painting by the grid method?

Question

How do I convert a 8x10 picture to a 9x12 canvas?

Answer 1

go ahead and grid it out but then add just a bit more of the background of the painting to make it conform to the new shape if you can paint it as an 8x10 you can do it as a 9x12 if it is a photo blow it up on zerox to look at it and decide what to enlarge and what to crop might make it more interesting anyway. good luck and happy painting

Answer 2

Most artist i know don't use the grid method on a project of the size you want to do. If you are doing this for someone else and want to save yourself some time, a projector would help or scan/down load your picture and print out a black and white copy (save the color) to the size you need ( may require two sheets of paper). Place a carbon paper underneath your copy, tape it to your canvas and gently trace over the image. Alot of artist can't draw well but paint exceptionally good and this is just one of several ways to get pass that. Don't let this method become the norm for all of your projects or your talent for freehand drawing will suffer.

Answer 3

well, you'd have to chop of some of the picture to make it fit on the larger canvas because it doesn't convert right, or you can make up a couple inches of it. see, it works as a 9 x 11, so center the picture, and then at the top and bottom (or the longest length) fill in the 1/2 inch that remains.

Answer 4

first you draw square lines on which picture you want copy
then take plain sheet draw square lines little bit bigger than the original . suppose you draw original at 2' square . plain you draw 3" square. then draw the picture where line( grid) appeard. you can get same picture whater you want . this is grid method . try this . all the best.

Answer 5

easier than grid, just blow up the pic at kinkos and go home and trace it on a light box.