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  C J |
I have an Autograph AG100. Today it decided not to work. The light bulbs are fine. Don't know if it's the switch or the motor. Anyone know where I can take it to be fixed? Is it even worth it? | ||
Kukana |
Speaking of Opaque Projectors, Here is a thread on Projectors that you might find useful. Its a little old but still interesting. | ||
Geeky2-VA |
Thanks Carol, Kukana, and everyone. It's good to be able to share things. Thanks CJAS. Jean | ||
carol |
geeky2...re: inkjet cartridges, try looking on ebay. some places you can buy them direct without bidding on them. | ||
Geeky2-VA |
I can use the projector for sketches like you mention, but that is about it. I may be using it with too much light in the room. It is handy for the sketches. I bought mine way back when they cost about twice what they are now, so I guess I was expecting more from it. That's a good idea to use a closet or small room. I just spent $60.00 for two inkjet cartridges today. There has to be a cheaper way! Jean | ||
KUkana |
I set the projector on a cardboard box on top of a cardtable in a walk in closet! I tape the paper on the wall and start drawing. I use the projector to block things in. I don't do a lot of detail with it. Yes it was hard at first to figure out how to make it not so fuzzy. It was just a matter of getting the right distance and abosolutly no light in the room is absolutly nessasary. | ||
Geeky2-VA |
Kukana: How do you use your projector? I also have the Super Prism and the table stand. I seem to have trouble getting clear images. I'm wondering if something has been wrong with mine all this time, since it wasn't very clear. Do you use a stand or just project onto an easel or wall? Jean | ||
Kukana |
Just thought I'd let you all know how much I love my SuperPrism projector I bought myself for Christmas. I can not believe the time it saves me. Drawing is not my thing.Especially drawing big. Painting big is another matter. I love to work on full size sheets. My solution is that I doodle in my sketch book whenever I'm in time warp (Time warp is the time I spend waiting in the doctors office, or the time I kill when I don't have enough time to go home inbetween grocery shopping and picking kids up!!) I get these wonderful doodles of drawings that I want full sheet paintings of...great proportions, etc. Now I just slap that drawing on the projector and its transfers big in about 2 minutes! I love it!!!! I've turned out some real beauties with that thing! | ||
dirtybird |
I have been seriously doing watercolor painting for about a year. The method I use is very time consuming. For xmas I want to buy myself a projector to decrease the time it requires to transfer and enlarge (or reduce) drawings onto watercolor paper. I am unsure about which one to buy and how much to spend. Are there experienced watercolorist with experiences to share?? | ||
Kukana |
Ditto..I want to buy one too but Im a little confused about the lenses. How good of a lense do I really need? Anyone have some imput? Kukana | ||
RMoore |
I bought the Artograph AG100 sixteen years ago and it still works like new. I think back then it was about $100.00, don't know what they go for now. Naturally as you enlarge the image you're going to lose resolution, but I've enlarged 3 1/2 x 5 photos up to full sheet size with good results. Work in as dark a room as possible, and draw with a very light hand because the pencil lines will always be darker than you thought! Also be sure that your paper is on a support that is perfectly vertical to avoid distortion. Having said all that, let me open a can of worms -I probably haven't used the projector in years. When I finally learned to draw (hooray) I found that in the time it took to set up the projector and trace the image, I could freehand the drawing using the old grid method. A very complex, detailed composition will take longer, but for me, the intense concentration of the drawing process helps me make a connection with my subject matter. Also, the traced image tends to tighten up for some reason, and can lose some of its freshness and expressivness. I have no problem with the use of the projector as a tool and a time saver, but just be aware of some of these potential problems. | ||
dirtybird |
Thank you you RMoore, Your comments were very enlightening about the projector and it makes sense to me. It's not like I can go into a store and touch one. Good watercolor art supply stores are rare. I have to buy this online so I have to takes somebodys word as to quality and usefulness. Anybody else ever used these projectors??XMAS is close. | ||
Anonymous |
I have found that the art projector I purchased about 2 years ago is a useful aid in transfering line drawings from regular 8 1/2" x 11" sketch paper to my expensive watercolor paper. I normally spend most of my drawing time doing a good drawing on the 8 1/2 x 11" paper usually with the grid method. This may take a few hours, days or even weeks of planning and revising. I often work on more than one drawing at a time. Many of my projects end at the drawing stage but that's a lot better than trashing ten dollar sheets of watercolor paper. It takes me about an hour of actual drawing time to transfer the image onto the watercolor paper and then the fun begins. I never had much luck drawing onto watercolor paper directly from projected photos or pictures. | ||
Kukana |
What is $10 a sheet paper? I've never heard of paper costing so much. Is it handmade or something? | ||
Anonymous |
Yes, Kukana $52.00 with taxes for five sheets of Arches 300lb CP at a local art supply store and had to wait a week to get it. | ||
carol |
wow, anonymous that is expensive. you might try to order it from a catalog,(which they probably did) it takes that amount of time anyway. i see cheap joe's has it for $35.95- 5 sheets. | ||
Anonymous |
Well the paper was the newer bright white type not sold in small quantities at that time and I had the option of not buying the paper after I had seen it. Actually I was quite pleased with the paper. I am still working on a painting using this paper and I find it a joy to work with. The experience was worth every penny. However, moving on, I visited this group to follow the inquiry about the experiences artists had with these projectors mentioned by dirtybird above. I don't think this is the place to discuss WC paper. | ||
Kukana |
Well folks, I just ordered a artograph from cheap Joes. The one that cost $149. I'll let you all know what I think when I get it. As for the 300 lb paper, Ive used it but never had to pay thatmuch for it. CJAS is a lot cheaper. Don't you find that it sucks up paint. I felt that when I use it I have to use twice as much paint and the paper sucks the color right out of it. I've been using the Stathmore aquariusII paper with great results. Its a synthetic so it takes a bit to get used to but it does NOT BUCKLE!! Yeah! Hey just for your info, I took a class from Zolton Szabo and he uses 400lb arches. I'd never heard of it before!! | ||
dirtybird |
Kukana, I also went ahead and got a projector but it has not been delivered yet. I will also post my findings. I have followed with interest your paper conversations. I have used all kinds of paper and paper weights and most have been okay. I brought several sampler packs(4) including one from Cheap Joes. I really like the full sheet 300lb paper and plan to use it for most of my work. The only paper that actually sucked was oddly enough, a Stathmore WC pad I bought in an art store. I have tried yupo synthetic paper and I like it for what it is and will use it some, but I never tried this aquariusII paper. Please tell me mor about it and where I can get a few sheets. I do think we should either start a new discussion thread of continue our wc discussion in the wc paper thread. Thanks in advance. | ||
dazey |
I,too, ordered the artograph projector from Cheap Joe's. It is sitting wrapped under the tree, and I can't wait to try it out. The stand for it is backordered, but I wonder if I will really want one or not. I have high hopes for this thing. | ||
dirtybird |
I thought it was time to get back to the group on the purchase of my projector. I purchased a projector from jerryscatalog.com called a tracemaster deluxe primarily because it seemed to offer more of the features I wanted for a better price. First of all it was a different color than seen in the ads. It was larger than I expected. It came with one sheet of documentation that basically said that I needed to go to a glass shop to by something to cover the hole in the bottom of the projector. I was still open minded about making it work. After several visits to the glass shop I finally a cover for the bottom. Then I tried to use the thing. The image projected is obscured by a glare that comes from the light escaping from the projector. The focusing mechanism for the lens is a piece of junk and at extreme focusing distances there is a good chance that the lens can fall out on the floor. At this point I have not been able to use it and it seems that I have wasted $150.00. I am still looking for recomendations for a projector. | ||
Kukana |
Hey dirty bird..I bought the super prism projector from Cheap joes. I LOVE IT!!! It was $149 and worth every penny. I have only had it about a month and use it a lot. Im strong with painting , weak with drawing and this gives me a wonderful advantage. It is everything I hoped it would do for me and more. I'm still learning new things about it every day. Mine came complete and I didn't have to go buy anything. I opened it up, out of the box and used it immediately. I now leave it permnantly set up in a dark spare bedroom and can't say enough good about it. If there was one down side is that the thing is bigger an da bit bulkier than I expected. No big deal though...its about 12"x18"10" I don't know if the $250 would be any better. The write up said it would just give better color. Since color and value wasn't as important to me as just getting the perspective and lines drawn in this is perfect for me. Sorry to hear yours isn't going great.. Send it back and get one of these!! | ||
a.painter |
Curious about the Design Master II projector at $269. Seems that an informational phamphlet should be available from the manufacturer. Does this project in color etc. Come on Joe...let us have some factual information about the products. You want our money. Fine, just give us better information to spend it. Thanks....I hope! |
