The Artist's Notebook: What is Artistic Coloring? (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

 
What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
 
 
What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
 

Confession time…

I spend a lot of time doing something without a name. Yep, I spend hours coloring highly detailed projects with Copic Markers and colored pencils. They’re little paintings. Lots of other people do it too— some working with digital stamps and others with their own original line art.

You’d think there’d be a name for this… Hobby? Pastime? Obsession?

For want of a better name, I call it: Artistic Coloring.

Artistic Coloring… It’s a sub-niche of something fine-artsy, almost like watercolor but crossed with illustration, the step-child of paper crafting, and cousins to card makers and art journaling… whew!

See? We’re the Duckbilled Platypus of the coloring world. And hey, maybe you’ll want to join us!

Join me at the Power Poppy blog to read the full article!

What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
 

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What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
 

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What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic
What makes Artistic Coloring different than standard Copic Marker coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com tells you more. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor #copic