Tools On My Desk: Favorite Colored Pencils for Creating Depth & Realism (Pulling Pencils)
Do you want to color realistic highlights?
The problem with traditional Copic Marker blending technique and a lot of craft based colored pencil instruction is that they teach students to highlight everything. EVERYTHING.
They treat highlights as if they’re magical.
Add a highlight and voila! Now it looks dimensional!
All this over-highlighting… and your strange addiction to white gel pens?
This is why your projects look fake.
Real highlights are not white. And folks, not everything has a highlight on it!
Realistic depth and dimension do not come from slapping white comma shapes on everything.
ONLINE Copic Marker Class: “Ink Frog” Alternatives to Blending & How to create Friendly Expressions
Coloring with Copic Markers
Looking for a new coloring challenge? Stuck at home? Social distancing? Bored?
Now’s the time to finally work on your Copic Marker and colored pencil skills.
For years, you’ve put it off because you didn’t have the time. There were errands to run, appointments to keep, stuff to take care of. Now we’ve got time out the wazoo.
Vanilla Arts is here to help keep your hands and minds busy.
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Violet Ribbon
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.
Copic Marker Tutorial: Easy, Inexpensive, & Safe Marker Cleaning
Clean your Copic Markers
Protect your investment! Regular Copic care extends the life of your Copic Markers.
Clean and full Copics make coloring easier!
In today's video, Elena demonstrates how to properly clean and maintain your Copic Markers. She also shows how to refill Copic Markers to keep them performing like new.