Motorcycle Watercolor - Part 1

I have three pictures that I'm going to paint and send out to California :)

The easiest and fastest way of doing this with watercolors is to make a transfer, it works the same as Carbon Paper.

Here's the images printed off on standard printer paper, 8.5"x11".

Next, I'll scribble all over the back with a soft graphite pencil. When I trace the image from the front, the graphite leaves the transfer and sticks to the watercolor paper, leaving a light tracing for me to work with.

After the scribbling, tape the image to the watercolor paper with the lowest tack tape possible. Most art stores sell drafting tape which is very low tack (stick it to a piece of tissue paper and peel it off, and the paper won't rip). The blue tape I'm using here is "Delicate Surfaces" Painter's Tape. It's a larger roll, with a little more adhesion, but not enough to tear the paper, and it was cheaper :)

So there's the first step. The transfers have all been taped tot he watercolor paper and are ready to be traced. The tracing is fairly tedious and time consuming, so if you're trying this, prepare to be slightly annoyed lol

Once the tracing is done, the ink pens can be used to trace thick lines directly onto the watercolor paper, or you can jump straight into the painting! YEAH! ART IS AWESOME!!

ahem... airplane ride got postponed again, btw, there were some very strong winds this morning left over from a storm that had passed through late last night... LAME, try again next weekend.