the top paper.
The following is what your watercolor paper will look like with the image
transferred to it. Now take your pencil and go over the light lines to
darken them with your #2 pencil. You must keep spinning the paper making
sure your hands don't touch any of the darkened pencil lines. IF you do, it
will smear the pencil.
This is the picture after going over the light pencil transfer and darkening
in the picture.
The final step is painting in the color. The pencil lines might bleed just a tiny
bit into your color, but it's not all that noticeable. Try and keep your brush and paint
just a little on the dry side. Dip in the color and maybe touch it to your paper towel
to get the water out of it just a little.
I could have painted this will just a little less color and then shaded it in more,
I could have painted this will just a little less color and then shaded it in more,
but this is how it came out. :)
PROVING .... even IF you can't draw a straight line, you can still paint in watercolors.
* You could just very lightly transfer the drawing to your paper and skip the
pencil darkening step. This would give you a picture to paint without the
dark line edges. If the transferred picture still looks too dark, you could erase
some of the area before you started to paint.
You will notice that the leaves on the painting don't look exactly like the
original graphic. I did not like the look of those leaves so I just changed it up. :)
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