It can be tempting to rush through a sketch to start painting right away, but having the proper foundation before beginning painting can make or break a piece of artwork. However, drawing and painting are not the same skill, and one shouldn’t hold you back from exploring the other. This is an especially pertinent distinction when following online classes and tutorials, yet this topic is one that carries a lot of stigma in the art community.

In this class, we are going to start from the very beginning so that we can start every watercolor painting with clean and accurate line art - without guilt or judgment.

We will:

Discuss the importance of using reference.
Discuss the stigma of tracing reference images.
Explore three methods of transferring your reference photo accurately.
Compare the different methods of tracing to decide what method works best for your creative process.
Determine what information in a photograph is useful to transfer to your line art.

Prerequisite Classes:
None

Materials
A full list of materials can be found in this shopping list.

Printed reference image
Pencil
High-quality eraser
Kneaded eraser
Masking tape or washi tape
Ruler
Transfer paper
Light tablet

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Photographs
All photographs featured in this class were either taken by myself or acquired from Pixabay and Unsplash.

Music
All music has been licensed by Artlist.io and include the following tracks:

Lonely Mind by Mansij
Alone Trip by Ramol
Cherry Blossom by Ottom
Clarity by Mansij
Idle Night by Mansij
Passionate Choices by Mansij
Mellifluous by Ottom
Autumn Wind by Yehezkel Raz
Winter Magic by Aves
The Night Weather by Ramol
Midnight Flight by Ramol

Sean Wormuth

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