Patent ID: 6168438
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of creating vivid paintings using a clear canvas having front and back sides, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a clear canvas and placing the clear canvas atop an image to be reproduced on the canvas with the front side of the canvas exposed, the image being visible through the clear canvas; (b) tracing preselected portions of the image onto the front side of the clear canvas; (c) removing the canvas from the image; (d) turning the canvas over to expose the back side of the canvas, the traced preselected portions of the image on the front side of the canvas being visible through the clear canvas; (e) applying paint to the back side of the canvas in at least a portion of the image; and (f) turning the canvas over to expose the front side of the canvas, the paint on the back side of the clear canvas being visible through the canvas, the combination of tracings on the front side of the canvas and the paint visible through the canvas from the back side of the canvas creating a vivid painted reproduction of the image.