Copic Marker Europe

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Copic Markers on Transotype Synthetic Paper

Hello everyone.

Today I will give you another way to use your Copic Markers.

I use the Transotype Synthetic Paper for this.

For this technique I use :

2 colours of Copic Markers

The Activator

A blending tool with felt

half of a sheet Transotype Synthetic Paper

Acrylic stamping block

I use the chisel nib of the Copic marker, so my brush nib isn't going to be damaged.

Put the 2 colours on your acrylic stamping block, I used a large one.

Then you spray the activator on your colors so they get liquid again, work fast because it will evaporate quickly.

You lay your Transotype Synthetic Paper on your acrylic block with the colours and move your paper around in the liquid.

When you are happy with the result, I repeated this 3 times before I was happy with the result

Then I went to my blending tool with felt. Using my chisel nib again I put some colour on the felt, sprayed the Activator on the felt and with circular motion put the colour on my paper.

I repeated this until I was happy with the result.

Here is a collage of the prints i made.

On my finished paper I stamped using a stamping tool and black Stazon ink flowers from Polkadoodles.

I also stamped the flowers on a sheet of Perfect Coloring Paper with Memento ink and coloured the flowers with my Copic Markers, cut them out and glued them on my already stamped paper.

For the background I used several different stamps and a white Molotow one4all acrylic marker.

I hope I have inspired you to use your Copic marker differently and see you next time!

Friday, March 1, 2019

Mazarine Fairy

Hi Everyone, it's Faye here today :)

This month I thought I would take you with me stage by stage as I colour Mazarine Fairy from Whimsy Stamps. This is one of my favourite images and I had an urge to give her some fun hair.

I have coloured each area from dark to light, with the exception of the hair, which I coloured light to dark...

E0000, E000, E00, E70

E0000, E000, E00

BG07, BG18, BG75, BG78, C7

YG01, YG23, YG17, C7

YG01, YG23, YG17

BG07, BG18, BG75

YG01, YG23

BG07, BG18, BG75, C7

YG01, YG23/ BG07, BG18, BG75

YR31, Y17

White Gel Pen, Glitter :)

And here she is on a card...

Copics Used...
Skin; E0000, E000, E00, E70
Hair/ Turquoise; BG07, BG18, BG75, BG78, C7
Green; YG01, YG23, YG17, C7
Yellow; YR31, Y17

Thanks so much for stopping by... Have a great day.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Father's Day

Hi everyone! It's Virginia here, coming up with a new project for you. Today I want to share with you a little piece I've made for a festive day.

In Spain, where I live, Father's Day is celebrated on the 19th of March and for some of us, it is a significant day.

Every year I make a present to my father. Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago but, I still do something special in order to remember him. This year I've made a little paper bag, with a sweet stamp from Tiddly Inks. Inside, it should be a beautiful present.

The tie that the little girl is wearing, reminds me of the way my father used to dress.

As usual, here you have the step by step video tutorial about colouring this stamp, although this time I don't speak. I hope you like it.

The Copic colours I've used are:

Skin: E94-E13-E21-E000

Hat and shoes: E47-E57-E35-E33

Tie: E39-E37-E34-E32-R39-R29-R24-R14

Shirt: C3-C1-C00-Blender

Hair: E49-E57-E33

Thank you very much for your visit. Have a great day!

See you next month!

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The whole caboodle

Hi everyone,

for this month's post I have used the new Dylusions stamps, which are so cute and funny.

Start with a layer RV04,

then add the RV09 (as your darkest colour) and blend the colours together with RV06.

To get a smoother blend I use the RV04 to blend all layers together.

For the dog's belly and his slippers I use V04, 06 and V05. I won't be using the head, so I leave that one un-coloured.

As you can see I smudged my page. It's not a very good idea to colour one colouring sheet while it's on top of your other colouring sheet! Alcohol inks always bleed through and they might smudge the page underneath. But I won't be put off by this. I decided to add more yellow/green and make it part of the way I colour the giraffe. This way it will be a "happy accident".

Start with a thin layer of BG01.

Add some YG21 (to make the smudge part of the colouring).

The spots on the giraffe will be blue. For this I use the B26, B28 and B29.

The body of the dog: start with YG21.

Add the YG25 and blend all layers together with YG23 and YG21.

For the dog's boots, collar and tail I use the same colours as the head of the giraffe:

BG01, BG05 and BG07

B26, B28 and B29.

The mane of the unicorn will be like a rainbow.

Start with a thin layer of the following colours: V04, BG01, B26, YG23, Y15, YR15 and RV05.

Add shadows with one hue darker: V05, BG05, B28, YG25, Y18, YR16 and RV06.

The dress of the unicorn will be blue/green. I start with the lightest colour, the BG01. Add the darkest colour next, the BG07. Use the BG05 and the BG01 to make a smooth blend.

The underskirt and dots will be green:YG21, YG23 and YG25.

The collar and boots will be purple: V04, V05 and V06.

I use the BG and Y colours to colour the fox. When you blend the BG and Y colours, you will get a lovely green. Start with the Y13 and the BG01.

Add the Y15 and Y18 for the yellow parts and the BG05 for the blue parts.

For this cute dog I use yellow and blue.

I start with the Y13 and then the Y19. Make a smooth blend with the Y18, Y15 and Y13.

For the heart and boots I use BG01, BG05 and BG07.

To give the owl a warmer hue yellow I add the YR15. I start with the Y13. Than I add the Y19 and blend all the layers together with the Y18, Y15 and Y13. Finally I add some YR15.