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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Art - Copying a Drawing Using the Transfer Method

Original Drawing
Equipment needed:
-your original drawing
-a lead pencil
-a piece of see-through paper,
     such as greaseproof cooking paper,
     larger in size than the drawing/
     paper it is on.
-a spare piece of blank paper,
     as large as the drawing.
-a piece of paper to put the copied
     drawing on

Original Drawing

Have your original drawing ready.







Transfer - second side up
    Transfer                                                                                               
    Lay the see-through paper over the drawing,
    covering it completely.

    Pencil in all the lines of the drawing.
    Pencil in also, the corners of the piece of paper
    that it is on.

    This is your "Transfer".

    (Tip: If you want to reverse your drawing,
    use this side not the one below)
                                                    
    Turn the "Transfer" over, onto a spare piece of paper,
    with the pencil marks face down.
    Pencil over the marks, on the side facing up,
    fairly heavily.
                                                   
                                                           
                                                                                                                         
                                                             Copied Drawing

                                                             Lay the Transfer,
Copied Drawing
    with the second lot of pencil marks face down,
    on the piece of paper,
    where you want your new drawing,
    lining up the corner marks
    if you want it in the same place,
    if it is the same size of paper,
    as the original.

    Using a hard, but not sharp implement,
    such as the rounded end of the lead pencil,
    rub the pencil marks onto the blank paper,
    hard enough so that they can be seen easily.

    Take the Transfer off and lay it aside.

    Redraw over the pencil lines
    that came off onto the new piece of paper,
    so that they can be seen more easily.


                                                       
                                                             This is your copied drawing.


(c) Katherine Stuart 2013         
                                    

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