What is the best thing to use to sketch onto canvas before painting over it, that doesn't show thru acrylic paints? I have seen people use charcoal, is that best?
2006-11-01 19:49:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You can try charcoal or pencil but be sure to do so lightly, and fix the image with a light spray of fixature so the black sootiness doesn't contaminate the arcylic paint. Optionally, you can "draw" with a wash of brown, red, or blue acrylic and not then worry about contamination or bleed thru.
2006-11-01 19:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charcoal will bleed through your acrylics, but it helps if you start with a wash just to give yourself enough information before you lay down the heavy coats. Once you start to add paint to your surface in thicker layers, the charcoal basically disappears. I used to try to avoid that by using soft led pencils, and that is OK except for the fact that they are tougher to use on a textured surface. It also turned out not to be as fun! I will keep an eye on this question because I'm sure someone will share some interesting concept that I will try to use myself!
2006-11-01 19:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by maytee h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just use an ordinary pencil if it is a light background. If I need something heavier a charcoal pencil is better. Just use a light touch and the acrylics should cover it. I dont bother sealing it etc...just paint away. If there are any pencil lines left I just erase them with an eraser.
2006-11-01 23:18:29 · answer #3 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can! but with what material?you can do mono color painting with acrylic paints.and even you do with charcoal, but you need to do a varnish coating, or similar to that.and u can do any thing on canvas,but it needs a varnish coating or similar to that.so that your paint will not go off.
2006-11-01 22:12:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure charcoal works but if you are going to use yellow paint I wouldn't use it. Sometimes I do my sketch with colored pastels so I don't have any color "bleedthrough"
2006-11-02 00:47:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
<>From what I've read. it seems that one thing that works well are "watercolor pencils" which are colored pencils that, when water is added, act just like watercolor paint. I have seen them in art supply stores and places that have a fair amount of craft and drawing stuff.
2006-11-01 19:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by druid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can use pencil- just use a harder lead so its not so "smeary". I use watered down paint to sketch also-in tans or soft grays or such
2006-11-02 14:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by ARTmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-02 06:17:24 · answer #8 · answered by artcrime 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charcoal is top grade Material- but after your draft do use fixative-like hair spray._to hold_ so not to smutch.
2006-11-01 20:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by blueash 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋