Why Should You Sketch On A Canvas Before Painting?.Because watercolors are translucent they will show darker lines up if you draw too heavily. If you don’t want the pencil lines to show through you should sketch very lightly. One great example would be drawing in the straight lines up the side of skyscrapers in a cityscape. With watercolors you can use the sketch to highlight areas of the painting and help to delineate areas that need it. Oil paint and acrylic paint will both cover the lines of the drawing. The Sketch can be used differently with different paints. With watercolors you can draw in fine detail within the painting to help create a final piece that shows the drawing through the painting. It will be covered in the final painting. With Oils and acrylic paints all you want is a basic sketch really.
We go into detail on how to sketch on a canvas before painting below. You can use a pencil, charcoal, pastels or even thinned paint with a smaller brush just to get the idea of an outline. This helps to get the proportions and position of things right before you start painting. Most painters will do at least a rough sketch on the canvas before painting. Yes, you can sketch on canvas before painting.
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