Ice Cream Twist: Shading Line Art with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

THE MOST COMMON LINE ART MISTAKE: SHADING

It’s a problem in adult coloring…

Most tutorials focus on blends, shade, and highlights— which is basically all about color.

But when you’re not following tutorial instructions, you find yourself wondering, “where does the shade go?” and “is this where I add highlights?”

Then when you coloring looks weird, you blame the blending combination.

Stop. None of this makes sense.

Let’s take a step back and look at the real problem:

When you don’t understand the line art, of course you’re going to stumble over shade and highlight.

In today’s video, Amy helps you understand the gap between what the line artist has drawn and how you’re coloring it.

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With Copic Markers and Prismacolor Colored Pencils

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