Coloring Tip: Student-Grade Watercolors Slow the Learning Process (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Student-Grade Watercolors Slow the Learning Process (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

It’s your first real watercolor project…

You’re finally going to learn how to combine watercolor paints with colored pencil for realistic or artistic coloring. So you pull out the cute little set of watercolors you ordered from a scrapbooking website. You’re ready to watercolor!

Except you don’t have…

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Coloring Tip: Leave Air Space for Light and Delicate Flowers (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Leave Air Space for Light and Delicate Flowers (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Do your Copic Marker or colored pencil flower projects look solid, heavy, and unrealistic? It might not be the colors you’re using, perhaps you’re coloring too many spaces? Lightweight natural flowers have gaps and airspaces between the petals. To add more realism, leave more spaces.

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