Cheers!
Introduction to Realistic Glass: transparency, highlight, and refraction
Join Amy Shulke, a professional illustrator and marker enthusiast for a sweet treat- Vanilla Arts style!
Marker Painting is a completely different approach to coloring with markers. Amy teaches students basic techniques and color theory based on the way artists use paint. Instead of focusing on "how" to color a selected stamp image, Amy shows you the "why" behind color selection, shade, layering, and depth. This provides students with the necessary knowledge to color any stamp image in their collection and every stamp they might purchase in the futu
Cheers! requires confident Copic and colored pencil skills.
Skill Level: challenge for intermediate and advanced students
In a 10 minute Technique Deep Dive lesson, Amy shows you how to (and how not to) approach glass objects in your stamp images.
Then in a five part series of fully narrated coloring demonstration videos, students will practice coloring the Cheers! image. Instruction includes the cast shadow, base markering, and the entire process of lowlighting and highlighting glass with colored pencils. 1 3/4 hours of total demonstration time.
Techniques used:
- Flicking
- Overflicking
- Push & Pull
- Color Basing
- Lowlighting
- Dual Highlighting
- Detail work with colored pencils
Course includes:
- 10 minute Technique Deep Dive video- an introduction to creating realistic glass with any stamp
- 30 minutes of demonstration video- color-along style instruction for the Copic Marker portions of Cheers!
- 60 minutes of video- color along style instructional video using colored pencils
- Cheers! digital stamp in three handy formats (PNG, JPG, or quick print PDF)
- recipe guide
- printable full color sample, underpainting guide, detailed color map, and photo reference
Required Supplies: printable supply list included in class package
- High-quality Copic friendly marker cardstock (X-Press It Blending Card recommended)
- Copic Markers
- Artist quality colored pencils (Prismacolor Premier recommended).
- Derwent Drawing Pencil: Chinese White #7200
- Posca Paint Pen (Waterbased), Extra Fine Point, White
- Q-tip
Your Instructor
Amy is a professional freelance technical illustrator with 25 years of experience in graphic arts. Amy began using colored pencils in 1985 and she started with DeSign markers in 1989. Colored pencils with a base of either marker or watercolor is her preferred process for portraiture and scientific illustration. She has a special passion for teaching crafters and shy artists to stretch their boundaries by adding established fine art techniques to their coloring projects.
Join Amy for fun and highly informative lessons which will not only change the way you color but the way you see color in the world around you.
"It's the OMG moments. That's why Amy's classes rock. She explains things that you've maybe noticed before but never thought much about. I love it!"
"At 62 years of age I have no illusions about becoming a great artist but. I am so appreciative of the change in my perception since taking classes with Amy at Vanilla Arts Co. Now I see the play of colors, the motion and the grace... It's a great way to view the world around me."
"I just love the things I'm learning and can't wait to start the next project. Your images are challenging for me and I like that. I'll never look at another image and how to color it the same again!"