How to Use a Light Pad or Light Box + Huion Light Pad Demo and Review

Today I'm going to be talking about how to use a light pad or light box to transfer or trace your images.Plus I am doing a small demo and review of the one I use from Huion. I also want to share a very important and (maybe obvious) tip that I learnt about using light pads to transfer your images from one piece of paper to another.

I hope you all enjoy this video:) Feel free to ask any questions below and remember to subscribe if you'd like to see more.

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Supplies Used:
Graphite Pencil
Watercolor Paper
Huion Light Pad

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Music Credit

"Rainbows"
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

[WindyIris]

A quick little video on how I use a light pad:)

[gillianbc]

For watercolours, I've found it really useful to draw the image on the wrong side of the watercolour paper in ink. I can then use the lightbox to paint in the first pale washes - no more pencil marks on the right side!

[jonathanjacjohnson]

Thanks for mentioning the over head lights off! I feel quite dumb for thinking that my watercolor paper was too thick 😅

[octoberfox]

I never thought about turning off the lights. I was concerned with pads not being bright enough with the light. But now I'm not worried as much. Thank you for the great tip! 😊

[BassTromBen]

I’m so glad I found this video. I bought a light table for my daughter, but never considered turning off the overhead lights. She was struggling in the same way, and I thought maybe I had a low quality table.

Thank you so much for the help!

[MrsBednar]

Thank you. I don’t think I would have thought of turning overhead lights off. Going to try using it for the first time today and I have watercolor paper!

[axolartl]

OMG thanks so much for making this! I was having trouble finding information on lightboxes because i guess no one else bothered to create a video like this assuming everyone else already knew :) Now I'm considering buying one :D

[brandysailor]

Thank you for not assuming we would all know to turn off the overhead lights to use the light box. I had wondered how you would see through 300gsm paper. Helpful info!

[nicolefinehout]

So appreciate that you mentioned the "obvious" tip as I am one of those who finds herself often illuded by the obvious

[jillburgraff-miceli]

Thank you for the "lights off" tip, I wouldn't have thought to do that either.

[sarjenka]

Little tip: it also works on a powerbank. Useful when you want to work somewhere without access to a powersource or laptop/computer

[scizessita]

As a rank newbie the the use of light boxes, I want to say a special thanks to you for the overhead light tip. Never would have occurred to me in a million years. :°}

[ngocanhvohoang]

I have been confused on how to use the light box for a long time, I always wonder myself should I buy one when I don't know how to use it and I tried to search all over the internet but It not show the right results, so I really happy when you up this video, very cool, thank you

[MrMcHoodoo]

Hi Wendy,
Thanks for the review and particularly for the "obvious" tip! I just received a light box I ordered from Amazon today. I have not used a light box for decades and I believe your "obvious" tip just reduced the learning curve for me significantly; before I have even started using it.
Thank you so very much!
All the best to you!

[pattyleib]

Girl! Thank you so much for this. I was thinking the light pad I have wasn't good enough for thick paper tracing.  The overhead light tip really helped me!

[jisuki]

OMG! Its definitely not obvious to me. This was one of the reasons why I didn't get a light box because I wanted to transfer sketches onto watercolor paper and didn't think it could show through. I would not have thought to turn off over head lights 🥴😂 I ordered a light box and can't wait to use it 🤸😁 Thank you so much for sharing this brilliant tip! 🙏❤️

[emlhunt]

Thank you for the tutorial, I was concerned for a second that I had bought a ring tool for a purpose, then I saw you layering, and realised how I can use it for the purpose. Thank you so much. xx

[mattmorley]

I would never have thought of turning off the overhead light! Thanks!

[thedosh]

We are getting my daughter her first light box. Thanks for the tip. We wouldn't have figured that out without you.

[arielle_art]

This is so helpful 😆 I've been contemplating getting a lightbox for a really long time, because it takes me so long to transfer sketches using graphite! I wanted to see how they work first, and your video is so informative and has lots of helpful tips 😍