Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat — Vanilla Arts Co.

Cursed by a Rainbow? Yep. All the pretty markers you own? They’re killing your ability to color dimensionally. Copic doesn’t make ugly markers because you won’t buy ugly markers. And that’s a problem because ugly color is essential for realism. It’s pretty darned hard to color real without real col.

The Art Beyond Blending - Professional Illustrator Amy Shulke offers online classes, articles, and videos on the fine art use of alcohol markers and colored pencils. Using techniques borrowed from classical oil painting, Amy helps her students build upon existing beginner or hobby-level skills, to add more realism, life, and artistic expression to their coloring projects. Become the artist you were born to be by moving beyond basic blending techniques and crafty color recipes.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Use What You Learn: Color Fabulous Feathers with Copic Marker & Colored Pencil — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

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Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Copic Marker: How to Color Faces with Shape and Expression (VanillaArts.com)

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

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Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

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Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Is Your Coloring Flat? Why you need to own lots of ugly Copic Markers — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Colors in Focus: B06 “Peacock Blue” Copic Marker (Everything you need to know and more) — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Is Your Coloring Flat? Why you need to own lots of ugly Copic Markers — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Is Your Copic Coloring Flat? Learn to Color with Depth & Dimension — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Lovely Lilac — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Vanilla Undercover: Swatches for Realistic Copic Coloring

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Vanilla Undercover: Swatches for Realistic Copic Coloring

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

Is Your Coloring Flat? Why you need to own lots of ugly Copic Markers — Vanilla Arts Co.

Depth & Dimension: Why pretty Copic Markers make your coloring look flat —  Vanilla Arts Co.

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