Marker Painting Foundations

Marker Painting Foundations

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Learn to Color with Copic Markers. 12 weeks from beginner to challenge level coloring.

New to Copic Markers?

Join Amy Shulke, a professional illustrator and marker enthusiast for an introduction to painting with markers- Vanilla Arts style!

Coloring blogs and internet tutorials have a major drawback- they are almost always demonstrations rather than instruction. Copy-cat or “do what I do” style videos can only teach you to mimic the instructor. Sure, you can color that same image by following along, but what happens when you want to color a different image, one you haven’t yet seen demonstrated?

Uh oh… now you’re stuck.

Marker Painting is a new approach to coloring with markers. Amy teaches students basic techniques and color theory based on the way artists use paint. Instead of focusing on “how” to color a selected stamp image, Amy shows you the “why” behind color selection, shade, layering, and depth. This provides students with the necessary knowledge and instincts to color an endless variety of images for the rest of their lives.

Marker Painting Foundations is the first step towards coloring independently and with more accurate realism.

In this twelve week beginner level course, Amy covers basic marker techniques and general know-how, giving students a good understanding of both how markers work and how to work markers.

Are you looking for depth and dimension in your coloring?

Marker Painting is a completely different approach to coloring.

Well, actually it’s the classic approach to creating art, learning to use your Copic Markers the way an artist uses paint.

Marker Painting breaks all the crafty coloring laws and the copy-cat approach to instruction. Art based painting technique sets you free from marker tutorials, recipes, and all the supposed rules that actually lock you into flat and simplistic coloring.

You can learn to color independently.

You can get realism and amazing depth from your Copics.

This Course is Ideal for:

Complete Beginners who have never touched a marker before

Self Taught Colorers who feel as if they’ve missed the big secret to amazing coloring

Unconfident Colorers who still encounter problems with blending, shading, or developing convincing depth

Frustrated Colorers who struggle when coloring unfamiliar stamps

Habitual Colorers stuck in a rut where every project looks the same

Dreaming Colorers who want to push beyond craft level coloring into creative and artistic self-expression

Twelve Week Course includes:

12 weeks of coloring lessons-

30 to 60 minutes of clear technique instruction

guided coloring video for every project

mid-week supplementals to spark further thought

16 PNG digital stamps (also JPG and PDF alternate formats)

bonus supplementals and consumer information

multiple instructional handouts, designed to complement each week’s video lesson

discussion board for instructor guidance, help, Q&A

Curriculum Overview:

marker ink- understanding how ink works

marker care and maintenance

marker papers and cardstocks

basic marker strokes

color blending fundamentals

troubleshooting and correcting mistakes

introduction to coloring for depth

introduction to coloring for shape

introduction to coloring for balance

marker limitations

Required Supplies:

X-Press It Blending Card or similar high-quality marker cardstock

Copic Markers – downloadable master supply list included with class purchase.

Artist quality colored pencils (Prismacolor Premier pencils recommended)

Uniball Signo White

Uni Posca Paint Pen Extra Fine, White

This course includes a private Marker Painting Foundations Forum:

Use and participation of the forum is optional, however instructor feedback is exclusively provided in the forum. Students may submit completed assignments via the designated forum for assessment and assistance. Instructor to student and student to student interaction is encouraged to maximize the feedback and support you need to improve your coloring skills.

Course Curriculum

Welcome Day

 StartGeneral Information Page & Supply Shopping List

 StartClass Materials FAQ

 StartMarker Painting Foundations Forums – Please Read

 StartVideo: Starting Over (11:02)

 StartSurvey- You and your goals

 StartRead: Measuring Growth

 StartAssignment: Popsicle Trio (digi stamps here)

 StartRead & Print: Workbook Pages

 StartA Note on Video Downloads

Copic- A Product Primer

 StartVideo- The Marker Family Reunion (39:24)

 StartRead & Print: Copic Markers & Pens (Product Info)

 StartRead: Starter Marker Colors

 StartRecommended Purchase: The Allnock Hex Chart

Lab #1- Substrates (Paper)

 StartA note about “Labs” and “Thinks”

 StartVideo: Kiss it Goodbye (23:09)

 StartRead & Print: Amy’s Paper Experiments

 StartRecipe- Candy Kiss

 StartVideo Demo: Coloring Kisses (11:55)

 StartAssignment: Test Your Papers (digi stamps here)

 StartInstagram?