Coloring Critiques: The importance of Project Feedback (Copic Marker & Colored Pencil)
Critiques - the Critical Key to Artistic Growth “I’ve never posted my artwork before and I’m pretty nervous…” Does the thought of posting your Copic Marker projects for critique make you squeamish? Are you nervous about submitting your colored pencil classwork for feedback? Are you afraid of sharing anything you draw or color for fear of someone laughing? Coloring friends, you have NOTHING to be afraid of.
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Glazed Beige
Translucent Beige
Did you know that underpainting isn’t just a technique for darker colors?
Surprised?
Well that’s what Vanilla Arts is here for…to teach you those little surprises that will make your Copic coloring projects drip with realism…
Just like these donuts are dripping with glaze!
Good coloring is a combination of good thinking and good observing. Ask the average person on the street what color they think a glazed donut is and not one in a hundred is going to say, “Blue violet!”
But look at those shaded areas in our photo reference. If you try to color them with straight YR31, it will be way too bright…
and unrealistic.
The solution is simple: Tone down those areas with a little BV0000 underpainting.
Dimensional vs. Realistic Coloring: What's the Difference? (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
The downside of dimensional coloring
So you have colored with Copic Markers and colored pencils for a long time now. You’ve got lots of beautiful coloring projects under your belt. You are NOT inexperienced!
And yet when you look at this fox, you are blown away…
Because this is sooooo not the same kind of coloring that you do.
But why not?
Why can’t YOU color with realism?
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Maple Glow
Resplendent Rust
Gaze upon the glorious colors of autumn…red, brown, orange, gold, pink, and even stubborn bright greens that refuse to surrender their pigment to winter’s beckoning fingers. Autumn is the triumphant end to summer. How does a marker artist capture with realism the vibrant color palette of sugar maples? At Vanilla Arts, we teach you how to think outside the box when it comes to blending colors for realism. That’s why we underpainted the dark end of this R27-YR07-YR04 run with B32.