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Patt, with all do respect to all the forum member but I encourage you not to trace or use projectors. Even if someone has done this in the past or still uses this method it is up to you to chose what is right.
The right way to learn is a struggle this is true. The masters of old and all the good teachers encourage copying but not tracing. The only time a artist will trace is when doing a transfer even then it is encouraged to rather transfer by measurement than to trace. One must learn to draw by training the eye to see. With tracing one will never acheave this!
I address the distinguished members of this forum and plead that they encourage and teach the traditional methods of art. Please do not encourage tracing. It is bad enough that we at every turn are discouraged to work from live sittings. Sure we must make a living but at what cost.
I struggle for months to get a new supply of good brushes and I struggle to use the best materials and all this I add to skill taught and passed on by the old masters. When commissions are slow I work on new things for possible upcoming exhibits. I also teach and take photos at weddings to earn a living. This Sunday I will be spending the day taken photos of old timer cars. For that I will receive 100 euros. Will I teach students to trace NO! I will teach them to draw, copy from master drawings and work from life. When they can do these things then they can manipulate the photo to their advantage and not to copy the photo to perfection.
I agree it is up to each individual to chose their own way of doing art but please do not use wrong methods of art to encourage someone because they mite be down or struggling. If a person is discouraged or strugling, sure we wish to help, but encourage them by giving them good simple critiques and help them build on the skill that they already have. Don't give them more then they can chew.
My sincerest wishes and best to all
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