How To Draw On Canvas Before Painting It

What do you use to SKETCH your design on Sheet before painting???

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March iii, 2011 at ten:26 pm #988998

I've ever washed things the same fashion … I utilize a basic 3H or 4H pencil to sketch my design on sheet, then spray fixative over it; And painting over it with acrylics (I mostly use soft bodied acrylics). Nonetheless, I accept seen videos of other artists using what looks like SHARPIES or markers (which i would prefer) to sketch their design. I tried this, only the Sharpie marking shows through the acrylic pigment.

So, what do you utilize or tin can I use to avoild spraying fixative? I don't paint on very thick so fifty-fifty my pencil marks sometimes bear witness through without fixative.

Your method, tools and all thoughts would be welcome. i would beloved to read all your entries.

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March three, 2011 at 10:37 pm #1146823

Hi, I use plaine mechanical pencil 0.7 or 0.9 to sketch kickoff then spray fixative on information technology, paint acrylics with thinned with water Liquitex heavy trunk paints, usualy the underpainting is very thin to encounter the pencil lines thru and then work up layers of pigment, My lines never testify through.
Fee free to view any of my posted paintings, my wip photos show how the paint covers in unlike layers.
I practise know some who do employ sharpies, Like Roger Evans painting done hither called "waiting on coffee" y'all can search the threads for that 1.. its awesome.
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March three, 2011 at ten:51 pm #1146814

I use soft graphite pencils or graphite paper. I've heard bad things virtually sharpies, just Roger uses them all the fourth dimension and says there is no problem. I guess only time will tell. Peradventure he is using a dissimilar brand than those who have problems.

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March 3, 2011 at 11:15 pm #1146815

You may desire to consider a Copic refillable marker with acrylic ink. I take used refillable markers for years simply recently have not been able to find the brand I like so I have picked up several Copic refillable markers and giving those a try. I have non reached much of a conclusion yet merely volition be using them over the next few months to see what happens.

Sharpies sometimes bleed through the paint in time. Some folks don't have issues while others seem to accept major issues. You can also use Seral graphite paper as a transfer medium. Seal similar you lot would graphite pencil.

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March 3, 2011 at 11:36 pm #1146825

Wow, great answers and ideas (I welcome more if you would like to add to this thread).

So, I have read on other posts/Google search that oil-based Sharpies usually practise show through over time (bleed out). Merely, would you lot remember the newer Water-Based Sharpies (acid free) would exist the answer?

Or, to expand on Idylbrush'due south Copic marking proposition, how about innexpensive Decocolor (or their like) Acrylic markers? (http://www.dickblick.com/products/decocolor-acrylic-paint-markers/) … would these exist worth testing? Full-proof?

I'thou a pretty good animator/free-hand artist … Then using a mark to sketch my designs out woyuld feel very comfortable for me. I too hate using fixative so the thought oif beingness able to sketch my design with a overnice fluid marking then paint over it would be wonderful.

Awaiting your great ideas and experienced input. Thank you in accelerate.

March 4, 2011 at 3:23 am #1146817

I utilize a watercolour pencil. It's bang-up for the sketch and but disappears into the acrylic paint.

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March iv, 2011 at 3:57 am #1146816

"Or, to aggrandize on Idylbrush'due south Copic marker suggestion, how about innexpensive Decocolor (or their like) Acrylic markers? (http://www.dickblick.com/products/de…paint-markers/) … would these be worth testing? Full-proof?"

If you read the note it is not recommended to use these markers with acrylic paints. Information technology might be experimental at all-time.

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March iv, 2011 at 12:xviii pm #1146824

I don't like my drawing to show through so I will use charcoal a lot of the time. Graphite is oil based I believe that is why it takes longer to cover it up. The charcoal just disappears hen you introduce the water or paint. It works squeamish when dealing with nighttime colours because it will mix with the paint. This usually is not a problem in the underpaint stage.

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March four, 2011 at 3:44 pm #1146819

I'g too a charcoal user. A calorie-free rough sketch, then castor away all but a faint image.

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March iv, 2011 at 10:09 pm #1146821

I similar light lt blue or lt sienna water color pencils equally they merely disappear into the paint. I have also resorted to pastal color soft pastel sticks as it is so easy to wipe off and change with the touch of a damp cloth. They practice dust off if applied heavily but a few good smacks confronting a solid object causes the backlog to autumn abroad, still leaving enough of the sketch to follow.

March five, 2011 at iii:44 am #1146820

I use water-soluble colour pencil or pastel pencil. That way I can choice the colour to show up on whatever background I have in place. It stays for long plenty to get the underpainting in place yet disappears as presently equally I want it gone.

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March 6, 2011 at ten:27 pm #1146813

I use water-soluble colour pencil or pastel pencil. That way I can pick the color to show upward on any background I accept in place. It stays for long enough to go the underpainting in place yet disappears as presently as I want it gone.

I do the same thing.

March 6, 2011 at eleven:21 pm #1146826

I never seem to have plenty fourth dimension for painting let alone doing extensive preliminary drawings beforehand. I usually spend a minute or then sketching out my subject with some paint on a little brush earlier I starting time blocking with the darks. This approach seems to work for my Thursday nite effigy report session and for my plein air efforts. Its likewise the style Roger Bensemer paints. But, keep in mind, I'g simply an amateur hobbyist who has never had formal art training.

March 7, 2011 at 9:01 pm #1146822

white charcoal or 'chalk pencil'

March vii, 2011 at xi:06 pm #1146828

On canvas or woods I near always use a Sharpie or a blue ball point pen. In my feel, the Sharpie bleed through is hitting or miss…sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. When working on one of my laptop monitor pieces or anything else that starts with a base of clear coat, I simply place the paper with the design onto the substrate and get over the lines with a Bic pen and firm pressure. I do this before the clear has fully cured then that information technology is soft enough to be etched.

I similar Sharpies, I paint on trash.

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