Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This five-minute video demonstrates how to use an old-fashioned art technique called "pouncing" to copy a picture. This video is inspired by the George W. Morrison at 200 exhibition at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, which features paintings and drawings by New Albany, Indiana painter George Morrison and also a few by his daughter, Mary "Minnie" Morrison. Pouncing is a technique that artists in the 19th Century like the Morrisons (and artists from much earlier in history) used to make a quick outlined replica of another image.
Supplies needed:
- A printed picture or drawing
- A piece of cardboard
- A thumbtack
- A piece of condensed/compressed charcoal
- A piece of muslin or thin fabric
- A thumbtack
- A small blank canvas or nice piece of paper
- A hammer
This five-minute video demonstrates how to use an old-fashioned art technique called "pouncing" to copy a picture. This video is inspired by the George W. Morrison at 200 exhibition at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, which features paintings and drawings by New Albany, Indiana painter George Morrison and also a few by his daughter, Mary "Minnie" Morrison. Pouncing is a technique that artists in the 19th Century like the Morrisons (and artists from much earlier in history) used to make a quick outlined replica of another image.
Supplies needed:
- A printed picture or drawing
- A piece of cardboard
- A thumbtack
- A piece of condensed/compressed charcoal
- A piece of muslin or thin fabric
- A thumbtack
- A small blank canvas or nice piece of paper
- A hammer
