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….
Copic Marker & Colored Pencil Mixed Media: Less Pencil Than You Think
I am a mixed media artist
Well, at least technically.
My projects do not look like the typical mixed media. I don’t glue photographs to a board and drizzle paint everywhere… but that’s the point. This is subtle mixed media.
I use a combination of Copic Marker and Prismacolor Soft Core Colored Pencils but I use them in a way that’s cohesive and seamless.
If I didn’t tell you I was mixing media, you’d never suspect.
Be More Creative! 4 Tips to develop original & artistic coloring ideas
The internet is full of inspiring Copic Marker and colored pencil artists. Sure, they call themselves colorers or cardmakers but that’s an understatement. When coloring looks this good? It’s art! So how is it that some bloggers, YouTubers, and coloring instructors have hundreds of amazing projects on their website, meanwhile you’re sitting there with maybe one or two decent looking ones? It must be talent, right? Some people are born to be creative, right? Wrong. Creativity is a skill…
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…