You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good techniques add up! Color a crate of realistic grapes using concepts from an advanced Vanilla Arts class on deep violet color plus an intermediate class on rustic wood grain techniques. 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 classic grapes scene.

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color a classical still life

You can color this crate of grapes, your own food illustration, or any other fruit 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:

Ink & Hydrangea + Rustic Maple Leaf = a classical still life full of depth and deep color

In the Ink & Hydrangea online workshop, students learn to create dynamic depth by changing the temperature of the colors you use. Bonus lesson on transparent glass. This class is a wonderful introduction to coloring with amazing realism.

In the Rustic Maple Leaf online workshop, students explore how to use deeper underpaint colors and dark values of shade to create a photorealistic leaf with touchable dimension. Bonus lesson on free-form wood grain.

Grape Harvest is an original artistic coloring kit from VanillaArts.com. Amy’s line art is drawn with wide open spaces and no artsy scribble marks. Let your artistry shine rather than the stamp. Perfect for Copic Markers, colored pencil, or watercolor.

Like Fine Wine…

Deep color, bold color, brilliant color. We’re following Rembrandt’s lead, using deep neutrals to make bold colors look amazingly brilliant.

Grape Harvest

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

Learn how to create the look of classical oil paint with Copic Markers and colored pencils.

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