Transfer

Sugar
Skulls
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
 EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

The Mexican Day of the Dead

This holiday celebrates those who have passed
away and is served as a day of remembrance.
Families set up a shrine/alter to their dead
loved ones for the entire month of October. On
November 1st, they put food on the altar that
the loved one enjoyed and then on November
2nd, the family members celebrate and eat. It
is a day of celebration, not sadness!
What is the transfer technique?
When you transfer a pencil drawing, you are
making an exact copy of you drawing onto
another piece of paper by transferring the pencil
led!
 You are ready to begin
creating symmetrical
decorations on your skull to
transform it into a sugar
skull!

1. Fold back in half

2. Decorate just that half with
sugar skull designs
3. Use the transfer method to
ensure it is exact and
symmetrical
4. Leave in pencil and do not
shade yet.
Sugar Skull Examples