Tutorials Make Realistic Coloring Impossible (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Tutorials Make Realistic Coloring Impossible (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Do your Copic Marker projects look flat & unrealistic?

Do you follow lots of coloring tutorials which promise depth and dimension? Yet your projets still have a flat, artificial or stylized look to them. Is your coloring dimensional and yet not realistic? Have you ever wondered…

Realistic Coloring: 6 Ways to Make Your Practice Sessions More Effective (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Realistic Coloring: 6 Ways to Make Your Practice Sessions More Effective (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

So you set a practice routine…

You’ve decided to buckle down and really work on improving your Copic Marker and colored pencil coloring skills. You’re going to color for at least an hour, 5 days a week. Or maybe you’re…

Realistic Coloring: The Danger of Black Copic Markers & Black Colored pencils

Realistic Coloring: The Danger of Black Copic Markers & Black Colored pencils

Do you use black markers and colored pencils?

Would you be surprised to find out that I almost never use black?

My latest Copic Coloring Tips video at YouTube tells you the story about how I started not-using black. There are a lot of benefits to tucking your black Copics and colored pencils into the back of your deepest desk drawer.

I’m a better artist today because I don’t use black!

Today, let’s talk about the traps you can fall into when you uncap that black marker.

5 Tips for Realistic cast shadows with Copic Marker, colored pencil, or even watercolor

5 Tips for Realistic cast shadows with Copic Marker, colored pencil, or even watercolor

Do your shadows look fake?

Depth & Dimension are buzz words in the Copic Marker and colored pencil communities. Everyone wants more depth, we all want more dimension.

What we’re really saying is that we want to color with greater realism. And in our wildest dreams, we want people to mistake our coloring for a photograph…