Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/shade-line-art
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your alcohol marker and colored pencil projects look amateur? If you've been coloring for more than a month and you're still shading over the line art, then you're completely mis-understanding the point of a drawing.
More coloring practice will not fix this problem.
This video explores a common knowledge gap with self taught adult colorers, card makers, fan art illustration, comics, and marker journals: Your shading technique is fine, the problem is where you're shading.
SATURDAY COLOR THEORY NEWSLETTER: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/shade-line-art
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your alcohol marker and colored pencil projects look amateur? If you've been coloring for more than a month and you're still shading over the line art, then you're completely mis-understanding the point of a drawing.
More coloring practice will not fix this problem.
This video explores a common knowledge gap with self taught adult colorers, card makers, fan art illustration, comics, and marker journals: Your shading technique is fine, the problem is where you're shading.
SATURDAY COLOR THEORY NEWSLETTER: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
