Hm...thats strange because Ive never had that problem before. I always try and draw as light as I can so maybe that's why. What kinda paint are you using?

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When I draw a pencil outline on a canvas I try to do it as lightly as possible, that way any smudging that occures is hardly noticable and is easily covered by the paint. Also you could try using a very thin brush to paint the outline, if you dilute some black acrylic paint so it's a very light grey water colour I imagine it won't smudge like graphite will and should be easily covered by your painting. I've never tried that though so I can't say for certain that it'll work.

acrylics - i think i just need to skip the drawing part on the canvas. i can probaby do without the drawing for what i am working on now, but was still wondering in general.

thanks for the reply

thanks for the reply - probably need to sketch much lighter as you suggested, or skip the drawing step entirely (which for what i am doing now is fine)

What sort of pencil are you using? You could try using a harder pencil (maybe a 2H) instead.