When they were finished and pulled the cartoon away from the wall, they would have a perfect outline of their drawing. When the drawing (called a “Cartoon”) was complete, the artist would poke holes along the outlines, hold the drawing up to the fresco wall and, using a bag of soot, would “pounce” over the holes. They didn’t have high tech equipment to help them get their small drawing into a large fresco, so they would copy their drawing onto a large piece of thick, heavy paper the same size as the wall where the fresco was to go. First-some art history!ĭuring the Renaissance (and a little before…and a little after), artists would paint large frescoes on walls. With that said, I’ll share some quick and dirty secrets to getting your image on canvas without having to actually draw (much). My hope is that you’ve already gone through all the drawing section and you’re just here because you’re so excited to start painting. And let’s face it-some images are just too hard or time consuming to draw by hand. So here’s the deal: I’d rather you know how to draw to get your image onto your canvas, but not everyone feels that way.
