Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Once I got on board the Copic marker train I fell in love. I would say Copic coloring is my second go-to technique for making cards. My first love will always be ink blending, but we're here today to talk about Copic coloring.
I learned to use my Copic markers watching dozens of YouTube videos, specifically Kelly Taylor videos. Kelly is a colorist and card maker, with a skill for crafting scene cards. Watching her videos taught me how to blend a rainbow of colors to create something other than a traditional color blend of light, medium, and dark in a color family. For today's card, I'm using the tips I've gleaned over the years of watching Kelly's videos.
I started this card by stamping the birch leaf from the Tim Holtz Autumn Blueprintsketch stamp set in Gina K Amalgam ink. I added the sentiment from Colorado Craft Company's Thankful set.
In the Fall, birch trees turn from a yellow-green to a golden yellow. With that in mind, I selected my seven Copic colors from those color families. Leaves always seem to turn from the tip to the stem. I started with the darkest green at the stem and moved to the lightest yellow at the tip as I colored my leaf. The colors I used are listed below.
Once my panel was colored I used my go-to stitched rectangles from Simon Says Stamp. Since this was a fall card, I opted for a kraft card base. That's it!
I also wanted to share how I cover any Copic bleed that I can't push back with a colorless blender. I've tried a number of options, starting with a white Gelly Roll and including a white-out correction pen. I've finally found my magic solution - Dr. Ph. Martin's BleedProof White. To learn more about this product and how it's used you can check out the Fall Pumpkin video from Let's Make Art.
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