Strawberry Tea - a Challenge Level Mixed Media Project (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Strawberry Tea - a Challenge Level Mixed Media Project  (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Realism using color Runs

Coloring high shine objects like strawberries can be difficult. Using color runs can help achieve that realistic shine.

In this intermediate mixed media project you can follow Amy’s step by step strawberry process photos to color beautiful, realistic strawberries. This process can also be used for any berry.

Vanilla Arts Stamps feature wide open areas with minimal texture marks. This makes them suitable for colored pencil, alcohol markers, watercolor... get creative and get coloring!

Vanilla Arts Rewind: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring Today - Size Matters

Vanilla Arts Rewind: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring Today - Size Matters

January is a Time to Reflect…..

So we decided to bring back some tried and true tips and tricks from the Vanilla Arts archives!

This week we look at why size matters…..are we too hard on ourselves because we are trying to color too small?

There are no magic shortcuts to better coloring...

But there are small…

Doodle Art Journals: five tips to stop procrastinating and start Making Art

Doodle Art Journals: five tips to stop procrastinating and start Making Art

Stop Stalling!

It’s a common problem in art journaling. Blank white pages… so much potential but you’re afraid to start because you might mess up. Or perhaps you feel creatively stagnated and stuck, like all you are accomplishing is an artistic doggie-paddle.

Your artwork just seems to go in circles and never gets anywhere.

And that’s a problem because you started this art journaling stuff with the idea that it was going to be fun.

Sketch Journals: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring by taking beautiful class notes

Sketch Journals: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring by taking beautiful class notes

Confession time!

Do you dream of making cool art journals and sketchbooks with ink pens, Copic Markers, colored pencils, or whatever medium sparks your creative neurons today? Yep. Me too. Because sketching and journaling are so darned important, I’m bringing in an expert…