Getting Started Guide Week 7: The Write Stuff

I'm sorry this video was so delayed! Again with the beautiful weather and playing outside.  But here they are!  I did two videos for this week. The first covers general writing tools I use, and some coloring options besides markers. The second covers the basics of Copics. I do not do any coloring, but simply explain what Copics are and the identification system.

If you have questions let me know! Everything is linked at the very bottom.

::What it means::

Letter::: What color family it belongs to

R= Red

YR= Yellow Red

Y = Yellow

YG= Yellow Green

G= Green

BG= Blue Green

B= Blue

BV= Blue Violet

V= Violet

RV= Red Violet

E= Earth

N= Neutral, W= Warm, C= Cool, T= Toner

First Number::: How vibrant or bright the color

0 = Very Bright (Good for adding highlights)

9= Very Dull

Second Number::: How saturated the color 

0 = Very Light

5= Mid-tone

9 = Very Dark

Rules for picking colors to blend naturally
1. Same letter
2. Same first number
3. Second numbers are 2-4 digits apart (ie. V01, V05, V09)

Colorless Blender

A good marker to pick up to help with pushing and fading/lightening colors. Despite the name, it's not really used for blending.

This is obviously a lot of information, and it's just the bare minimum. So, if you have any questions let me know.  I'm going to try to put together a post of some good Copic resources/blogs as well.

Supplies

InLinkz.co