Coloring Tip: Do Not Base-Coat with White Colored Pencil
Colored Pencil Changes As it Ages
I call this natural process “marination” and it happens to every brand of colored pencil ever made.
It has nothing to do with lightfastness. These changes happen to all pencils, all brands…
Student Success: Kathy Adds Realism by Coloring Larger Images (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
“I want my coloring to look absolutely realistic!”
You’ve taken lots of coloring classes and you’ve colored tons of stamped images. You’re even being very careful to avoid the cutesy classes— no googley-eyed bunnies or smiling toaster classes for you.
You want to color with realism. So why isn’t it happening? Why does everything you color still look cartoonish?
Details in Focus: Color White Flowers with a Rainbow (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
How To Color White Flowers?
White flowers are white. Your paper is white and they don’t make white Copic Markers…
Do you color white flowers by not coloring them at all?
Or do you pull out gray markers, hoping to add a bit of shade and dimension.
Pssstttt… that’s why your white flowers are flat and lifeless.
Let’s look up-close at beautiful white flowers that are everything but white.
Colorful whites are easier than you think. You can do this!
Colored Pencil: Do You Have Time & Patience for Slow Coloring? (plus Tips for Efficient Coloring)
Colored pencil is slow!
The sharp point on a colored pencil is teeny-tiny. If that’s not bad enough, colored pencil painting requires many layers for vibrancy. It takes forever to complete even a small pencil project!
Do you have the time for colored pencil? Do you have the patience?
I picked up my first artist grade colored pencil in the fall of 1984 and I’m still working with them today. That’s decades of working at a turtle’s pace.
How have I survived this long without going crazy?
Hmmmm… How about if I share some efficiency tips that I’ve picked up over the years?