Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Art instructor and Illustrator Amy Shulke draws and colors live-- answering your questions about adding realistic details with alcohol markers and colored pencils.
Do you love to try novelty techniques in your coloring projects? Maybe you dab a wet cloth soaked in colorless blender over your coloring to create texture or maybe you draw a brick pattern with a chisel nib. Sure, it's fun to create special effects but you're also kinda hoping that this new technique will add more realism to the objects you color. Maybe you've even spent money on texture classes?
Psssttt... If techniques created realism, we'd all color like photographs.
Join Amy as she draws and colors a a fun little gingerbread man starting on fresh white paper. Amy shows you a better way to understand the disconnect between coloring techniques and the way artists approach coloring with realism. Over the years, Amy has found a fun compromise between marker techniques and painting techniques and she'll offer tips for moving your art in a direction that reflects your taste and style rather than the latest marker trick of the month.
Improve your realism and add artistry to your future coloring projects when you understand how artists approach texture and color, plus and why popular novelty tutorials result in cartoonish and flat projects.
RESOURCES & READING: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-detail
PURCHASE THE GINGERBREAD MAN DIGITAL STAMP: sketch-garden.com/shop/gingerbread
LEARN TO BLEND COPIC MARKERS: vanilla-workshops.com/p/blend-summer
FACEBOOK GROUP: ask questions or post your gingerbread man at facebook.com/groups/vanillaartschat
Online Classes and Courses: vanilla-workshops.com
Articles, Tips, Techniques: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
Amy's digital stamps: sketch-garden.com
Subscribe for weekly tips, discounts, and notifications: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
SUPPLIES USED IN THIS VIDEO: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-detail
Art instructor and Illustrator Amy Shulke draws and colors live-- answering your questions about adding realistic details with alcohol markers and colored pencils.
Do you love to try novelty techniques in your coloring projects? Maybe you dab a wet cloth soaked in colorless blender over your coloring to create texture or maybe you draw a brick pattern with a chisel nib. Sure, it's fun to create special effects but you're also kinda hoping that this new technique will add more realism to the objects you color. Maybe you've even spent money on texture classes?
Psssttt... If techniques created realism, we'd all color like photographs.
Join Amy as she draws and colors a a fun little gingerbread man starting on fresh white paper. Amy shows you a better way to understand the disconnect between coloring techniques and the way artists approach coloring with realism. Over the years, Amy has found a fun compromise between marker techniques and painting techniques and she'll offer tips for moving your art in a direction that reflects your taste and style rather than the latest marker trick of the month.
Improve your realism and add artistry to your future coloring projects when you understand how artists approach texture and color, plus and why popular novelty tutorials result in cartoonish and flat projects.
RESOURCES & READING: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-detail
PURCHASE THE GINGERBREAD MAN DIGITAL STAMP: sketch-garden.com/shop/gingerbread
LEARN TO BLEND COPIC MARKERS: vanilla-workshops.com/p/blend-summer
FACEBOOK GROUP: ask questions or post your gingerbread man at facebook.com/groups/vanillaartschat
Online Classes and Courses: vanilla-workshops.com
Articles, Tips, Techniques: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
Amy's digital stamps: sketch-garden.com
Subscribe for weekly tips, discounts, and notifications: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
SUPPLIES USED IN THIS VIDEO: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-detail
