The Artist's Notebook: What is Artistic Coloring? (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

The Artist's Notebook: What is Artistic Coloring? (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Confession time…

I spend a lot of time doing something without a name. Yep, I spend hours coloring highly detailed projects with Copic Markers and colored pencils. They’re little paintings. Lots of other people do it too— some working with digital stamps and others with their own original line art.

You’d think there’d be a name for this… Hobby? Pastime? Obsession? For want of a better name, I call it: Artistic Coloring.

Artistic Coloring… It’s a sub-niche of something fine-artsy, almost like watercolor but crossed with illustration, the step-child of paper crafting, and cousins to card makers and art journaling… whew!

See? We’re the Duckbilled Platypus of the coloring world…

The Artist's Notebook: Blessed with Color (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

The Artist's Notebook: Blessed with Color (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

This is the most creative time of the year…

When we pull out all our very best art supplies to color cards, decorate our homes, and make special gifts for friends and family. Your Copic Markers, colored pencils, and pretty watercolors get a real work-out in November and December.

Today, let’s pause for a moment to appreciate the art supplies we have.

Are you so focused on building up a full collection of markers and pencils that you’ve forgotten the point is to create beautiful and unique colors?

Join me at the Power Poppy blog to read the full article!

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….