Coloring Critiques: The importance of Project Feedback (Copic Marker & Colored Pencil)
Critiques - the Critical Key to Artistic Growth “I’ve never posted my artwork before and I’m pretty nervous…” Does the thought of posting your Copic Marker projects for critique make you squeamish? Are you nervous about submitting your colored pencil classwork for feedback? Are you afraid of sharing anything you draw or color for fear of someone laughing? Coloring friends, you have NOTHING to be afraid of.
Dimensional vs. Realistic Coloring: What's the Difference? (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
The downside of dimensional coloring
So you have colored with Copic Markers and colored pencils for a long time now. You’ve got lots of beautiful coloring projects under your belt. You are NOT inexperienced!
And yet when you look at this fox, you are blown away…
Because this is sooooo not the same kind of coloring that you do.
But why not?
Why can’t YOU color with realism?
How to Color Realistic Night Scenes and Spooky Glows (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
The Color of Midnight: How to Create a Spooky Mood and a Realistic Glow (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
We simply cannot see clean, clear color at night. Hues do not exist in the dark. At night, the whole world is deep, dark, murky, and blackened. We call this “desaturated” but the truth is that because of our terrible eyesight, night time is extreme desaturation.
Keep Coloring: 5 Tips to Deal With Ugly Duckling Art Projects (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
You’re halfway into the Copic Marker or colored pencil project and things are not going well. There’s no way of dancing around it. The may only be half finished, but man! This looks TERRIBLE!!! What happened? Did you waste all that time and your expensive supplies? Should you just throw the dumb thing out? Maybe; just maybe… you’re not good enough to be a real artist? Stop right there! Today’s Inkwell is a blast of realistic insight on the normal creative process. Don’t pack up your Copics just yet!