Be a Smart Artist: 5 Things to Think About While Coloring (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
What do professional artists think about as they work?
Well, it’s not what you see in the movies.
Turning the stereo up to eleven, chugging whiskey, and waiving a paintbrush around in the air like you’re swatting flies? That’s how artists work on television. It looks romantic on camera.
But in real life?
All that distraction is a good way to make bad art.
If you’re moving from craft-level stamp coloring to artistic coloring with Copic Markers, colored pencils, watercolor… well, it’s easy to feel like a misfit.
The Artist's Notebook: Blessed with Color (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
This is the most creative time of the year…
When we pull out all our very best art supplies to color cards, decorate our homes, and make special gifts for friends and family. Your Copic Markers, colored pencils, and pretty watercolors get a real work-out in November and December.
Today, let’s pause for a moment to appreciate the art supplies we have.
Are you so focused on building up a full collection of markers and pencils that you’ve forgotten the point is to create beautiful and unique colors?
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Dimensional vs. Realistic Coloring: What's the Difference? (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils)
The downside of dimensional coloring
So you have colored with Copic Markers and colored pencils for a long time now. You’ve got lots of beautiful coloring projects under your belt. You are NOT inexperienced!
And yet when you look at this fox, you are blown away…
Because this is sooooo not the same kind of coloring that you do.
But why not?
Why can’t YOU color with realism?
The Artist's Notebook: The Secret to Eye-Popping Color Palettes (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Have you ever found yourself half-heartedly scrolling through Pinterest, only to hit upon a coloring project that made you slam on the brakes? Once you look closer at the project, you’re blown away by the Copic Marker technique or maybe the texture created by colored pencils or watercolor…
As coloring fanatics, we’d like to think we're drawn to the technical skill and amazing technique. We know great coloring when we see it.
But honestly, what grabs your attention in the first two seconds has nothing to do with skill, technique, or even artistry.
So what’s the secret to eye popping projects?