Colored Pencil: Change Your Grip to Solve Coloring Issues (More Troubleshooting Part 2)
Are Colored Pencils Harder Than you Expected?
Yup. We all feel that way.
Every grade school kid in the world uses a pencil, so why is it that coloring with pencils is so much more challenging than writing with pencils?
Feeling like you’ll never get the hang of it?
Hold on, there’s help!
Colored Pencil: Change Your Grip to Solve Coloring Issues (Troubleshooting Part 1)
Do You Struggle with Colored Pencils?
You’re not alone!
Pencils look so easy! You’ve been using them since kindergarten, so it’s almost embarassing to admit that your colored pencil coloring… uhm… it kinda…
Let’s just say it. Sometimes it looks like you’re still back in kindergarten.
Feeling hopeless?
Hold on, there’s help!
Tools On My Desk: Best White Pencils, Pens, and Markers (for Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Best White Pens for Coloring?
Everyone loves a good white gel pen.
C’mon, you know you do. You whip out your white pen at the end of every Copic Marker or colored pencil project, to add realistic highlights and shine to everything.
Hold on there…
Does white gel pen actually look realistic?
But what else is there? What do artists use to color white?
Control Freak Tips: How to Color with Loose Artistic Style (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Do you micro-manage your markers?
You’re not alone. There’s something about Copic Marker and especially colored pencil that seems to attract persnickety people. We like control and we want to regulate our colors, so we choose the most controlled version of all art mediums.
Because really, who trusts a drippy paintbrush and all those weird little tubes? That stuff gets messy! Markers and pencils are safe.
And yet we dream of painting. Painting with wild abandon.
Today, let’s look at tips for coloring with passion and freedom.