Intermediate Marker Painting Workshop "Copperbanded Butterflyfish"

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Join me and my intermediate to advanced students as we color a Copperbanded Butterflyfish.

This lesson is all about the difference between pattern and texture. Learn how to use both to make your images really sing!

Lesson: Pattern and Texture

Image: "Copperband Butterflyfish" by Vanilla Arts Co.

Copperbanded Butterflyfish is now available as a class with anytime access!

Copperbanded Butterflyfish

 Join me for a fun Copic Marker + Colored Pencil lesson in the Vanilla Workshop

Copperbanded Butterflyfish was recorded live, now it’s available as a Marker Painting Workshop with anytime access.

Art of Coloring is now a live demonstration program from Vanilla Arts.

Edited classes with perfect narration tend to make the coloring process look faster, easier, and smoother than it really is.

Stop comparing yourself to the supermodel version of an artist!

Real time coloring with real mistakes and real fixes.

Class Printable Pack Includes: 

• Class syllabus with detailed recipe guide

• Full color project sample

• Guide to Copic base

• Detailed color map

• Project inspiration references

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Royal Iris: a Copic and Colored Pencil Vanilla Arts Digi Stamp

Water control = color control

H2Oh! classes approach watercolor from a rather unique perspective.

I learned to watercolor first. And my watercolor mindset has greatly influenced the way I use and teach Copic marker classes.

H2Oh! flips that on its head. I teach my intermediate level coloring students to use their Copic skills with watercolor.

The two mediums are very similar. With one exception...

Water control.

In marker, if you want a lighter color, you switch to a lighter marker. In watercolor, you dilute your paint.

How much to dilute... now that's the hard part.

This month we're limiting our color palette in order to concentrate on the strength of our paint. Light green, dark green, light violet, dark violet. It's good practice to see how many colors we can get from just a few tubes of paint.

**Taught as a local class in 2016.**

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Celebration Cupcake, a Copic and Colored Pencil Marker Painting Workshop

Make a wish!

People frequently ask for a class on clothing. Here you go!

Celebration Cupcake

Learn the universally adaptable technique for coloring folds and waves.

Soft fluffy frosting and tasty cake, perfect for any birthday celebration. We’re coloring gentle waves of frosting and crisply folded pleats but you can use it on skirts, shirts, curtains, or anything else with folds.

Real time coloring, recorded live

Live Workshops are unscripted demonstrations which provide students with a real look into the authentic coloring process. You’ll see mistakes being made and corrected. It’s just like visiting Amy in her home studio.

Log in and color with Amy at your convenience. Anytime access, no expiration dates. Class was recorded in March 2021 and featured a live student audience. Amy answers questions from the students and offers many tips for better colored pencil art.

Class Kit includes: digital stamp, photo references, supply list, value reference, color map, plus helpful tips and work-in-progress photos

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Advanced Copic Coloring: "Flamingo Feathers"

Flamingo Feathers is Now Available in The Vanilla Stamp Shop!

Flamingo Feathers -

For the bird lover in all of us!  My students love the challenge of drawing realistic birds. Flamingo Feathers is an intermediate/advanced level digital image and perfect for those looking to challenge themselves.

This digital image is an original stamp created for the students of my 2019 San Antonio Winter Art Retreat. It was originally colored in Copic and colored pencil but is also perfect for watercolor and other mediums....your options are endless!

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