How I Trace Photos for Watercolor Painting

This is how I trace photos for watercolor painting. I trace photos with Procreate on my iPad. Tracing is a useful technique anyone can use to go from photo reference to drawing! Even if you can’t draw, you can trace. If drawing is holding you back or slowing you down, I think you’ll love my tracing method. I’ll show you how to make quick outlines so you can skip ahead to painting. In this beginner-friendly tutorial, you’ll learn how to trace photos in Procreate step-by-step.

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00:00 Why trace?
01:05 Benefits of Tracing Digitally
02:41 What You Need
02:51 How to Add a New Canvas
03:30 How to Import and Resize a Photo in Procreate
05:17 How to Resize and Crop Photo to Painting Size
08:11 How to Trace in Procreate
09:30 Pencil Settings for Tracing
11:01 Tracing Tips
15:46 How to Export or Print from Procreate
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