Artist's Notebook: Check Your Color Values! (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

 
Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
 
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Frustrated with Your Original color palettes?

Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …

Tell me if this sounds right…

You’ve colored for months or maybe years, and you’re pretty darned good at it. There’s no tutorial that you can’t knock out of the park.

And yet when you go off on your own, picking original color palettes and choosing your own markers or pencils… well… your coloring is still good but, uhm… there’s something missing.

Your personal projects don’t have the same oh-la-la you see in professional projects.

You can’t quite put your finger on it, but something is just… off?

So you chalk that up to talent. “I love Crafty Candie’s Coloring tutorials! Her classes are the best because she always gives us the best color recipes!”

Psssttt… It’s not talent.

Crafty Candie does something you don't.

Today, I’ll show you how!

 
Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
 
 

What is Contrast?

First off, don’t get scared. Artsy people name drop “value” and “contrast” a lot. Fear not, there will be no deep weeds here.

Because we don’t have to go deep to fix the problem!

Value simply means…

Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
 

Let’s color Blue Reflection together!

Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
 

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Pin an inspirational reminder. Save this color palette for future projects!

Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …
Want to improve your Copic Marker or colored pencil coloring? Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com shows an easy way to check your color contrast with Copic Markers or colored pencil. | VanillaArts.com | #realistic #howtocolor …