The Artist's Notebook: Add Realistic Texture to Your Coloring (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Want to add more life to your coloring projects?
When people first start coloring polymer, rubber, or digital stamps with Copic Markers or colored pencils, they often focus on color. Which marker colors should I buy? Which pencil colors should I use?
Color-color-color.
Later, as we build up a pretty good color collection, the focus shifts to blending. What color blend should I use on the bow? What color blend should I use for the snow?
And there’s the catch, even though you’re thinking about blending technique, it’s still all about the color-color-color…
How to Color Realistic Night Scenes and Spooky Glows (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
The Color of Midnight: How to Create a Spooky Mood and a Realistic Glow (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
We simply cannot see clean, clear color at night. Hues do not exist in the dark. At night, the whole world is deep, dark, murky, and blackened. We call this “desaturated” but the truth is that because of our terrible eyesight, night time is extreme desaturation.
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You're doing it right…
You did not jump into Copic Markers blindly.
You read the blogs. You researched colors, paper, and storage. And you did all that before you made the big purchase.
Now you're reading every tip and tutorial you can get your hands on. You're watching videos and printing step-by-step guides-- you are eager to learn!
And yet everything you color still looks a little... well... childish?