Easy as Pie: Color Photo-Realistic Cherry Pie with Markers & Colored Pencils (Resources, Project Info)
“Easy as Pie” is a mixed media painting using Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils to create the look of glowing tart cherries and glossy cherry pie filling inside flakey golden pie crust.
Learn more with our extra resources and learning aids here.
Grayscale Coloring: Depth & Dimension + Tips for success (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Why is Your Coloring Flat?
In the coloring world, grayscale projects are presented as novelties.
“You’ve got a bunch of gray Copic Markers and a ton of gray colored pencils, so let’s color a bunch of funny penguins!”
But in the art world? Monochromatic is how we train!
So as a colorer, when you wonder why your projects look cartoonish or lacking in depth and dimension, you assume it’s because you’re not using the best blending combination.
Hold on…
Realistic Florals: Why Traditional Copic Marker Blending Technique Makes Fake Flowers
Do your flowers look fake?
Do you dream of coloring realistic flowers with Copic Markers, colored pencils, or even watercolor? Do you practice— coloring lots of flower stamps and trying out new tutorials… but you never seem to get the look of a real flower? My latest video at YouTube is a free lesson on why traditional Copic blending techniques fail miserably when it comes to florals. It’s not you. It’s the technique…