How to Create Lots of Color with only a few Colored Pencils
VIDEO RESOURCES: TONS OF COLOR FROM A FEW PENCILS
DO YOU COLOR ON AUTOPILOT?
Does your mind wander as you color?
It’s not you, it’s the blends!
Blending combinations encourage you to turn off your brain.
Zombie blending is a real thing.
But thinking about color is what makes coloring fun!
In today’s video, I share how to create vibrant color with a small number of Copic Markers and Holbein colored pencils.
Let’s break the ol’ coloring rules and bring excitement back intoto our coloring routine!
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“HEART LOLLIES” PROJECT DETAILS
Full color and supply list at end of this article.
LINE ART: “Heart Lollies” by Amy Shulke.
MARKERS: Copic Sketch Markers
PENCILS: Holbein Artist’s Colored Pencils
PAPER: Strathmore 400 Bristol, Smooth
SIZE: 10x10”
PRINT DETAILS: Gray lined PNG digital stamp printed onto bristol using a Canon Pixma Pro which is safe for use with Copic Markers.
LEARN TO COLOR LIKE AMY:
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Color Wonk is my intermediate membership for monthly projects similar similar to Heart Lollies.
It’s like Patreon but better organized and easier to navigate.
Every lesson is based on useful fine art techniques. The original line art is specifically designed to encourage intuitive coloring with greater depth, dimension, and realism.
COLOR HEART LOLLIES
I love to doodle hearts… which is weird because I’ve never been a girly-girl.
Heart Lollies are sweet little hearts with extra swirls inside, the perfect chance to play with color and transparency… although now that I think about it, I kinda want to color these as chocolate pops next. Hmmmm.
KIT INCLUDES FULL SUPPLY LIST
Heart Lollies digital kit includes the simple undecorated PNG line art in black and disappearing gray PLUS a third with swirls, as drawn in the video.
PRODUCTS IN TODAY’S VIDEO
Full supply list at the bottom of the page
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SUPPLY LIST: “HEART LOLLIES”
