The 10 Year Beginner: Coloring Projects & Copic Blending Classes Do not make you a better artist
Do you color a lot?
You’ve heard instructors and your coloring heroes say: “The way to improve your coloring is to practice.” And hooo-baby, you are definitely practicing! You take at least one online Copic Marker or colored pencil class every month. You watch lots of coloring videos. You read the blogs and you follow the tutorials. You’ve done the 30 Day Challenge umpteen times in a row…
Artistic Coloring: 3 Mistakes Everyone Makes with Stamps (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
Are your coloring projects pretty but boring? You find a wonderful stamp. You can’t wait to color it with your Copic Markers, colored pencils, or maybe you’ll use watercolor. So you color it really well. And yet the finished project is just a little… Boring? Even worse is when you stumble across sixteen other people who colored the stamp exactly like you did. Why is it so hard to color a jaw-dropping stamp in an eye-popping way? Let’s look closer at why great stamps go mediocre during the coloring process.
Am I a Beginner? 5 Things Experienced Colorers Never Think About (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
“Do I color like a beginner?” It can be hard to determine where you fit because it’s possible for someone to color for years with Copic Markers or colored pencils and still be a beginner. I know that sounds crazy but if you’re never presented with upper level techniques and if you never color anything but simple stamps for small cards, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been coloring, you still have beginner skills.
Be a Smart Artist: 5 Things to Think About While Coloring (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
What do professional artists think about as they work?
Well, it’s not what you see in the movies.
Turning the stereo up to eleven, chugging whiskey, and waiving a paintbrush around in the air like you’re swatting flies? That’s how artists work on television. It looks romantic on camera.
But in real life?
All that distraction is a good way to make bad art.
If you’re moving from craft-level stamp coloring to artistic coloring with Copic Markers, colored pencils, watercolor… well, it’s easy to feel like a misfit.