naive.super's sketchbook

[naive.super]

@JyonnyNovice: Thanks man. It was a simple process to transfer although might be hard to explain, so I'll try my best ;). What I did was take the drawing I did on regular US letter sized paper ("8X11) and went to the print store and had it enlarged on a copy machine big enough to fit at the size I wanted on the bristol ("19X24). Then, to do the actual transfer, I got some graphite powder and smudged an even layer of it onto some paper with a brush, making sure it covered an area as big as the enlarged drawing (You can buy transfer paper to do this, but this is the cheaper solution). So I took the paper with the smudged graphite and put it facing down onto the bristol, and the enlarged drawing on top of that, I then start to trace the contours of the enlarged drawing so that the graphite powder underneath creates the transfer onto the bristol. Hope that makes sense :). I can post pix of the elements if my explanation is a bit confusing. I find it's a great way to approach larger traditional works, especially because I like sketching small.

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rendering wood practice...

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Oil study from life using just burnt umber...