Twilight Time, Step 3

Transferring the drawing onto the canvas

I am using one of the canvasses that I have prepared using Belgian linen on commercial stretcher bars. After the application of rabbit skin glue and several coats of gesso, I then tone the canvas with a neutral color in a middle value.  Shown here I the canvas gridded every inch with a light touch of soft vine charcoal.  I have numbered the squares 1-24 across top and 1-14 down the left side.

Then using the gridded and edited photograph, I carefully follow the lines to enlarge the drawing to the final size. I try to be as accurate as possible.

Then I carefully wipe off the gridded lines just leaving the lines for the painting.  There is no place for detail at this stage.