Copic Marker: Food & Photo Realism

Food & Photo Realism

Food illustrations are pretty trendy on the internet now... maybe we're all looking for a little calorie free comfort food?

This time, we'll be studying our photo reference to color white frosting accurately. White isn't white, so we'll discuss my philosophy behind choosing colors for white food (as opposed to coloring non-food white items).

Join us for art based coloring lessons. You'll love the students and the challenge!

Wednesday, Nov 16th 2016 from 1 to 3:30pm

Thursday, Nov 17th 2016 from 6 to 8:30pm

Remember When Scrapbooking in Macomb Township, Michigan. Seats are limited so call to RSVP

Lesson: Food & Photo Realism

Image: "Christmas Cake" by Vanilla Arts Co.*

* Yes, I know it's a plum pudding, not a cake. But when Americans think "pudding" we think boxes of instant custard like stuff.

“Tonic”: Advanced Copic Techniques for Glass and Transparent Objects

Coloring Glass is a Challenge

I'm not going to lie. Glass is something you work at but never master.

I know there are a lot of internet coloring tutorials for how to color glass, they almost always use a few BG Copics and you spend most of the time tracing the outline of the bottle, jar, or drinking glass.

Does that really look real to you?

Join us for art based coloring lessons on how to look at glass through an artist's eye- clues to look for, materials to use, and when + how to highlight. This class is the first step to really coloring glass rather than outlining it!

Tonic

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

Tonic is an intermediate skills class, that introduces you to coloring glass & Amy’s exclusive Parchment technique

Learn to incorporate real artistry into your coloring projects, one concept at a time. Every Workshop details a new method for enhancing realism, depth, and dimension.

Each class stands on its own as independent learning. You don't have to take six of my other classes to understand this lesson.

Workshops are NON-SEQUENTIAL!

All of my Workshop classes are ANYTIME ACCESS. Work at your own pace and repeat the project as many times as you'd like.

Come color with me. It's a ton of fun!

Class Printable Pack Includes: 

• Class syllabus with detailed recipe guide

• Full color project sample

• Guide to Copic base

• Detailed color map

• Project inspiration references

Yes, I want Beans!

Looking for live classes?

Check out the Vanilla Arts Calendar for all our leaning opportunities!

Intermediate Marker Painting Workshop "Copperbanded Butterflyfish"

Something's Fishy...

Join me and my intermediate to advanced students as we color a Copperbanded Butterflyfish.

This lesson is all about the difference between pattern and texture. Learn how to use both to make your images really sing!

Lesson: Pattern and Texture

Image: "Copperband Butterflyfish" by Vanilla Arts Co.

Copperbanded Butterflyfish is now available as a class with anytime access!

Copperbanded Butterflyfish

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

Copperbanded Butterflyfish was recorded live, now it’s available as a Marker Painting Workshop with anytime access.

Art of Coloring is now a live demonstration program from Vanilla Arts.

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

Yes, I want Beans!

Royal Iris: a Copic and Colored Pencil Vanilla Arts Digi Stamp

Water control = color control

H2Oh! classes approach watercolor from a rather unique perspective.

I learned to watercolor first. And my watercolor mindset has greatly influenced the way I use and teach Copic marker classes.

H2Oh! flips that on its head. I teach my intermediate level coloring students to use their Copic skills with watercolor.

The two mediums are very similar. With one exception...

Water control.

In marker, if you want a lighter color, you switch to a lighter marker. In watercolor, you dilute your paint.

How much to dilute... now that's the hard part.

This month we're limiting our color palette in order to concentrate on the strength of our paint. Light green, dark green, light violet, dark violet. It's good practice to see how many colors we can get from just a few tubes of paint.

**Taught as a local class in 2016.**

Yes, I want Beans!