You can buy transfer paper that does the same thing or make your own with a very thin piece of paper like newsprint and charcoal.
Transfer paper for canvases.
Unlike decoupage where a piece of paper is glued to a surface and top coated image transfer just moves the image.
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This is a really nice effect if you do not want the bulk of the paper and want it to look like the image was actually printed directly on the wood or canvas allowing the wood grain or fabric texture to show through.
If you re using anything called carbon paper make sure it s wax free or there s a small chance it might create problems with your paint adhering to the canvas.
Paint color fill in.
Just remember which sections of the canvas are already wet or.
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Transfer the paper onto the canvas.
Put your paper sketch or printable stencil on top of the transfer paper.
Using sharpened pencil or mechanical pencil trace over your paper design.
4 lift away the tracing paper and printable stencil and yours canvas should now have an outline of your drawing.
However if you wish to add other three dimensional elements it s fine to continue working.
Use a thin coat of watered down gel medium to adhere the paper to the canvas.