Marker Painting Foundations

New to Copic Markers?

Join Amy Shulke, a professional illustrator and marker enthusiast for an introduction to painting with markers- Vanilla Arts style!

Coloring blogs and internet tutorials have a major drawback- they're almost always demonstrations rather than education. Copy-cat or "follow me" style videos teach you to mimic the demonstrator. Sure, you can color an apple by following along with an apple demonstration, but what happens when you want to color a banana or a baseball?

Uh oh... now you're stuck.

Marker Painting is a new approach to coloring with markers. Amy teaches students basic rendering techniques and color theory based upon the way artists use paint.

Instead of focusing on how to color an apple, Amy shows you the why behind color selection, shade, layering, and depth. This provides you with the necessary knowledge and instincts to color an endless variety of images for the rest of your life.

Marker Painting Foundations is the first step towards coloring independently and with more accurate realism.

In this twelve week beginner level course, Amy covers basic marker techniques and general know-how, helping you understand both how markers work and how to work the markers.

Are you looking for depth and dimension in your coloring?

Marker Painting is a completely different approach to coloring.

Well, actually it's the classic approach to creating art, learning to use your Copic Markers the way an artist uses paint.

Marker Painting breaks all the crafty coloring laws and the copy-cat approach to instruction. Art based painting technique sets you free from marker tutorials, recipes, and all the supposed rules that actually lock you into flat and simplistic coloring.

You can learn to color independently.

You can get realism and amazing depth from your Copics.

Twelve Week Course includes:

• 12 weeks of coloring lessons-
  • 30 to 60 minutes of clear technique instruction every week
  • guided coloring video for every project
  • mid-week supplementals to spark further thought
• 16 PNG digital stamps (also JPG and PDF alternate formats)
• bonus supplementals and consumer information
• multiple instructional handouts, designed to complement each week's video lesson
• discussion board for instructor guidance, help, Q&A

Required Supplies:

• X-Press It Blending Card or similar high-quality marker cardstock
• Copic Markers - downloadable master supply list here
• Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils
• Uniball Signo White
• Uni Posca Paint Pen Extra Fine, White

This course includes exclusive access to Marker Painting Foundations Forums:

Use and participation of the forum is optional, however instructor feedback is exclusively provided in the forum. Students may submit completed assignments via the designated forum for assessment and assistance. Instructor to student and student to student interaction is encouraged to maximize the feedback and support you need to improve your coloring skills.

WARNING: Basic computer skills are required to access class materials. If you struggle with websites, video players, downloads, printing digital files, and communicating in discussion forums, this course may not be right for you. We recommend that you try our FREE More Than Luck course to get a feel for how our site works and the type of computer skills you'll need to make the most of your learning experience here.

LIMITED ENROLLMENT!

Enrollment is open from December 1st, 2022 to March 31st, 2023.

Next enrollment window will not be until December 1st, 2023.

Note: Access to your purchased course remains active and ongoing. Work at your own pace!