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Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Crimson, Light Purple, Pale Blue) Gobble Gobble

Color Small Line Art and Tiny Details with Large Markers: Tips & Tools

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Magenta, Beige, Khaki) Closed Storefront

Dead End Blends - Why 3 Marker Combos Lead to Cartoonish Coloring

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Orange, Brown, Light Green) Autumn Dalmatian

How to Create Original Color Palettes - Marker, Pencil, Watercolor

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Teal, Light Blue, Orange) Pretty Pumpkins

The Christmas War: Red Clashes with Green - How to combine complementary colors

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Yellow, Red, Grey Blue) Struck Match

The Practice Problem: Why more coloring doesn’t lead to growth

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Light Brown, Teal, and Orange) Grand Archive

Simple Steps for Realism: Marker + Colored Pencil

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Underpaint with Copic Markers! Try coloring with B34 underneath your YG blending combination, adding realistic dimension to summery green leaves.| VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #realisticcoloring #underpainting

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New to Copic Markers? What’s the best starter set for a beginner level colorer? How to make the most of your initial investment, get a versatile selection of colors, and not spend a fortune. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #realisticcoloring #howt…

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Artists Do Not Shade:

Copic Coloring: Why Artists Do Not Shade (Part 1) (Copy)

Copic Coloring: Why Artists Do Not Shade (Part 2) (Copy)

Copic Coloring: Why Artists Do Not Shade (Part 3) (Copy)

troubleshooting:

5 Copic Coloring Mistakes & How to Fix Them (Copy)

Improve your Copic Marker blending. Avoid these 5 mistakes beginner colorers make. Solve your blending problems to improve your artistry. | VanillaArts.com | #howtocolor #copicmarker #adultcoloring

Copic Coloring: 6 Ways to Kill Your Coloring (Copy)

6 Tips to Troubleshoot your Copic Blending (Copy)

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Use What You Learn: Color Pink Waves with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Colors in Focus: B06 “Peacock Blue” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more)

Steps to Realism: Coloring beyond Smooth Blending Combinations (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Colors in Focus: YG99 “Marine Green” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more)

Use What You Learn: Color a Rustic Farmhouse Door with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

The Creative’s Gift Guide: Best Art Supplies of the Year

Colors in Focus: R29 “Lipstick Red” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more)

Coloring Flowers: Depth And Dimension Are Not The Same (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Beyond Tutorials: Ditch the white Gel Pen technique for realistic highlights (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Blending Combinations: Why is it Hard to Pick Your Own Colors? (plus tips for color independence)

Colors in Focus: YG23 “New Leaf” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more)

Colored Pencil: Are you Heavy-Handed and Burnishing? Improve Your Coloring by Mastering Pressure Control

Colors in Focus: YR07 “Cadmium Orange” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more)

Use What You Learn: Create Deep & Moody Color with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color a Fiery Cactus Flower with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Coloring Tip: The Secret to Beautiful colored Backgrounds (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil, Distress Ink)

Coloring Myths: Underpainting makes everything look realistic (Copic Markers, Colored Pencil)

Use What You Learn: Color Dimensional Peonies with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Use What You Learn: Color Dimensional Daisies with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

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

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

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

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

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

Coloring Myths: Is Realistic Coloring Just a Copy of a Photograph? (Copic Markers, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Don't Talk Yourself Out of Realistic Shade Colors

Best Paper for Copic Markers

6 Tips for Layering Colored Pencil (instead of blending)

Coloring Tip: Add Realistic Highlights over Copic Marker with Colored Pencils

Photorealistic Coloring: "Lemonade" & "Cherry Danish" Expansion Tutorial Kits (Colored Pencil Magazine)

Colored Pencils: Combine Pencil Brands into a Working Set

How to Simplify Texture & Detail (Plus my latest Tutorial in Colored Pencil Magazine)

Coloring Tip: Copic Markers were not designed to color large areas smoothly. To color big backgrounds with no streaks or stripes, you may need to switch mediums. Learn more about smooth backgrounds. |

Use What You Learn: Color Realistic Tangerines or Oranges with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Holbein Colored Pencils: Are soft pencils right for you?

Coloring Tip: Are You Using the Wrong Colors for Fire?

6 tips for coloring realistic birds with Copic Markers or colored pencils

Derwent Lightfast colored pencils may be the cure for an issue I’ve long had with my favorite purple pencil. Learn more about the bleeding issues and archival problem with Prismacolor Dark Purple plus my recommended solution. | VanillaArts.com | #

Colored pencil blending combinations and Copic Marker smooth blending technique lock you into cartoonish images with little realism. Learn to color with photorealism using layering or glazing technique based on classical painting techniques. It’s no

Copic Marker and colored pencil tutorials encourage you high contrast blending combinations for depth &amp; dimension. This leads to juvenile stylized coloring rather than realism. How to control control contrast using value ranges for more prof

Coloring Tip: Reflections are not highlights! Add realism to Copic Marker and colored pencil projects, rendering lifelike mirror reflections on metal, glass, and other shiny surfaces. | VanillaArts.com | #coloredpencil #copic #howtocolor

You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good technique adds up! Color these quick candy canes using an intermediate ribbon lesson plus this complex stripe lesson. Combine your classes for amazing r

The Underpainters- an advanced artistic coloring community from Amy Shulke at VanillaArts.com. Develop your unique artistic voice and style with Copic Marker, colored pencil, watercolor, pastel. Monthly challenge images in an open format mentorship,

I’m trying Derwent Lightfast pencils for the first time but I won’t know if I can recommend them until I’ve been using them for weeks or months. Beware of unboxing videos, they’re just as misleading as paid product endorsements. | VanillaArts.com |

Coloring Tip: Create beautiful and professional looking coloring projects with Copic Markers and colored pencils by repeating the same colors throughout the entire image. Cohesive coloring looks well planned and balanced. | VanillaArts.com | #colore

You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good technique adds up! Color this realistic intermediate winter still life using an intermediate texture le

You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good technique adds up! Color this realistic rustic door image using a beginner layering lesson plus the bac

Real shadows are rarely gray. Learn to layer Copic Markers and colored pencils for artistic and beautiful shadows in the beginner level Baby Pumpkin online class. | VanillaArts.com | #coloredpencil #c

How do you keep grayscale projects from looking flat? How can you insure that a limited color palette doesn’t kill depth and dimension? Professional illustrator Amy Shulke shows you her latest project

Box of Colors- an advanced Marker Painting course from Amy Shulke at VanillaArts.com. Learn how to color on your own with realism and artistry. Lessons include how to select underpainting colors, how

You don’t need better blending combinations, you need to smarter color values. Improve your depth & dimension with Copic Markers and colored pencils when you practice grayscale coloring projects.

Do you color outside the lines with Copic Markers? Or do you have weird jagged edges? The Fence Technique will clean up your coloring and makes no-line coloring easier. Learn to troubleshoot your colo

How smooth are your Copic Marker blends? If you’re not swishing, your large area blends will not look smooth. Learn to troubleshoot your coloring technique in Coloring Basics, a new online class for b

How smooth are your Copic Marker blends? If you’re not flicking properly, your blending will suffer. Learn to troubleshoot your coloring technique in Coloring Basics, a new online class for beginners

How smooth are your Copic Marker blends? If you’re not flicking properly, your blending will suffer. Learn to troubleshoot your coloring technique in Coloring Basics, a new online class for beginners

Can beginners save money by learning with inexpensive markers or colored pencils? Why cheap art supplies are not the bargain you think. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #coloredpencil #howtocolor

You don’t need a new Copic Marker or colored pencil class for everything you want to color. Good technique adds up! You can create this realistic advanced apple using my beginner apple lesson plus the

Avoid colored pencil tutorials which recommend white base-coats. White pencil pigment will change the look of the layers above it as the project ages and the pigment settles. This technique is NOT arc

Vanilla Arts students turn Copic Marker and colored pencil lessons into independent art projects. Are you learning to color on your own or area you just completing more projects? Realistic coloring le

How do you color white flowers? Do you leave them uncolored or do you add gray? Professional illustrator Amy Shulke shows you her latest project up close, in sharp focus to reveal the details of real

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Realistic line art for artists and colorers; illustration by Amy Shulke of Vanilla Arts Co. Our digital stamps are perfect for use with Copic or alcohol marker, colored pencil, pastel, watercolor, or mixed media. Use our suggested color palette or i…

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