You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good techniques add up! Color a tasty food sandwich using concepts from an intermediate Vanilla Arts class on inventing texture techniques plus an advanced underpainting class. Combine your classes for amazing realism.

Color Amazing Projects Without a Specialized Class

It would be impossible to create a Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything everyone wants to color.

Even if I devoted all my time to producing classes, 24 hours a day, non-stop, I still couldn’t teach a specific class on everything you want to learn to color.

The good news is that you don’t need a dedicated class to color this mile high sandwich full of tasty treats.

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color this Dagwood sandwich

You can color this sandwich, your own sandwich drawing, or any other food stamp you encounter.

Good technique isn’t just good for one project.

Good technique is good for a lifetime of coloring!

Borrow & Combine Techniques to Create Original Coloring Projects

Make the most out of every coloring class you take!

To color this realistic line art with Copic and colored pencils, I used techniques from two Vanilla Arts classes:

Seashell Trio + Doughnut Stack = the ultimate midnight snack, a Dagwood sandwich

In the Seashell Trio online workshop, students learn to develop realistic textures, moving beyond smooth blends and standardized blending combinations. Realism and artistry are just one step beyond coloring and it’s easier than you think!

In the Doughnut Stack online workshop, we explore how to use a base underpaint layer to create realistic desaturation for shade. Stop guessing which red marker to shade with, let the underpaint create the ideal color for every situation.

Dagwood is an original artistic coloring kit from Amy Shulke here at VanillaArts.com. Amy’s stamps are open spaces with no texture marks, allowing your technique and skill to shine. Perfect for Copic Markers, colored pencil, or watercolor.

food illustration

Jump into food illustration and tackle almost every meal and every kind of food texture possible!

Dagwood

Artistic Coloring Kits are everything you need to challenge yourself with intermediate to advanced level images.

Explore your knowledge of texture and and apply it to several different food combinations.

Let your skill & creativity be the star of the image, not the stamp art. Ideal for large-scale projects in Copic Marker, colored pencil, or watercolor

Kit includes: digital stamp, suggested supply list, photo references, guide to shade and shadow & underpainting advice, color map & coloring process tips & photo collage