{"id":189,"date":"2015-04-15T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T16:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrischalkart.com\/painting_blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:07:57","slug":"how-to-transfer-a-photograph-to-your-canvas-for-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrischalkart.com\/painting_blog\/how-to-transfer-a-photograph-to-your-canvas-for-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Transfer A Photograph To Your Canvas or Paper For Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So you’ve just taken the most amazing photograph of a Tiger at the zoo and you would quite like to paint it – great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now if only there were an easy way of transferring your tiger photo onto your canvas\/paper so you can, and that didn’t involve a lot of maths or drawing lots of tiny gridded squares everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well luckily there is, and it’s a method I use all the time for tricky subjects like portraits, pet portraits<\/a> and sometimes wildlife paintings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me show you how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s the tiger photograph I’m going to use for this exercise, courtesy of Steve Tracy<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Aspect Ratio (height in relation to its width)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The only thing you need to keep in mind with this method is the aspect ratio of both your photo and your canvas\/paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if your printed photograph is say 15cm x 10cm, that is a ratio of 3:2.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i.e<\/p>\n\n\n\n