Anti stress Copic colouring with Blankina

Hello all Copic friends,

How are you? Hope fine...

Today I have a little tutorial for you: anti stress Copic colouring.

We all have stress and I have this nice and colourful way to relax, I call it anti-stress Copic Colouring. Simple and fun to do.

I have started with a sheet of Perfect Colouring paper (A4) and a pencil

And have started to  draw lines without thinking.....

Later I have  covered these lines with various Copic multiliners.

Suggestion :

Before adding Copic colouring you can still erase the pencil lines,

when you add colours with your Copic pencil lines will NOT erase anymore.

Are you curious how I have made the design?

I have used these colours ...

Please watch this little video below and discover all steps

I can highly recommend this anti stress colouring, it does help to relax and in the end you also have a colourful drawing... This can be framed or used as a cover for example. 

When you use a smaller pieces of PCP you can also make lovely cards  with these anti stress drawings. 

This is a unfinished piece of my drawing. You can see the completed design in the video !!

Copic :

Multiliner black 0.3

Multiliner black 0.5 

Multiliner calligraphy M

B02, B05, B18, B23, B24, B28, B29, B39

BG13, BG23, BG34, BG49, BG72, BG93, BG96

YG03, YG06, YG09

In case you want to see another of my anti stress designs  please visit my post tutorial-copic-anti-stress-colouring from 2018 too .

Hugs Blankina

Enjoy

Hi everyone!! It's Virginia here with a new tutorial for you. Today I come with a delicate notebook as a present to my English Teacher Asun. I've just finished my exams and I don't know my marks yet but, Asun has been one of the best teachers I've ever had and I feel like to give her a present (but not a bribery, lol).

The stamp I've used is a design made by Krista Smith (Saturated Canary Stamps). I do love her stamps and I'm using them in many of my projects. On this occasion, I've decided to show you how to colour a printed dress with the same flowers that appear in the scrap paper I've used in the notebook.

As usual, here you have a step by step video tutorial

The Copic colours I've used are: 

Skin: E18-E15-E13-E11-R21

Hair: E35-E25-E47-E27

Sneakers: YR18-YR15-YR12-BG75-E42-E41-E40

Ribbons: BG75-BG72-BG70

Alpaca: E44-E43-E42-E41-E40-E71

Apple: R39-R29-R24

Grass: YG97-YG95-YG93-YG91

Sky: B0000-B91-C1-C00-Blender

That's all for now. I hope you like it.

See you next month!! Bye!!

Scarecrow

Hi everyone! It's Virginia here with a new tutorial. I know it's just Spring but, I'm thinking of holiday and summer so, I've decided to colour a wheat field ready to harvest as my background.

Additionally, many of you know how I do love tales. It is the reason way I've done another bookmark related to a book, 'The Wizard of Oz'. I've used a Saturated Canary Stamp, a really sweet scarecrow.

As usual, here you have the step by step video tutorial. I hope you like it.

The Copic Marker colours I've used are: 

Skin: E13-E22-E00-R30

Hair: E35-E47-E49

Hat and heaters: E39-E37-E35-E33

Trousers and shoes: E44-E43-E42-E41

Shirt: E89-E95-E93-E91

Sky: B0000-B91-C01-C00-Blender

Bushes: BG91-BG95-BG97

Wheat field: Y000-Y23-Y28-E99 

That's all!! I'd be delighted if you leave me a comment.

See you next month!

Colouring Fur with Flicks!...

Hello everyone,

I really love colouring fur so I thought I would do a tutorial for you!

I am using a stamp by Whimsy Stamps - My Significant Otter and Copic Markers

E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59

The technique I have used is very similar to one you would use for colouring hair!  Here are a few top tips for you!

It's good to use a flicking motion to apply the ink, this helps add texture.
Always make a flick in one smooth movement.

Always flick in the direction the fur grows. 

Let each layer of ink dry before adding the next so the colours don't blend together

I always practise my flicks on a piece of scrap card before I start colouring my image, this gets my hand used to the flicking action - it might sound silly but trust me - it works!

There are a lot of photo's for this tutorial so please be patient!

To begin, I lightly coloured the otter's tummy with E40.  This does nt need to be too neat or perfectly blended, it is simply a base layer for the fur to sit on.

Then, I started to add flicks in E42, in the darker parts of the tummy area, some of these need to be quite long and go across the tummy to add texture.

Then add more flicks with E43.

 Next I coloured the mask, again with a light layer of E40.

Then, exactly like the tummy, I started adding flicks in E42...

 E43

 and W3, which adds some depth.

 I then moved on to the paw, lightly colouring all of it with E55.

 followed by flicks in E57

 and E59.

I did exactly the same with the other paw, a light layer of E55

 Followed by flicks in E57

 and E59.

 The same technique is then used for the feet (paws)!  E55 coloured all over and followed by flicks in E57

 and E59.

 Then I moved onto the otter's body.  It is a good idea to take this really slowly - do not rush!  You can still break the body down into smaller parts, the tail, the foot and the area under the am and tummy.  I used exactly the same technique as before, colouring the whole body with E55 and then starting to add colour and texture by flicking with E57

 and E59.

 To enhance the shaded parts of the body, where I wanted it to look darker, I added a few flicks of E49.  If you choose to do this you only need a few - do not add too much of this darker colour!

 Next, I moved on to the face and head, colouring the whole area lightly with E55.

 Then I added flicks of E57 around the eyes, down the sides of the muzzle and on the top of the head,

 Followed by Flicks of E59...

 ...and W6

 You might want to go for a break and a cup of tea here, before you start the colouring the last parts of the image! (:

 I coloured the darkest, shaded areas of the scarf in BG32 to map out where my darkest colour would go.  It's a good idea to do this first, in a light colour because if you get it slightly wrong at this stage, you can cover it up later, you have n't ruined your colouring by going straight in with your darkest shade!

 I then went back and coloured these parts with BG49

 and then started blending the colours out to the lightest area with BG13.

 I repeated this, colouring the same darkest part again with BG49, 

then blending BG49 out with BG13

 followed by BG11.

I used exactly the same technique to colour the rest of the scarf.

 I coloured the flower next in BG04

 followed by BG37,

 BG06...

 ...and BG04.

 For the leaves and stalk I used G43, 

 followed by G46...

 G43...

...and finally YG03

I hope you have found this tutorial useful!

It would be great if you could try this technique and share with us on Facebook at 

Copic Marker Europe

It's our 30th Wedding Anniversary this weekend and this card is for my lovely husband!

Thank you for popping by

Sue...xxx

   

Trios of Various Ink cards, no stamps required

Hi Copic friends,

Today I have three different cards for you.

Made with the same technique but different styles of cards and colours.

No stampes required :) 

I have used YUPO paper for the background with Various Ink.

Various Inks ( refills ) are not only to fill your dry Copic markers,

there are many other fun ways to use them.

For this technique, fluid art,

you will need several Various Ink colours including the blender "0",

a straw and a dropper. 

The straw is to blow the wet various ink on the YUPO paper

to make the ink flow.

 The dropper to let drops of blender fall onto the ink to create fun effects.

GREY CARD

Okay my first card, the grey card was made with:

VARIOUS INK :"0" ,W00, W 3, B 000 , 

fab foil gold, 

a Krafty Kimmie stencil, decoglass volume : moon dust, 

YUPO paper,

dixi die, Modascrap die ,

foam sheet : white

Please follow the step by step photos

you can follow my photos to get an idea of the process, 

I have started with W00

afterwards with W 3 and blender "0"

and B 0000

Adding some gold too ,with the fab foil,

just rub the foil unto the background ( over the sticky bits ) .

The Golden side of the foil must be facing up.

I have die cut the reindeer from the background,

to the die cut reindeer I have added two layers of white foam sheets to 

give a 3 d effect. Then I have glued it into the die cut space.

BROWN CARD

For the brown card I have used :

VARIOUS INK : "0" , E 33, E 51, E 37,

 Marianne Design die , MFT die

fab foil : gold , 

YUPO paper,  avec paper 

Please follow my step by step photos...

I have started with E 51

afterwards with  E 33

and E 37

and blender "0" , drops onto the background

some gold..with fab foil

PINK CARD

To make this card I have used ;

VARIOUS INK : R 81, R 85, RV 10, "0" , B 00

YUPO paper, avec paper , 

creative expressions die , MFT die, 

fab foil : gold, 

I have started with R 85

afterwards with RV 10

R 81

RV 10 again

and a few drops of B 00 too..

again some gold with the fab foil

So these are the three cards I have made,

below you can find the VARIOUS inks used for each card.

VARIOUS INK : R 81, R 85, RV 10, "0" , B 00

VARIOUS INK :"0" ,W 00, W 3, B 000 , 

VARIOUS INK : "0" , E 33, E 51, E 37,

Which card do you like most ?

It is almost like three seasons cards, summer, autumn and winter :) .

CAS cards with Various Inks  , fun to make, please try it yourself too !

Hope you have enjoyed watching this step by step tutorial,

hugs Blankina