The first stage is to complete the drawing on regular paper. I draw this at the size I want the painting to be so there Is no need to increase or decrease the scale. This image shows the drawing completed regular on paper.

I then place a large piece of tracing paper over the drawing and trace over the top using a standard graphite pencil (quite hard “H”) – this image shows me tracing over the drawing.

I then flip the tracing over and with a scrap sheet of paper underneath I go over the back side of the tracing, this time I use a pencil with a softer lead (e.g. 2B) so that plenty of graphite is laid down on the tracing paper. This image shows me drawing over the back of the tracing paper.