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How do I transfer my image from the tracing paper to another paper without the image ending up backwards?

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Flip your tracing over and cover the drawing area part of it with a layer of graphite. Use an HB pencil. Then flip your tracing over and position it on your drawing paper. Put a second piece of tracing paper over the first piece, so that you can clearly see your first trace and retrace the drawing. Use a sharp H or 2H pencil. Use medium pressure. The result will be a transfer image of your original tracing onto the drawing paper, a mirror image.

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Is a mechanical pencil acceptable to use? Or is a graphite pencil strictly required?

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Mechanical pencils are graphite pencils. Most pencils are HB, your mechanical pencil likely is too.

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How can I trace something onto a waterproof page?

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You can trace by putting the image you want under the waterproof page and tracing it. If you can't see your image, put the image and waterproof paper on a light source.

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Does tracing paper come in different thicknesses? Mine seems too thick to work.

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Yes, it comes in various thickness (weights); it sounds like yours is the thicker, which is why the opacity is poor.

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What if I don't want the image to flip?

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Then don't flip it. If your use of the tracing paper is just making copies, then there's no need for flipping it.

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If I'm tracing an image from Google, how can I make the paper stay on the screen and keep it from moving?

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You could use tape, or some form of sticky tack. Or, if you have a projector, you could trace with that.

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Do I have to press hard for the image to show up?

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You do not have to press hard at all. Just press as hard as you regularly would on regular paper!

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