Vanilla Arts Rewind: Improve your Copic Marker Coloring Today - Size Matters
January is a Time to Reflect…..
So we decided to bring back some tried and true tips and tricks from the Vanilla Arts archives!
This week we look at why size matters…..are we too hard on ourselves because we are trying to color too small?
There are no magic shortcuts to better coloring...
But there are small…
The Artist's Notebook: Add Realistic Texture to Your Coloring (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Want to add more life to your coloring projects?
When people first start coloring polymer, rubber, or digital stamps with Copic Markers or colored pencils, they often focus on color. Which marker colors should I buy? Which pencil colors should I use?
Color-color-color.
Later, as we build up a pretty good color collection, the focus shifts to blending. What color blend should I use on the bow? What color blend should I use for the snow?
And there’s the catch, even though you’re thinking about blending technique, it’s still all about the color-color-color…
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.
