Ok, so you’ve tried a few colored pencil projects and you can’t quite seem to get the hang of it. It looked so simple, it’s a pencil after all. So you buy some of that magic solvent stuff and blend the heck out of your project with a paper stumpy thing. But that just makes a slightly greasy smear and it’s paler than the original. So instead, you try…
Many crafters have grown quite accustomed to the term “archival”.
Lightfast, permanent, and archival products are now so standard in the paper crafting world that people automatically assume all premium products are lightfast. But that’s not true in the art world…
Fans of Copic Markers and colored pencils love to talk about the joys of shading. But I'll bet you're not very confident about shading without help from a sample project or a tutorial. You probably feel safest when there's someone telling you where the shade goes.
Right?
"Where should I add shade?" is the number one hang-up for colorers at all levels.
Yes, even…
