The Artist's Notebook: Do Not Fear Oversized Coloring Projects (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
I love to color big projects using Copic Markers and colored pencils. This is what I call Artistic Coloring and it’s extremely rewarding.
But what I notice when I first introduce students to oversized projects is oversized nervousness.
“Oh my gosh, it’s gigantic! How am I supposed to color all that space? This will take forever!”
Relax, artistic coloring does require more time than quick and easy card fronts. But that’s not a bad thing!
Tools On My Desk: Best Long-Point Sharpeners for Colored Pencil
Why the fuss over pencil sharpeners?
A pencil sharpener is a pencil sharpener, right?
Oh no, grasshopper.
Colored pencil artists are pretty darned emphatic about the kind of pencil sharpeners they’ll use. Pencils are a tool and tools need to function properly. Your pencil sharpener can make life heaven or hell. A badly sharpened pencil is complete torture. A great pencil sharpener makes drawing or coloring a breeze. Which is why artists and artistic colorers are sticklers about what we’ll use and which sharpeners we treat like glowing toxic ooze.
Today, let’s look at the long point pencil sharpeners recommended by the Vanilla Voices Team.
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Swiss Yellow
Real shade is not darker color, real shade is desaturated color. To create the desaturated colors that Copic Marker does not make, Vanilla Arts Company teaches Online Workshops and Livestream Coloring Challenges using the underpainting method. Students learn to layer colors realistically rather than blend. Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.
Vanilla Arts Rewind: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring Today - Size Matters
January is a Time to Reflect…..
So we decided to bring back some tried and true tips and tricks from the Vanilla Arts archives!
This week we look at why size matters…..are we too hard on ourselves because we are trying to color too small?
There are no magic shortcuts to better coloring...
But there are small…