Copic Marker Tip: Do You Blend Everything Smooth? The importance of texture to realism

Copic Marker Tip: Do You Blend Everything Smooth? The importance of texture to realism

Think back to your last Copic Marker Project…

Picture in your mind the last thing you colored with Copic Markers or even colored pencils.

I'll bet you made the same beginner Copic mistake everyone else makes.

Don't feel bad, I see people making this same blunder every day and many of them are definitely NOT beginners!

What mistake?

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“Satin Gift”: Capture Accurate Details for Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Colored Pencil, Copic, Digital Stamps Amy Shulke Colored Pencil, Copic, Digital Stamps Amy Shulke

“Satin Gift”: Capture Accurate Details for Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Do you want to play a game? “Okay class, pick up your R35 and we will color the tail of this ribbon.” That’s how Copic and even some colored pencil classes work, right? If you do exactly what the teacher does, you’ll end up with something amazing. And it works… Kinda. You walk away with a very pretty project. Your Christmas scene looks just as cute as the instructor’s. Your ribbon is smooth, your ornaments look shiny and the box looks perfectly dimensional… maybe even realistic.

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