Coloring with Copic Markers

Looking for a new coloring challenge? Stuck at home? Social distancing? Bored?

Now’s the time to finally work on your Copic Marker and colored pencil skills.

For years, you’ve put it off because you didn’t have the time. There were errands to run, appointments to keep, stuff to take care of.

Now we’ve got time out the wazoo.

Vanilla Arts is here to help keep your hands and minds busy.

The Art of Coloring

“Ink Frog” is a new ONLINE class from VanillaArts.com. We’re challenging intermediate level colorers with new art concepts. Learn Mother Nature’s alternative to Copic blending plus the secret to friendly expressions and shiny skin.

Natural Color Transitions

You love blending, right?

Most people who love Copic Markers, love them because of the smooth and silky blends you can make.

Except Mother Nature doesn’t really work that way.

This Strawberry Dart Frog is a prime example. His body is warm cherry red, his legs are cool periwinkle blue.

Traditional Copic tutorials don’t tell you how to make the leap from R46 to BV02, do they?

There are limits to basic Copic technique.

But if Mother Nature can do it, you can too!

It simply requires stepping outside the blending box. Using your powers of observation to see what’s happening at the color junction on a real animal and then breaking away from standardized tutorials to duplicate what you see.

Join me for a lesson on alternative blending.

The natural way.

Friendly faces, warm smiles

What’s the secret to creating fun characters that make people smile?

Most colorers assume that cuteness comes baked into the stamp.

But that’s not true!

We’ve all had this experience: You buy a darling stamp that makes you gush “awwwww” every time you look at it. It’s soooooo cute!

Then you color it and the thing looks like it could suck your soul from your left nostril if you touch it.

YIKES!

Adorable faces and charming smiles are not drawn into the stamp. YOU create friendliness as you color.

Amy has three secrets for creating charming expressions on all your stamp characters.

Join us for a breakdown of how to make every critter or person you color warm and inviting.

Ready to learn natural, organic color transitions?

Join me for Ink Frog, a lesson on alternative blending methods and creating warm characters.

We’re deep-diving on vibrant color and shiny wet frog skin.

This lesson is applicable to more than frogs though. This isn’t about frog technique, it’s a lesson on observation and application that you can use across all your coloring projects.

You’ll never look at vibrant color and mischievous smiles the same way again!

Let’s color a friendly frog

Join me for a fun Copic Marker + Colored Pencil lesson in the Vanilla Workshop

Ink Frog was recorded live, now available as a Marker Painting Workshop

Edited classes with perfect narration tend to make the coloring process look faster, easier, and smoother than it really is.

Stop comparing yourself to the supermodel version of an artist!

Real time coloring with real mistakes and real fixes.

Class Printable Pack Includes: 

• Class syllabus with detailed recipe guide

• Full color project sample

• Guide to Copic base

• Detailed color map

• Project inspiration references

Join me for an online lesson…

that will change the way you think about vibrant color transitions. There’s a big world beyond blending and this is just the start!

Plus, it'll be tons of fun!

Select supplies used in Ink Frog:

(full, printable supply list included with purchase)

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