Lately there is much talk and validation for using a projector in fine art.

Let’s set the record straight about "gridding" vs. "tracing" with a projector. When you grid a work, it's an original drawing transposed in a larger format, but it still is an original DRAWING. Likewise, if you take an original drawing and use a projector to enlarge it, it is still and original DRAWING. No one takes issue with the use of a projector for the above purpose because it's a transposition of an original work. What many, myself included, are saying is using a projector for any other reason undermines the principals of what good art is supposed to be. That is, a personal voice, creativity from the heart, spirit and ability of the individual artist.

Norman Rockwell’s name comes up as one who used a projector extensively as did N.C. Wyeth. These man was under the gun to produce work for a weekly deadline and probably did use whatever means necessary to get the job done. Few of us fall into that category and have no excuse for relying on artificial means to create our work. It's lazy, uninspired, misinformed and just plain wrong to use one for fine art. I believe buyers still want an original creation done from the heart with mistakes and errors included as long as they see the truth in the work.