Princess mini album

Princess mini album

Hi Copic lovers; welcome to my post for the Copic Marker Europe Blog.

I'm Elena F from Scrap lanak Ganbaran.

This entry is my first as a DT Member for Copic Marker Europe……. Yes…. I'm the newbie  ;)

Well… I need to admit It was completely unexpected for me but I'm so pleased and honoured (…and a bit scared) on being asked to join this team.

Thanks team for having me.

In my first DT entry I made a Mini Album (I'll show you the entire project on my Blog) using one Saturated Canary image coloured with Copics using “the no lines colouring” technique; you can check how to do it on this blog's tutorials.

This is the finished project; a mini album for my oldest daugther to put some pictures taken on Eurodisney. I tried to colour the dress closest to the princess costume she was wearing. The only different thing is she doesn't have blue eyes ;)

I'll show you a step by step on how I coloured her. I took a several pictures during the process.......but we all enjoy sooooo much colouring and many times we forgot to take some pictures through the colouring process...Since we concentrate too much on coloring......so, I could have missed a picture :)

As almost always I've coloured her skin with my favourite combo using E0000, 00, 21, 11, 13 and a bit of R20 + 22 for the cheeks.

 Eyes B95, 91 and B000.

Carefully and with patience I drew over the eyes with a black Copic Multiliner 0.10 after colouring her skin and the inside of the eyes. this way we emphasize her look.

Lips: R05,02,YR02 (really love oranges on lips) and a bit of R20+22 for cheeks.

For the hair, I love to first mark the darker areas with my darker marker.

 ....and repeating steps until you're satisfied and you've got the desired depth of colouring.

 To colour the skirt I've used E71, 70, W1 and  R00.

 Then I've used Gellyroll pens in white, silver and clear adding dots to the skirt to add more texture and shine to the dress.

 I decided to colour a bit darker the bodice of the dress so I went with E74, 71 and 70.

 ...and after a million dots in white, clear, silver.....and a bit of gold in deepest fold between the skirt and body.....I've got  her dress finished and really shiny.

For the gloves: At first I thought I'd colour the gloves in white, but I realized I'm on vacation and I don't have all the range of markers with me. So finally I decided to colour them in a pearl grey, finishing again with a lot of mini dots with a white Gellyroll pen.

Here is the list of markers I've used:

Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11, 13

Lips: R05,02,YR02

Eyes: B95, 91, 000

Hair: E25, 23, 53

Dress skirt: E71, 70, W1, R00

Dress bodice: E74, 71, 70

Gloves:  C5, 3 , 1 

Finally I fussy cut the image to emphasize her on my finished project.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for getting to the end.

Have a nice day all.

Elena F.

Shading and Blending with Gray Markers

Hi Friends!!

Cicci Here from Sweden, This is my first post for Copic Marker Europe, and Today I'm showing you how I use the Grey Markers for some shading and how to get some depth in the colouring. It's great to use this if you don't have so many Markers, maybe you just have two red Markers and you want to have some more depth in your colouring? Add Grey Markers to them and you got great colouring.

 If you are new in this Copic world and don't have all the Copic Markers, don't worry..buy some greys and you can colour really nice stuff, just with a few Markers.

I have almost all the Markers BUT I think the grey family is great to use anyway:0))

I have used an Image from Emmanuelle Colin to show you how I colour this face,

 with Cool Grey markers.

I have used the Grey Markers for the shading/blending 

C3 C5 C7 C1 C2 C0 and a little C10.

Ordiary Skin Combo: E50 51 53 11 13 R20

Hair: Y21 23 E15 

Eyes: Y21 YG17 G29

Leaves: Y02 YG17 G29

Dress: B000 B00 FBG2 

Lips: RV52 

Flowers: V12 15  FBG2 B000 RV52 RV00 FB2 C2 C0

Background: Various Ink B000 26 RV00 YG03 Y02  C3 C2 

White Posca pen for the dots

Step 1

 I started to colour in the place I want to be darker in the face with C3

Step 2 

 Continue with C5. I just colour on the same area that I have coloured with C3

(you can start with the darker Grey Markers as well, but remember it's easier to start with the lighter, because if you make a mistake with the light Marker it's easier to fix the mistake than with a darker Marker)

Step 3

Then I blend those colours with C3 2 1

 I'm doing this with circle movements. After the blending,

 I also add some strokes with C7 and a little C10  on the place I want to be darkest in the face

Step 4

Time for blending out the C7 and C10 with circle movements with the Copic nib. I start with C5 and after that I blend with C3 C2 C1 . I continue with the blending until I don't see any lines left or very little lines :0)

In the end of this step, I make some long strokes over the area that's still white in the face and I use C1 and C0 for this. You can see how much I have added on the white area with the Grey Marker.

Step 5 

Now I start to colour with the ordinary skin colours. 

I have used  E50 51 53 11 13  R20

Now I'm just adding the ordinary skin colours. If you want to try this you can use the combo that you like for the skin. I often use this combo for the skin. If I don't use grey I'm sure I have added some E04 instead. But this time I just use the Grey Markers.

Step 1

Add E50  On the grey area

Step 2
Add some E51 on the same area as you coloured with the E50

                  Add some E13 and blend out with E11

Step 3 

Add some E53 near the hair and blend with E51 and E50

After that I just want to put the colours together and I used E51 and E50 for that.

 I colour with light long strokes over the whole area on the face, first with E51 and then E50

When that step is ready I have added more of the ordinary skin colours, also some R20 for the cheeks and after every added colours, I have blended with lighter Markers. 

I have not taken photo of every stage, because this turtorial would be very long, if I have showed every step here.

DONE !

Good luck and hope to See you again in August

HUGS and have a Great day!! 

Cicci With the Pen

mermaids don't lose sleep

I love colouring mermaids...they have so many wonderful details to colour. Don't you think so too?

I always start with using the E50 first, a yellowish skin tone. After the E50 I used the BV00. I don't worry about blending the colours at this stage of the colouring. So it may look a bit rough at the moment. 

To get a warmer skin tone, I add a layer of E00.

And now it's time to blend all the colours together. Use the E000 and E0000 to get a smooth blend. 

I printed this lovely image by Hannah Lynn in grey tones. I used a Copic Multiliner 1.0 to make the eyelashes and eyebrows black. The eyes pop out more this way. 

The eyes are purple too, I used V28, 25 and 22.

Time to start colouring the hair. Hannah Lynn's images always have a wavy hairstyle, with a lot of hair to colour. I used the V28 first. Use this deep purple colour on the darkest parts of the mermaid's hair. Than add the V25 and the V22. 

After I finished the hair, I thought it looked a bit dull. To get it more sparkly I used some V12 and V15 too. 

For her lips, use the V12 and V15 again. 

For her top use the B29 and B28. 

The little turtle is coloured with BG34, BG49, YG03 and YG67.

Use the same colours for the leaves.

For the mermaid's tail use B21, B24, B26, B28 and B29. And for the green parts, use the BG34 and BG49. 

After all the colouring work with the Copics was finished, I decided to add some coloured pencils, to get some more details. I used the new Derwent Procolours. 

I glued the mermaid on a art journal background. The quote was found on the Internet.

See you next time,

Miranda

No line Copic scene

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a no line Copic scene. I really like the look of no line colouring, it takes more time to colour for me, but I think you can get very nice results. 

For my scene, I used a lovely fairy by Tiddly Inks called Flower Fairy For You and I combined it to two Make it Crafty backgrounds - Tulip Garden and Shrubs. 

To get the no line "look" with a digi, I recolour the image in Microsoft Word - the idea is to play with light and contrast and change them until you get the look you want, but you can also use one of the preset recolour options so that one click on the chosen option will recolour your image immediately.

I coloured the sky first with my BG000 marker and created a cloud with BV20, C0 and C1. I then coloured the skin of my fairy using E000, 00, 04, 11 and R20 for the mouth. You can't see the eyes very well at this point, but we will use a pencil at the end to make them more visible. 

I then coloured the rest of the skin and started doing the wings to help define where my background would stop. The wings are BG000, V000 and Y000.

The difficulty with no line colouring is that you need a very good eyesight when it comes to details ;)! BUT the nice thing you can do is cover some of the details of your image because it won't show and no one will know :) So as you can see, I kept the flowers and a few leaves, but completely covered the stems (I'll add some later). I used YG01, 03, 17, 67 for the grass.

Next I focussed on the trees in the distance which I coloured in the same colours as my grass, only adding G28 for a bit of depth. The trunks are E34, 39, 59 - and I added a shadow under the trees with YG17.

For the foreground, I picked E40, 41, 42, 43 - and you can see some blanks on the sides, that's because I'm colouring on a big piece of paper and I have not die cut my image yet.

Next I coloured the last details of the background: the flowers in R35, 37, 39, T5, the leaves in G28 and YG03, the hoops in Y11 and Y26 and a few rocks in C3, 5, 7. I also added the stems using G28 plus a few blades of grass in the hoops. The background being done, I focussed on the outfit. The pinks I used are RV17, 19, 55 and 63 - a combination I learnt from Make it Crafty Zoe. 

For the flowers in the fairy's hands, I chose the same colours as for the background flowers - T5, R35, 37, 39 - and used G28 and YG17 for the stems and leaves. To the dog next, with C0, 1, 3, 5.

And hair for the end! The markers I used are E25, 30, 34, 59. As a finishing touch, I went back over my fairy's eyes and both characters' antennas with a black and a brown Polychromos, added just a line of shadow under the hair with my Nougat Polychromo and a bit of pink to the cheeks.

Recap of all the markers used:

Sky: BG000, BV20, C0, 1

Green: YG01, 03, 17, 67 + G28

Tree trunks: E34, 39, 59

Flowers: T5, R35, 37, 39

Ground: E40, 41, 42, 43

Rocks: C3, 5, 7

Hoops: Y11, 26

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, R20

Hair: E25, 30, 34, 59

Outfit: RV17, 19, 55, 63

Wings: BG000, V000, Y000

Dog: C0, 1, 3, 5

I die cut my image with a Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle and added a sentiment from one of my Tiddly Inks clear stamps sets... and voilà! 

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Taking a break on an adventure!

Hi everyone,

It’s Sandra from Portugal. I hope you are having a great summer!

This month’s card can be used for several different occasions: birthday, travelling, inspirational quotes, it all depends on the inscription one writes inside the card. 😊

I used a Paper Shelter digi stamp called “Where're We Goin'?”.

I started by choosing the card papers and probable layout, because that would help me picking which markers to use. I have a beautiful paper pad from Bo Bunny – Felicity Collection, and I decided I would go with one of it's papers.  

I die cut a frame with one of the papers and picked some markers to match the collection’s colours:

I started by colouring the suitcase, using E55/57/59 for leather, Y00/11/15 and YR23 for the metal parts, and E44/47 for the straps.

I chose BG72/75/78 for the shorts:

And coloured the coat in salmon, layering R11 and then mapping the shadows with R20.

I coloured over the mapped shadows with R22.

And blended from R21 to R20. This is what the finished coat looks like:

I used E40/41 for the shirt and E000/00/11/21 for the skin. I coloured the eyes with YG11, and the nails and lips with R32/35. 

To colour the sandals I used E40/41 for the bottoms, BG72/75 and Y11/15 and YR23 for the straps, and R20 for the flower. The green eyes were "screaming" for a red hair, which I coloured with YR23/27 and E59.

To finish I coloured the hat with E40/41/42 and BG72/75. This is the finished image framed:

And the assembled card using one of the papers from my favourite paper pad:

Now all the markers listed:

Hair: YR23/27 and E59

Skin: E000/00/11/21 and E93 for cheeks

Nails and Lipstick: R32/35

Eyes: YG11

Hat: E40/41/42 and BG72/75

Coat: R11/20/21/22

Shorts: BG72/75/78

Shirt: E40/41

Sandals: E40/41, Y11/15 and YR23, BG72/75 and R20

Suitcase: E55/57/59, E44/47 and Y11/15 and YR23

I hope you like it!

Have a wonderful summer, full of adventures!

Hugs,

Sandra