Coloring Tip: Add Bold & Beautiful Color to Shadows (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
What color are real shadows?
It’s time to color the cast shadow… Hold on while I grab my gray Copic Markers!
Noooooooo! You can do better!
Details in Focus: Add Beautiful Color to Gray Copic Marker Projects (Grayscale Coloring Paper Recommendations)
A whole project with only gray Copic Markers?
How boring!
Actually no.
In the coloring world, grayscale is presented as a fun novelty technique. Something to try just for the heck of it.
But in the art world, gray is serious. Gray is how artists train.
Grayscale projects improve your coloring by teaching you to focus on value rather than color.
But oh, gray markers are so… uh… well… they’re gray.
Gray is drab and ho-hum.
Meh times 10.
Pssstt… gray is only boring if you color it boring.
My spooky Nevermore Manor online class project is anything but drab. You can get the same beautiful effects from your gray markers on a wide variety of projects!
Box of Colors: What Comes After Copic Marker Coloring Classes? Artistry & Independence
After all the Copic Marker and colored pencil classes… after all the tutorials, articles, and skill building projects…
You’ve learned how to color beautiful projects with skill.
What comes next?
Box of Colors. It’s time to become an artist…
Coloring Tip: Traditional Copic Marker Blending Techniques Limit Vibrancy
Have you ever noticed how the most vibrant Copic Marker inks look duller when applied to white paper? It’s not the ink, it’s your blending technique! Natural vibrancy comes from layers, not blends. It’s an easy technique to learn. Learn to create glowing colors that look lit from within.