How to Create Lots of Color with just a few Colored Pencils
VIDEO RESOURCES: TONS OF COLOR FROM A FEW PENCILS
DO YOU COLOR ON AUTOPILOT?
Does your mind wander as you color?
It’s not you, it’s the blends!
Blending combinations encourage you to turn off your brain as you color.
But thinking is what makes coloring fun!
Today, I share my lollipop process, demonstrating how to create vibrant color with a small number of Copic Markers and Holbein colored pencils.
Let’s break the ol’ coloring rules, bringing excitement and color back to our coloring routine!
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Grab a cup of coffee and find a comfy chair to read the latest issue of Vanilla Beans. Every weekend, I share a new deep-dive lesson on color theory, art supplies, or artistic mindset.
It’s the smart colorist’s Saturday morning routine!
Over the years, this newsletter-thingie has become the how-to manual for artistic coloring. I should bundle it and sell copies… hmmm, now there’s an idea…
If you like the non-traditional subjects I teach on YouTube, you’ll love my snarky little essays!
“HEART LOLLIES” PROJECT DETAILS
Full color and supply list at end of this article.
MARKERS: Copic Sketch Markers
PENCILS: Holbein Artist’s Colored Pencils
PAPER: Strathmore 400 Bristol, Smooth
SIZE: 10x10”
PRINT DETAILS: Gray lined PNG digital stamp printed onto bristol using a Canon Pixma Pro which is safe for use with Copic Markers.
LEARN TO COLOR LIKE AMY:
INTERMEDIATE COLORING LESSONS
Today’s Heart Lollies project is an intermediate level coloring project.
Color Wonk is my intermediate coloring group doing similar projects. It’s like Patreon but better organized and easier to navigate.
Each monthly Wonk lesson is based on a fine-art technique. Original line art is specifically designed to get you coloring intuitively with greater depth, dimension, and realism.
COLOR HEART LOLLIES
I love to doodle hearts… which is weird because I’ve never really been a girly-girl.
Heart Lollies are fat little hearts with extra hearty swirls inside, the perfect chance to play with color and transparency… although now that I think about it, I kinda want to color these as chocolate pops next. Hmmmm.
KIT INCLUDES FULL SUPPLY LIST
Heart Lollies digital kit includes the simple undecorated PNG line art in black and gray PLUS a third stamp with added interior hearts, just like the swirls I draw in the video.
PRODUCTS IN TODAY’S VIDEO
Full supply list at the bottom of the page
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SUPPLY LIST: “HEART LOLLIES”
