Improve your Coloring: How to Keep Copic Marker Projects Lightweight & Delicate

Improve your Coloring: How to Keep Copic Marker Projects Lightweight & Delicate

Do you have a weight problem?

Sorry, not that kind of weight problem. Do you have a Copic weight problem?

You are not alone. You color something like flowers and your blends are flawless. You use your best techniques and all of your skill. Basically, the stars align and it might be the best coloring you've ever done.

And yet your flower blossoms look like they each weigh about 90 pounds. There's nothing light or delicate about your project. It's leaden and heavy….

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Copic Marker Secrets that Free Coloring Tutorials Never mention!
Copic Marker, Improve Your Coloring Amy Shulke Copic Marker, Improve Your Coloring Amy Shulke

Copic Marker Secrets that Free Coloring Tutorials Never mention!

Copic Secrets that Self-Taught Colorers Never Hear

The internet is a wonderful resource with tons of information about Copic and other brands of alcohol markers. With so much free information available, many people do quite well learning on their own without help from local classes or online courses.

Free is great if you’re simply coloring for enjoyment. But self-taught colorers need to know that the solo experience has drawbacks. There’s no avoiding it, you absolutely will miss out on important resources and concepts that are rarely covered in free tutorials. 

Self-study is a little like…

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Color Palettes: A Beginner's Guide to Coloring with Sophistication (Part Two)

Color Palettes: A Beginner's Guide to Coloring with Sophistication (Part Two)

Are you good at picking colors or do you get a headache thinking about all the possible combinations of Copic Marker and colored pencils?

Relax. It's normal. Not everyone is born with the ability to whip out original and beautiful color palettes on demand.

In Part One of this series, I showed you how to weed through the various color palette websites, finding workable color palettes to use in your adult coloring projects.

Today, let's learn how to create our own palettes. And psssttt... don't miss downloading your FREE copy of my Color Palette Picker wheel for Copic Markers! It's at the end of this article and well worth your time.

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