Tiny Watermelon Slice: Coloring Realistic Miniatures with Copic Marker

HOW TO COLOR MINIATURES WITH COPIC MARKER

I’ve spent a lifetime drawing and painting on big sheets of paper.

12x12 inches feels small to me!

But most of my students come to my alcohol marker classes from the card making world. In card coloring and stamping, images average 2-4 inches tall and even then, the coloring cells within the stamp are even smaller!

Is realism even possible at miniature scale?

And can we color small with big, fat Copic Markers?

I’m experimenting to find out!

In the “Tiny Watermelon Slice” project, I make a breakthrough, improving upon my previous attempt at realistic miniatures.

If we’re going to color miniature depth and dimension, we can’t just color the shapes.

“Tiny Watermelon Slice” by the author, Amy Shulke. Watermelon measures 1.25 inches tall. Copic Marker and Pablo Colored Pencils on Strathmore Bristol 300 Smooth.

WATCH: COLORING A MINIATURE WATERMELON

With Copic Markers and Pablo Colored Pencils

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