Curly Haired Superhero

Hi Everyone, it's Faye here today, and I thought I'd talk to you about Curly Hair :)

I love colouring Curly Hair, it's a chance to be really messy and random with my Markers. I've used an image from Little Miss Muffet Stamps called Toby, he's such a cutie and perfect for some lovely curls... 

Starting with my lightest colour, in this case, E31, I roughly draw lots of little 'c' shapes over the hair area, turning the paper around, so that the little 'c's all point in different directions.

I do the same thing with each of my Markers, getting darker as I go along, (E34, E99, E37 and finally E59.) and use less of each colour as it I build the layers of curls.

This is a great technique for being messy with your Copics. In fact, one of mine dripped a glob of ink on the hair just as I finished and I was able to correct the accident. You'd never know... I think I would have cried if it had been straight hair!

Here he is in full Superhero Glory...

And busting through the card he is going to live on...

Copics Used... 
Skin; E50, E51, E21, E11, E04
Hair; E31, E34, E99, E37, E59
White, C0, C1, C3
Yellow; Y23, Y26, E33
Turquoise; BG11, BG13, BG18
Blue; B91, B93, B95, B97, B99
Red; R32, R35, R37, R39

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you have any questions about this project, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Have a great day.

Faye xx

tutorial with Copic Opaque White

Today I'm going to tell you something about the Copic Opaque White.

Copic Opaque White is a waterbased paint that you can use in your copic creations.

You can apply the paint with a brush and  if you want to use it with a dip-pen you need to dilute the paint, but it will be less opaque then. You can use the paint on all kind of materials like your Copics, acrylic paints, pencils , but please do not use your Copic Markers on the Opaque White, it will ruin the tip of your markers. 

I have been using the Copic Opaque White for writing my quote.

I wrote down the lines and letters first, I used a mechanical pencil for this so I can remove the lines after I finished writing the quote. 

In the first layer I simply trace the pencil lines with a tiny detail -brush and the Copic Opaque White.

Just trace the pencil lines.

After I traced the letters I added some extra lines to make the letters stand out a little more. I filled in the spaces between the lines with the Copic Opaque White.

I wrote down the whole quote this way. After you are satisfied clean your brush thoroughly and let the paint dry. Sometimes you need a second layer of paint (this depends on the media you are writing on, if you used inks they might bleed through, but with Copic Markers of acrylic paints, you will be ok and just 1 layer will be enough). 

And this is the finished page in my art journal. I used the Copic Opaque White for adding some little bubbles in the background and for the highlights in the ladybug's eyes too. 

this cute ladybug is by Aurora Wings and off course coloured with Copic Markers. I used :

E00,01,02,11,21

BV01

100 (BLACK)

C01,03,05,06,07, 09

R20,24,27,29,89

YG05,17,67

And this is a little example of some doodling with the Copic Opaque White.

have a fun and creative day and see you next month

hugs 

Miranda 

On the Beach!

Hi everyone!

Franz here today with a new little Copic project :)

It's a very very hot summer here in Italy and I love going to the sea and playing with my little ones, like this lovely Saturated Canary Girl:

I created a simple card for her using some papers from My Mind's Eye and a lovely sentiment that is a die cut (Label Art) from Dutch Doobadoo, love them sooo much!

I used one of my summer favourite colour combos: orange/yellow and blue, and the confetti technique to colour the sand

Here is the complete list of Copic Markers I've used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13 + R20 and Primacolor Pencil for cheecks

Hair: E50, E51, E53, E35, E37
Outfit/Bucket Orange: YR02, YR07, YR09, E08
Outfit/Spade Blue: B0000, B00, B01, B05, B06
Background: B0000, B00, Y000
Sand: E11, E13, E15
Duck: W1, W3, W5

 Thanks for stopping by,

 Have a lovely day everybody :*

Franz.

Read a book card

Good morning everyone! It's Sarit here.

Today I want to share with you a card I made for a friend.

I choose School Girl digi stamp from Tiddly Ink because she LOVE to read.

I love this cute image, usually I use it on bookmark but this time I wanted make a card.

I started with the hat. To give the hat more realistic look I continue the medium color to the light color with light strips. 

On the hat, I punch a small flower and use Flower Soft in the center.

When I finished coloring I cut the image and glue it on a die cut.

Here is the complete list of Copic Markers I've used:

Hat + Shoes: BG11, BG13, BG18, R81, R83, R85

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, BV02, E93

Hair: E50, E51, 53, E55, E57

Dress: Y17, Y38, YR15, YR16

Books from the bottom: R27, R59, Gold gel pen, E41, E43, E44, B63, B66, E33, E35, E37, YG07, YG09, G17, YG00, B24, B28          

See you next time

Hugs, Sarit

Fairy Village

Hello everyone,

Today it's my turn, I'm Saskia from the Netherlands.

I love fairies, so today I have a little Fairy Village for you. 

 The backgrond is a combination made with Dylusions Ink and Airbrusch. This was an experiment, so I can't tell the colour combinations. Sorry, I will write them down the next time.

 

The house and fairies are stamps from Lavinia Stamps.

Fairy Wings: YG23 and Y08

Houses: Orange/Yellow Y15-Y19-YR04-YR09

Houses: Purple BV000-00-02-04

Houses: Auqa BG10-11-13-15

Tufts of grass: Multiliner black 0.1mm

Until next month.
Have a colourful day.

An Album For a 9-year-old Birthday Girl

Hello everyone!

It's Vili here today, sharing a new album for one cute 9-year-old birthday girl:

This time I used a rubber stamp just because there is no digital one. 

 Usually, I prefer digital stamps because there are more opportunities for changing the size, rotating the image and so on.
The party's theme was 'Gojuss's girls', who the little birthday girl is in love with, so the choice was completely logical:

If you're asking yourselves what is this keyring, I tell you right away - this is the invitation for the party, which I made from playing cards, topers and other embellishments:

Copics used:

Skin: E50, E51, Е53, Е93
Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37, E79
Clothes: RV63, RV66, RV99, W0, W3, W5

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Vili M. xxxx

Blooming beauty from Kellee Riley

Hi everybody!
Daria is here :) 


Couple of weeks ago I came across absolutely stunning artist - Kellee Riley. If you never heard this name...please follow this link and just enjoy!!! 
So...on 18th of June she had a birthday...and she decided to make splendid present for all art-lovers - freebie.

I was absolutely carried away by this image...so today I'm showing you card that I made with it:

The key numbers for image are:

Skin  - E000, E01, E11, R11

Hair - E53, E44, E47, E49, E79, E34, E39, E74

Flowers and leaves - V0000, V000, V01, BV00,Y00,Y11,Y04,Y19,BV00,BV02,BV08, BV11,RV0000, RV02,RV14, RV21
B000,B21,B91,B93
YG91,YG93.YG95

Wishing you a great day and very creative mood!

Daria M :)

Winner challenge 41

Hello dear Copic Fans,

It's me again, Deborah, with the announcement of the winner from challenge 41

"Summer vibes", it is....

Frouwkje!

 Check out her gorgeous summer creation!

Congratulations, Frouwkje! Please send us an email to copiceurope@gmail.com

with your request for 3 Copic Sketch markers.

Hugs

Deborah

passing to eternity

When I saw this fabulous image by Concetta Kilmer for Sweet Pea, I had to buy to it.

I love sugarskulls. Sugar skulls have lot of meaning in Mexican culture and they are the main symbol representing Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Ancestors who have passed away are represented by clay molded sugar skulls which are painted and decorated, the names of the departed are added to the forehead of the skull and then the skull is placed on the grave stone to encourage the departed loved one to appear on the Day of the Dead. The skulls are not frightening or morbid, and they generally contain a lot of colours. The tradition of sugar skulls helps to let the living know that their loved ones have found peace. The souls of the departed have moved on to a higher existence free from any pain, suffering or anxiety that they had to deal with in the mortal world. The skulls are designed to be bright and cheerful, being a celebration of the life that once was.

Off course I coloured this wonderful image with my Copic Markers.

The quote is by Shakespeare. 

The background is made with Dylusions inks and paints and Dylusions stencils. I left the face white, because people that dress up for the day of the dead, wear a sugar skull make up too. I just added a few shades with BV0000 and 01.

The eyes are coloured with YG05,17,67 and 100 (black). The white in her eyes is done with some Copic Opaque white. The fleshtones in her eyes are coloured with RV 11 and 13 the shades with BV0000 and 01.

The lips and flower are coloured with RV04,06 and 09.

Her hair is coloured with a whole variety of black and grey colours. I used 100 (black) and C00,3,5,6,7 and 9.

Her bow is coloured with YR07, 15 and 16 and the dots with RV06 and 09.

  

The Skulls are coloured with black and grey colours, 100 (black) and C00,3,5,6,7 and 9.

The leaves are coloured with the same colours as her eyes, YG05,17 and 67. For the flowers I used RV04,06 and 09 and for the small ones Y13,15 and 17. The tiny raindrops at the end of the swirls are done with YR7 and 16. 

The cute little hearts are coloured with R35 and 39.

For shading the skull I used the BV0000 and 01.

A close up of the eye. 

A close up of the hair. 

See you later this month with a tutorial about the use of the Copic Opaque White

have a colourfull day 

Miranda

Challenge #42: Splashing around!

Hi everyone!

Deborah here for you with the super fun NEW challenge #42!

Thank you for all who participated to our latest challenge, it will be a hard time to choose a winner!

There are so many great entries!

The winner will be announced on August 9th. 

Our new challenge is:
Splashing around!

Every card with water is good!  Think summer stamps with a beach/ pool. Underwater stamps, rain,... So many options!

And here's my inspiration card for you. I've used this cute boy from the set "Welcome to the world" by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

I've used the no lines technique to colour this cutie. He's taking a bath with a cute little duck. He can splashing around!

I also added a little glitter to the bubbles.

Here are the colours I used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E35

bathtub: N7, BG18, BG13, BG1,BG10/ W7, W5, W3, W1

duck: Y17, Y15, Y11, Y00

YR07, YR04, YR02

bubbles: BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10, YG00, YG03

Shadow behind: W1

ground: W7, W5, W3, W1

To enter visit our Challenge page and enter your link in Mr Linky

before the end of September 4

The winner will be announced on september 6.

We are looking forward to see your creations!

Hugs

Deborah

My favorite to do in the summer

Hello everyone.

Today it´s my turn, Rozzan to inspire you!

I like summer very much, partly because it is warm, but also because I like to gather mushrooms.

In Sweden we have a lot of good mushrooms to pick,but my favorit is the Chanterelle.

But there are also some of the nasty variety, toadstool...

Usually coloring, I just use red on my Christmas themes. But it is fun to color in red even in summer, this red is perfect for this fungus, I think. There are so many different shades of red, it's just trial and error as you find your own favorite combination. 

The dark red, R89 can be used for most combinations of red. If you do not have a dark red or R89 can you please try to get some black pen, NTW or C for a lighter red to get a dark contrast.

On the white spots I used Liquide pearl to get some height on the dots.

The image is from Magnolia.

Colors I have used:

Red: R24,37,89

White: T0,1,2,4

Green:G43,94,99

Snail:E81,84,87

Have a good time

Hugs from Rozzan

Adding interest to your colouring

Here is a little montage of ways you can add a bit of fun to your colouring!

Lets start with a simple stamp

I have used

Say it Loud! by Art Impressions

It's OK like this, but a bit boring don't you think!!

So to jazz things up a bit I started by stamping it out on Copic suitable card stock using 

Memento Angel Pink, so that I could use the no lines technique

and cut it out using a stitched circle die by Lil'inker Designs

Now I started by creating a background using my "Squiggly Wiggly" method!

Basically you start with your base colour, in this instance B0000 and cover the whole area using the standard Copic circular motion.

You then add squiggles of a darker shade, in this case B000, going over it with the lightest colour to soften the squiggles if necessary. 

Don't get heavy handed with this, light, delicate squiggles work best.

 I finished with a layer of B00 squiggles, softened by B0000 applied in a circular motion as before.

A - B0000 applied in a circular motion

B - B000 squiggles applied to three quarters of box, softened with B0000 

C - B00 squiggles to top left of box

D - Squiggles softened with B0000 applied in circular motion

This technique works best with the palest shades in any of the colour families.

Now the real fun begins.......

time to play around with your image!

I started by giving each word a 3D appearance, achieved by simple shading, but hey, it's still a bit boring and I like to have fun when colouring.....

I'll show you a close up in a minute, but here is a list of the colours I used for each word

SING: B21, B23, B24, B26

DANCE: B01, B02, B04

LAUGH: B91, B93, B95, B97, 0

LOVE!: B12, B14, B16

shadows applied using N1, N2, N3

DANCE: random dots applied using darkest colour B04

LAUGH: spots created using 0 to remove colour 

LOVE!: Stripes drawn using B16 and B14 mindful of the 3D colouring

I hope you have found this tutorial interesting and whether you try the Squiggly Wiggly background or add a pattern to your images, above all have fun when using your markers!!

Happy Colouring

Aries Shion, fan art by Suki Manga Art

Dear Copic friends, are you enjoying your summer holidays? I will start mine very soon  \(^O^)/

But before to take a long break I have tried to finish one of my last illustrations on time.

This is my fan art inspired on "Aries Shion" 

He is a character from the anime/manga series "Saint Seiya", author: Mr.Kurumada Masami.

I created for the first time a sky with blue nebula as background, I hope you like it:

I used many colours to create this illustration.

This is the list of them:

Skin: E000 - E00 - E21

Hair: G14 - G17 - BG09 - 100 - Y08

Eyes: V12 - V15 - V09 - BV08

Armour: C7 - BV08 - V15 - V12 - V09

Cape: 100 - C7 - C5 - E71 - R32

Background: C7 - B99 - BG01 - B45 - E00

I also used a white ink pen for little details.

Would you like to watch the videos of the work in progress of Aries Shion?

Just clic on these links:

***   (Video nr.1)  *  (Video nr.2)  *  (Video nr.3)  *  (Video nr.4)  ***

See you soon!

Bye!   (^____^)/

Suki Manga Art

Facebook fan page

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Little Pink Riding Hood

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a 100% Copic scene. For that scene, I combined a Make It Crafty background with a digi by Paperbabe Stamps.

This cutie is called Mayleedee Little Red Hood and I added the Tree on Hill digi by Make It Crafty to have a pretty background for her. I cropped both images using Word, printed my scene and coloured it starting with the sky, then the tree, hill and finished with my character. I decided to avoid colouring my Mayleedee using reds, just for a change since I always want to colour Little Red Riding Hood in those obvious colours, so I went for a pale pink (RVs) shaded with BVs. I also gave her blond hair which I don't do that often, I usually go for brown or black.

Sky and cloud: BG000, BV20, C0, 1

Tree: E30, 33, 35, 39, 59, G24, 28, YG01, 03

Grass and path: E40, 41, 42, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 13, 71, R20, 22

Hair: E55, YR21, 24, Y21

Hood: BV0000, 000, RV000, 00, 02

Apron and dress: BG000, 00, 01, W0, 1, 3, 5

Basket: E30, 33, 39, 59, E40, 41, 42

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely weekend! Hugs,

Delphine xx