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Glad you got through to the project pics.... good luck with it... I wound up having fun because it was a learning process, enjoyed the outcome, and considered doing more... if I can find affordable buck saws.. ha ha take some pictures of yours... would love to see it ! Stephen PS and thanks Kaitlin, too I see that the laserprinter transfer is used by a lot of metal worker, and will be likely to try that when the need arises ! At 09:15 AM 5/20/2015, you wrote: >Thank you, Stephen and Kaitlin! >Great ideas. I'd love to try to transfer with the laser printer- >will be fun to experiment with. >I'm hoping to not have to do "the grid." But we'll see. I really >don't want to have to re-draw the whole thing at 3x4 feet. > >Stephen's Facebook examples came through fine- what a beautiful project! >Like you, this is for a friend. Ugh! 4x the price would be about right... > >I do have the water-based metal primer, and will be using acrylics. >And the background will be the bare metal, like yours. >Thankfully, there are no details beyond all the borders of the >countries, so I don't have to worry about getting lifelike. >You did a gorgeous job with those fish. > >This group is the best. >Thank you. >marni > > >---------- >Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 17:18:45 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [SCIART] transferring drawing to metal >To: [log in to unmask] > >Hi Marni > >I had a similar lapse of judgement this past winter and agreed to >painting on a buck saw. I did document the process somewhat in >Facebook Photo Albums. > >the pix are open to the public, but I think you would need to be a >facebook user to access them. the links are below > >My project was much smaller , and in the end, I think I did some >enlarging , print out and cutting to trace the outlines, and >sketching in details with sharpie. > >I am assuming you will paint with acrylics.... I did some >home work as to how to approach painting on metal, and a good deal >of effort is put into preparing the surface. > >If you don't need to remove rust like I did, so much the >better. You will want to use a water based acrylic primer for >metal , from a hardware store to underpaint your work. > >I you used OIL based acrylic primer for metal, you will not be able >to use water based acrylics over it... or so my research told me. > >In my piece, I wanted the patina of the saw to show through as a >background, so the priming was done "to shape" > >If your entire piece will be painted, so much the better , you can >paint a big primer square. > >trace your work on the primer after two coats have dried well. > > >for the transfer without projection I am thinking back to Amy >Bartlett Wright's mural class using a sketch that is grided >off, then creating a grid on the enlarged piece with strings, and >sketch in the contents of each square from the smaller piece, > >square by square to keep the image proportional and fairly undistorted. > >So, just some thoughts... I hope you can access these FB photos... > >Good Luck ! > >I learned a lot... Like the next one will need to 4X the price ha ha. > > > > >https://www.facebook.com/stormtreestudio/photos/pcb.376751405839777/376751072506477/?type=1&theater > > >https://www.facebook.com/stormtreestudio/photos/pcb.372353952946189/372353882946196/?type=1&theater > > ><https://www.facebook.com/stormtreestudio/photos/pcb.365729343608650/365728553608729/?type=1&theater>https://www.facebook.com/stormtreestudio/photos/pcb.365729343608650/365728553608729/?type=1&theater > > >https://www.facebook.com/stormtreestudio/photos/pcb.362954750552776/362953113886273/?type=1&theater > > > > >Stephen > > > >At 04:47 PM 5/19/2015, you wrote: >Hello! >I'm not sure what came over me, but I agreed to paint a world map >onto a 3x4-foot piece of galvanized steel (!?). > >I haven't decided how I'm going to enlarge my drawing (no access to >projection, so maybe the old grid, photocopier, or printer...), but >what I'm more concerned about is how I'm going to transfer the >drawing to the metal. > >Has anyone done anything like this before? Any brilliant ideas? > >Thank you! Any thoughts are welcomed. >marni > >________________________________________________ > >Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the >instructions at ><http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv>http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > > >________________________________________________ >Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the >instructions at ><http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv>http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > >________________________________________________ > >Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the >instructions at ><http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv>http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv