Copic Marker + Colored Pencil: Vibrancy & Translucency, a Halloween coloring lesson

Copic Marker + Colored Pencil: Vibrancy & Translucency, a Halloween coloring lesson

Bright color on Kraft paper?

It doesn’t have to be so hard!

Folks, I’ve seen a ton of Colored Pencil on kraft paper tutorials and videos. Ugh, they make my heart sink.

It seems like everyone advises you to basecoat the heck out of everything with thick layers of white colored pencil.

Have you ever tried this?

Because seriously, once you spend 15 minutes coloring everything white, you’ve got no tooth left over then to add all the brilliant color!

If you basecoat in white, you’re saying goodbye to any shot you have at realism.

Keep Coloring: 5 Tips to Deal With Ugly Duckling Art Projects (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)

Keep Coloring: 5 Tips to Deal With Ugly Duckling Art Projects (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)

 You’re halfway into the Copic Marker or colored pencil project and things are not going well. There’s no way of dancing around it. The may only be half finished, but man! This looks TERRIBLE!!! What happened? Did you waste all that time and your expensive supplies? Should you just throw the dumb thing out? Maybe; just maybe… you’re not good enough to be a real artist? Stop right there! Today’s Inkwell is a blast of realistic insight on the normal creative process. Don’t pack up your Copics just yet!

Artistic Coloring: 10 Tools that Never Leave my Desk (Copic Marker & Colored Pencil)

Artistic Coloring: 10 Tools that Never Leave my Desk (Copic Marker & Colored Pencil)

“What do I need to buy for this class?” The supply lists for your average coloring class or free tutorial, whether it’s with Copic Marker or colored pencil… well, they’re always a little spartan. The list tells you exactly what you’ll need to complete the class project. Nothing more. Nothing less. Meanwhile in art classes, you’ll get a general supply list of things you sorta-kinda-maybe might need at some point. Today, let’s look at the top 10 tools I use every day, things that I grab so often, they never get put away. Some tools are borrowed from my work as an illustrator and may be new to you while others are common in the papercrafting world…

Copic Coloring Videos: The Limitations of Online Learning (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Copic Coloring Videos: The Limitations of Online Learning (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Are you learning to color from online videos?

You’re not alone. As you move through your daily life— work, home, and social circles; you probably don’t meet many people who know about Copic Markers. Most of your friends last used a colored pencil in 10th grade geography class….