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Angels Among Us – A Mini Tutorial

Written by Marie Gamber. Posted in Tutorials

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Marie here with a color MINI you on coloring a simple light skin tone.

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Supplies Used:

 

 My image is called Angels Among Us (Saturated Canary)

 This little gal is looking to your left so I decided to make that my highlight side.

This is optional.  I just like to have the direction the image is focusing to be my highlight.

It’s like looking on the bright side!   Haa!

I selected light skin tones for my little image.

I applied a base coat of my highlight side with E000

I then colored my shadow side with E11 and blended out with E00 and finished with my E000.

I added a touch of R20 to her cheeks.

I applied a small cast shadow with E11 to the shadow side once my image dried.

Notice that the pattern I like to use is my highlight for base coat, shadow, mid-tone and then highlight.   

B27 and B21 was added to her eyes.

I colored her hair with C9, C7, C5, C3 and a touch of B000.

The shirt  was colored with R56, R27, R24, R22 and R20.

Her jeans are B29, B27, B24 and B21.  I texturized the jeans with colorless blender.

The shoes and feathers are: C5, C3, C1 and C00.  I added a touch of B21

The grass combos used are G28, YG 63, G45 and G40.

A light shadow was applied with W3 and W1

The colorless blender was used to texturize the grass.

Background sky and clouds were created with C3, B21, B000, B00 and colorless blender.

Here is a MINI video on the skin tone color combo I used for this image.

CombosE11E00E000

Copic Alcohol Ink Markers: E11, E00, E000 and R20 

I created a sentiment with calligraphy and added a button.

The Baker’s Twine was Brown Sugar

I hope you enjoyed this MINI!

Let me know if there are techniques or color combos you would like and I will give it a whirl!

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Comments (57)

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    Rachel Van Ornum

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    This is the first skin tutorial I have seen where the skin turns out the way mine does. Usually in the tutorials it is less orange and more taupe and I keep thinking I did something wrong when mine is orangy,

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      Marie gamber

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      Sounds like you are doing a great job Rachel. Keep up the good work. I hope to share other skin tones in the future. I love ethnic skin tones:). TFS

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    Beverly jordan

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    Wonderful tutorial, Marie! And the card and coloring are superb!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Beverly. I hope you keep coming back!

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    Sharon Gullikson

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    Thanks for showing us how. I am trying to learn to color with Copics, but am at the toddler stage…..

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you for your kind comment Sharon. I know a lot of people are interested in alcohol ink markers so I thought sharing color combos and a few tips and techniques would be the way to go for my weekly posts. Let me know if there is something special you would like!
      Hugs Marie

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    Lori

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    So cute would love to win!

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    Denise Bryant

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    Sweet image with beautiful coloring! Love your darling card!

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    Patricia St Martin

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    Marie, Thank you for your wonderful tutorial. You did a fantastic job coloring that adorable image and your sky is stunning. I love your layout and the pretty background paper you used.
    Hugs, Patricia

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you, my friend! ThT is a complement coming from a great color artist like you! Thank you, again!
      Hugs,
      Marie

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  • Valerie Ward

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    That was AWESOME, Marie! I could sit and watch those for hours! Hee hee, when it ended, I was like, aww it’s over already?!

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    Darcy Schroeder

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    Great tutorial, Marie!! You explain everything so well. I just love that card and the image!!!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Darcy! I know you already do a great job with Copics!

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    sharla~

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    Thanks for the awesome tute! I always need a little refresher lesson on light source & shading!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thanks Sharla!! I think we all love refreshers! I work as a nurse. But I spend most of my days off learning and watching tutorials. It’s my favorite thing thing to do. Thank you for your kind comment!

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    Christina Franks

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    I love the skin coloring tutorial. I am new to coloring with Copics and need all the help I can get when trying to get skin color to look as natural as possible. Thanks for a helpful tutorial.

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you! Do you use other medium? I too love copics and Shin Han! :). Thank you for stopping by!

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    Char

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    I’m new to coloring with Copics and have always been unsure about lighting and shade. I found this tutorial to be very helpful and enjoyable. I love your sweet little card and admire your skill. I’m off to practice what I’ve learned from your awesome video. Thanks so much!!!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Hi Char! Thank yo so much! I well cover shading each week along with color comb’s and techniques! Thank you for your kind comment. It was fun to create. It really doesn’t matter where you have your light source – just keep it consistent throughout your entire image.
      Hint – take some acetate or packaging (see through). Mark your lighsource by drawing straight lines with a ruler on the acetate from where the sin is with abut 5-6 lines radiating down from the sun. Keep that and you can see immediately where the light hits your image. Hummm – I may just do a video on this ! LOL Save the acetate and use it over and over. I still use it 😀
      Have fun and I hope to see you again next week!

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    Janis

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    Lovely tutorial! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com

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  • Marie Gamber

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    Hi Janis! Thanks for viewing and I hope you come back for my next one! We will have a lot of fun activities and tutorials/tips on MarkerPOP and I hope you enjoy!
    Good luck! 😀
    Hugs,
    marie

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    Teresa Godines #6857

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    Sweet card. Thanks for such a great lesson on coloring skin.

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Teresa! Good luck! 😀
      Hugs,
      Marie

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    charlene

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    Great tutorial. ..card is just darling!

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    Betty Gjerness

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    Thanks for the tutorial. Very easy to follow

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Betty. I am fairly new with video’s and it is great to hear you like it! 😀
      Hugs,
      Marie

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    Jean Bullock

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    The card is darling and thanks for the great tutorial.

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  • Marie Gamber

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    Thanks you Charlene! I hope you come back for more! 😀 Aren’t the prizes fantastic? I am not eligible but I sure might have to visit the store and fill my shopping card! LOL
    Hugs,
    Maire

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    Becky S.

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    What a sweet card and awesome coloring tutorial. I am still learning with my copics so every little hint helps, thank you.

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Hi Becky. Thanks for your kind comment. Glad to hear you are learning Copics. You will LOVE it. Alert….. can be addicting! Take it from one who knows ! LOL
      Hugs,
      Marie

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    Annette Reed

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    Such a cute card and image. Great coloring!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you so much Annette. I love the image too! 😀

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    marylouh

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    I have lots of problems with shading. Hopefully your ideas will help me become better at it. I’d love to have a little girl look like yours and be able to “I did that”.

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Marylouh. To tell the truth, I am still working on it! I spend my days off from work studying tutorials. Come back! We will keep having more tips and techniques. I know you can do it! 😀 Just hand in there. If I can do anything – let me know!
      Hugs,
      Marie

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    Amanda Rogers

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    Great tutorial, I am just learning how to use my Copics

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Whoo hoo! Glad you are learning Copics! They are so much fun. I hope you like our site. We will have a lot of tutorials so hang in there with us! I know you will love coloring with your Copics. They are so amazing! 😀

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    Christina Zuraff

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    I love this image! Soo precious!

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  • Marie Gamber

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    Thank you Christina! I too love this image. It was love at first site! LOL
    Thank you for stopping by! Good luck!

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    Tracy

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    Marie – very interesting tutorial – thank you! i’ve got a question – what’s the tape around your markers for? silly question i know but i’ve seen others do this and its got me curious 🙂

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    Laura Nehring

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    Beautiful card! Happy to see Marie is still on the team! LOVE her coloring!

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    Kylie Adams

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    Always love your work Marie!!

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    Jeniff Sthory

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    I love i!!

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    • Marie Gamber

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      Thank you Jeniff! I appreciate your comment 😀

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    Linda F

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    Thank you for the tutorial Marie. I really love the texture on the jeans and your amazing soft cloud background.

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    Tami B

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    Wonderful tutorial- thank you.

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    MelodyJ

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    Great tutorial and very nice prize pack.

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    charlene

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    Very nicely done Marie

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    Lynda

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    Fabulous tutorial!

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    Denise Sullivan

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    She is just so darn cute.

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    Dottie

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    Great tutorial. I am a big fan of MarkerPop. Wonderful giveaway !

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    Mary Ann Schumm

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    Great tutorial. Thanks I learned a couple new things.

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    Julie k

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    Love the coloring thanks for sharing,

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