Coloring Tip: How to Color Realistic Highlights (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: How to Color Realistic Highlights (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

You want to get more depth, dimension, and realism from your Copic Markers and colored pencils.

So you spend a ton of time picking just the right colors…

And you labor over getting all the right shade colors into just the right spots…

You work hard to get all the details just right…

Then you grab a white gel pen and decorate the heck out of it. Sound about right?

Stop! There’s a better way!

Use What You Learn: Color Realistic Macarons with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color Realistic Macarons with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color photorealistic macarons.

You can color these macarons, your own macaron drawing, or any other cookie stamp you encounter.

Good technique isn’t just good for one project.

Good technique is good for a lifetime of coloring!

Coloring Tip: How to Color a Smooth Background (why Copic Markers leave stripes and streaks)

Coloring Tip: How to Color a Smooth Background (why Copic Markers leave stripes and streaks)

Do your Copic Marker backgrounds look streaky or striped?

You’re not alone. It’s hard to create a smooth colorful background with Copic Markers.

I see the streaky-background question posted on beginner marker groups at Facebook a lot. The sad thing is, the answers from the community are almost never correct. Today let’s look at how to color beautifully smooth backgrounds.

Use What You Learn: Color Realistic Strawberries with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color Realistic Strawberries with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color sweet strawberries.

You can color these strawberries, your own strawberry drawing, or any other strawberry stamp you encounter.

Good technique isn’t just good for one project.

Good technique is good for a lifetime of coloring!