How To Use A Lightbox For Tracing

If you lot are wondering whether or non you should invest in a calorie-free box let me share with y'all why I love mine. I will also share a few pointers on how to apply a light box for tracing your designs in today'south post.

While I'm showing yous how to utilise a lightbox for tracing I will create this watercolor piece from start to stop today.

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Supplies used in today'due south project:

For my watercoloring I have a heavyweight paper today. I will be using a Circular 8 and Round 6 paintbrush for the painting. I've printed my design to size and am set to paint!

I've called a handful of colors of my favorite Tombow Dual Brush Pens to watercolor with. Isn't this color palette vivid and cheerful?

Reasons why I love my lightbox:

Today I desire to watercolor a floral limerick merely already have a pattern in mind. There are many ways y'all tin can transfer your blueprint onto watercolor or mixed media paper- merely I adopt using a lightbox. The Cricut Bright pad I am using today is really easy to use- it is light, portable and best of all comes with adjustable brightness. The paper I am planning to use today is a SUPER thick 350lb thickness mixed media paper and this calorie-free pad worked like a charm!

Other than watercoloring you will be amazed at how many other ways yous tin can use your calorie-free box! Y'all tin can use them to trace over your mitt lettering, to weed out your intricate cut vinyl.

How to employ a lightbox for tracing your designs:

Choose a design, pencil sketch or print out and resize to the correct size you need.
Place your design onto the lightbox and so place your watercolor or mixed media paper on top. I like to use some masking or washi tape at the summit to tape these 2 together. Yous do not need to tape this to the lightbox itself. It is easier to record only those 2 together and exist able to bending them while painting or drawing.
Turn on your lightbox and adjust brightness until yous are comfortably able to see the design without straining your eyes.
Turn off your room lite if you need to practise more detailed work or are unable to easily see the fine details of your design.
One of my biggest tips for you- keep your lightbox and work at a 45-degree bending while working. Keep moving your light pad as you work instead of trying to movement your manus effectually the corners.
Finally, there is no correct or wrong mode here. You can trace your pattern with a calorie-free pencil first and and so paint it in or as I do you can directly pigment your design to achieve a no-line image transfer.

Hither is a quick showtime to finish video of my procedure.

Here is an in-depth video that I take previously shared showing how to use a lightbox for tracing. Click hither.

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DIY Low-cal box ideas:

Go on your design confronting a window and apply the sunlight as your lightbox.
I've heard you can also attempt using your iPad to trace your designs. I haven't tried doing this, but if yous google "iPad every bit a lightbox for tracing" you might find some pointers.
You can likewise use a clear shoebox or plastic bin with a flashlight underneath to work as a makeshift lightbox.