cuz i want my grandpa to paint it on my wall he knows i like prince and hes eager to paint it on my wall he asked me how to draw it he even tried takeing the half black half white face from pr vinyl record to a photo inlargment store but they did not do it cause it was copyrighted shame...but he drew it good on paper but drawing it life sized he has trouble on because of the eyes on the face so he asked me to tell you guys how to draw the when doves cry face any help would be good thanks

trace it from the album sleeve art onto a piece of clear plastic, then use a light projector to project the image onto the wall, then trace the image onto the wall. et voila.

Anxiety said:

Cool!

Anxiety said:

i dont have a light projector whats an other way

If you're "theartist," shouldn't you know?

Genesia said:

well i guess i can try

Genesia said:

oh stop it!

Anxiety said:

could i use a flashlight instead

purplecam said:

Sorry...

Genesia said:

theartist123 said:

No, that will bend the image lines. Borrow a projector from the library and you won't regret your new art project.

Cinnie said:

okay i will try

You could also do a scale drawing...

Genesia said:

His grandpa is painting it though. Just trace the lines!

IAintTheOne said:

whats that mean

IAintTheOne said:

theartist123 said:

i think you can rent them for not too much.

If it's daylight, just tape the picture to the window, then tape your piece of paper over the image, and trace to your hearts desire.....et voila.

Cheap and easy.

Oh wait, you want it on the wall.

Yeah - go hire a projector.

If you haven´t a powerful light,you can made it with the grid technique

thebumpsquad said:

Flashlight might work

The wall from Purple Rain with the face was auctioned off on eBay a couple of years back.

Another way is to measure out the wall, then draw it to scale on graph paper.

Then use the graph paper as reference to draw small areas at a time that will add up to the final large image. If you do it right, you can measure over/down to check your work.

The projector idea is the best and easiest way.

theartist123 said:

If its not already been mentioned.

Trace it from the album as Anxiety said then

Draw the same grid on ur bedroom wall (larger of course) and recreate the contents of individual squares of the trace grid to the corresponding individual squares on the wall grid.

happy Painting!!

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