Use What You Learn: Color a Feathery Rooster with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color a Feathery Rooster with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color realistic birds.

You can color this rooster, your own rooster drawing, or any other bird stamp you encounter.

Good technique isn’t just good for one project.

Good technique is good for a lifetime of coloring!

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Coloring Tip: Student-Grade Watercolors Slow the Learning Process (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Student-Grade Watercolors Slow the Learning Process (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

It’s your first real watercolor project…

You’re finally going to learn how to combine watercolor paints with colored pencil for realistic or artistic coloring. So you pull out the cute little set of watercolors you ordered from a scrapbooking website. You’re ready to watercolor!

Except you don’t have…

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Coloring Tip: Leave Air Space for Light and Delicate Flowers (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Leave Air Space for Light and Delicate Flowers (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Do your Copic Marker or colored pencil flower projects look solid, heavy, and unrealistic? It might not be the colors you’re using, perhaps you’re coloring too many spaces? Lightweight natural flowers have gaps and airspaces between the petals. To add more realism, leave more spaces.

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Use What You Learn: Color Tasty Food Illustrations with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color Tasty Food Illustrations with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

You can use techniques borrowed from other Vanilla Arts classes to color food illustrations.

You can color this sandwich, your own sandwich drawing, or any other food stamp you encounter.

Good technique isn’t just good for one project.

Good technique is good for a lifetime of coloring!

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