Beginner Copic Coloring: Small Collection, Big Color

Beginner Copic Coloring: Small Collection, Big Color

It's not a numbers game

"I don't have very many Copic markers yet, so I can't color much"

I hear this a lot from beginners and I always wonder what the magic number is. How many markers does it take to get started?

It's a common situation, you want to learn Copics but it takes a while to build up a collection, especially if money is tight. So you're stuck in limbo where you have a few but not enough to get anything done.

But how many is enough? Ten? Twenty? Seventy?

At what point do you graduate from "not enough to do anything" to "enough to do everything"?

Use Sunscreen to Shade Realistic Yellow (Copic Markers & Colored Pencils)

Use Sunscreen to Shade Realistic Yellow (Copic Markers & Colored Pencils)

Do your Flowers Look Fake?

Do you dream of coloring realistic flowers with Copic Markers, colored pencils, or even watercolor? Do you keep practicing— coloring lots of flower stamps and trying out new tutorials… but you never seem to get the look of a real flower? Traditional Copic blending techniques fail miserably when it comes to florals. It’s not you. It’s the technique.

Artistic Coloring: Advanced Online Floral & Glass class (Copic Marker, Colored Pencils)

 
Learn to shift color temperatures with Copic Markers to maximize depth. | VanillaArts.com
 

Can you shift the temperature of a color?

Absolutely!

Contrary to everything you read on crafty coloring blogs, depth does not come from shading with darker markers.

Darker markers are darker, that's it.

I know you're not used to hearing this but it's true. Making something darker doesn't do a darned thing to sculpt its shape or to create the illusion of distance.

 

Ink & Hydrangea is now available as a class with anytime access!

 

Ink & Hydrangea

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

Ink & Hydrangea is an advanced skills class introducing the theory behind color shifting for depth and the use of temperature to indicate distance.

Learn to incorporate real artistry into your coloring projects, one concept at a time. Every Workshop details a new method for enhancing realism, depth, and dimension.

Each class stands on its own as independent learning. You don't have to take six of my other classes to understand this lesson.

Workshops are NON-SEQUENTIAL!

All of my Workshop classes are ANYTIME ACCESS. Work at your own pace and repeat the project as many times as you'd like.

Come color with me. It's a ton of fun!

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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Select Supplies used in “Ink & Hydrangea”

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**complete, printable supply list available with class purchase

 

Learn the Flick stroke for Copic Markers

 
"Oopsie Daisy" a beginner level lesson on perfecting the Flick stroke for Copic Marker. | VanillaArts.com #copic #coloredpencil #realisticcoloring
 
 

Everybody talks about the flick stroke…

Oopsie Daisy - Beginner Marker Painting course on perfecting the Flick stroke for Copic Marker. | VanillaArts.com #copic #coloredpencil #realisticcoloring

You can’t spend 10 minutes looking at Copic on the Internet without stumbling across a reference to flicking.

But here’s the problem - instructors and bloggers don’t seem to agree on what a flick is and how to do it.

Really?

Really. It's likely in the top ten things that marker bloggers blog about and if I had a Twinkie for every different explanation, I've seen...

Well, I'm not sure what I'd do with a three-story high pile of Twinkies... but you get the idea.

 

 
 

Join me for a deep dive look at the Marker Painting flick technique

What a flick is, what it looks like, how to do it, when to do it...

This isn't just a passing glance at flicking! I even get into maximizing your wrist anatomy to make the best flick possible.

This online course is perfect for:

  • complete beginners

  • self taught colorers who feel as if they've accidentally missed key information

  • long time colorers who still encounter problems with blending, shading, or developing convincing depth

 
Oopsie Daisy - Beginner Marker Painting course on perfecting the Flick stroke for Copic Marker. | VanillaArts.com #copic #coloredpencil #realisticcoloring

Marker Painting Workshops:

Learn to color with confidence

Because you can't color artistically if you're always worrying about the basics.

This course includes:

  • 15 minute break-down of flicking- not just the how but the why

  • 45 minute color-along style video, fully narrated walk through of "Oopsie Daisy"

  • Hi-res "Oopsie Daisy" PNG digital stamp (also PDF and JPG alternate formats)

  • full color sample

  • guide to shading

  • color map

  • bonus supplement on Push & Pull technique for floral images

Anytime access, entire class is immediately available upon registration.

 

Join the class, join the fun! I can't wait to color with you.

 

Select Supplies used in “Satin Gift”

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**complete, printable supply list available with class purchase