The truth is that there isn’t one best marker friendly paper or card stock for everyone. Smart artists match their style of coloring to the paper they use. To help you find your ideal paper without buying and testing every paper on the market, I’ve talked with 3 instructors, asking them which papers they use, what they teach with, and their best beginner recommendation…
“I want my coloring to look absolutely realistic!”
You’ve taken lots of coloring classes and you’ve colored tons of stamped images. You’re even being very careful to avoid the cutesy classes— no googley-eyed bunnies or smiling toaster classes for you.
You want to color with realism. So why isn’t it happening? Why does everything you color still look cartoonish?
You take a lot of classes. You color a lot of Copic Marker projects. You begin adding details and artistry with colored pencils. But are you really learning anything useful?
Coloring classes teach you how to color a specific project. Art classes teach you how to apply new skills to OTHER projects.
Our goal at Vanilla Arts Company is to develop skills rather than a pile of pretty projects. This week we look at how Lori is applying what she’s learned in classes to this amazing independent project!
Elena Cazares teaches bright cheerful images using Copic Markers and colored pencils lessons at CraftsforPaws.com. Like Vanilla Arts classes, Elena’s class projects are too large for cards. Join us for the next episode in her Spotlight series making cards from big bold projects. Spotlight Cards let your coloring take center stage rather than the fancy papers, complex layout, or purchased ephemera normally used in cardmaking.
