Watercolor Transfer Printing Process Project

Watercolor Transfer Printing Process Project

Steps

        First, we printed out our projects we wanted to transfer. We made sure to horizontally flip each picture so they would look right when they were transferred. In order to make the transfer print look right, we made sure to have some white space around the picture when we cut it out. 

        Second, we used water colors to paint a cold press watercolor piece of paper. This painting should look abstract, as it will allow the final print to stand out.

        We then used a brush to paint mod podge on the front of our picture, which we then carefully placed, face down, on top of the water color painting. We then used a squeegee to carefully press out some of the creases. 

        after the mod podge had some time to settle, we used water to remove the paper from our original original image. A lot of work is required to fully remove the paper, and you have to be very careful or the image may rip. After all of the paper is removed, you should see your image on the water coloring, with the water coloring showing through your picture. A clear layer is then applied to make the image look better. 

Personal Experience

        Throughout the whole project I was skeptical that my transfer print would look any good. I did not enjoy taking off the original paper, as that required physical effort, which I don't often use. Though my final transfer print looked a lot better then I thought it would. I had trouble not tearing some of the edges. Overall I did enjoy the project.