My Favorite Things – Skin Coloring with Copic Markers
Hi everyone! Today I’m going to show you how I colored the skin on this adorable image by My Favorite Things called My Favorite Peep! I just love it because my entire family excluding me LOVES those peep things! haha Anyway, let’s get started and bear with me as this is the first time I’ve photographed a step by step tutorial like this with coloring or at least it has been awhile.
First, I want to mention I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic Blending Card Paper Mini Pack. This paper is already cut at 4.25 x 5.5″ so it is a great size to stamp images without having to cut down a full 8.5 x 11 sheet of blending card. I also want to mention that when I first got this paper, I was expecting it to be the same as the Copic Xpress It Blending Card but it’s a bit thinner so your markers bleed a lot more through the paper but they still blend beautifully and I haven’t noticed any bleeding outside the lines of my stamped image.
Step one: With skin I almost always color light to dark, so I’m starting with laying down my lightest color in this case E50. I’m just really mapping out my shadows here.
Step two: Building up our color by laying down the next lightest color E51. Again just mapping out our shadows bringing the color just a tad less than the last time.
Step three: (disclaimer: I actually missed the real step three with was laying down E11.) See, this photographing tutorial is a bit harder than it looks!) Anyway, so this is E21 and I just went around the image closest to the hair line and where I wanted my deepest shadows to be, just a very thin line.
Step four: Now that our darkest color has been laid down, going in reverse order (E11, E51, E50) we are going to blend all of that back out and depending on what you like, you may do a little more blending here as well. This is what your image will look like when that is done.
Drop Shadow: This is where it gets fun. Now that our skin is completely colored, I am going to use BV20 as my drop shadow color. Why do I use BV20 and not another darker color from the E family? I use BV20 because using this cool color gives a more realistic shadow to our image. Try it next time you are coloring – you will be surprised at how your image really comes to life!
Here she is again all colored up on a card using one of the sentiments in the stamp set. I love creating a clean and simple card to really let the image be the center of attention on a card sometimes. I also used a white gel pen to add the polka dots on her little dress and clear Wink of Stella on the peep!
Here is a list of all the colors I used on the image. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today and don’t forget to join us in our Anything Goes challenge! We love to see what you are creating with your favorite markers!
