Beginner Copic Coloring: Small Collection, Big Color

Beginner Copic Coloring: Small Collection, Big Color

It's not a numbers game

"I don't have very many Copic markers yet, so I can't color much"

I hear this a lot from beginners and I always wonder what the magic number is. How many markers does it take to get started?

It's a common situation, you want to learn Copics but it takes a while to build up a collection, especially if money is tight. So you're stuck in limbo where you have a few but not enough to get anything done.

But how many is enough? Ten? Twenty? Seventy?

At what point do you graduate from "not enough to do anything" to "enough to do everything"?

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Use Sunscreen to Shade Realistic Yellow (Copic Markers & Colored Pencils)

Use Sunscreen to Shade Realistic Yellow (Copic Markers & Colored Pencils)

Do your Flowers Look Fake?

Do you dream of coloring realistic flowers with Copic Markers, colored pencils, or even watercolor? Do you keep practicing— coloring lots of flower stamps and trying out new tutorials… but you never seem to get the look of a real flower? Traditional Copic blending techniques fail miserably when it comes to florals. It’s not you. It’s the technique.

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