Copic Coloring Detailed Leaves with Dawn

Hello! Today, I've got a labor of love for you. Yep, no sugar coating it here. LOL You all know that I'm a slow colorist, so this beauty was definitely a long one for me.

And it was worth every hour! I worked on coloring these images over several nights while catching up on some TV, and in truth, it probably took me about 5 hours to color everything. I didn't time it, but that's my best guess.

I stamped out several of the images from our Modern Peonies, Modern Anemones, and Modern Petunias stamp sets in Antique Linen Distress Ink on Neenah Solar White 80 lb Ultra Smooth cardstock - and got lost in coloring with Copic markers.

I did want to share a little of my process with you all. Since I've shared several versions of the florals, I decided to share how I approached coloring the leaves. Fair warning - it's a longer video and I did struggle a bit with voicing it over. I'm not sure why, but it is difficult for me to articulate what I'm doing when it comes to Copics.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

Hopefully you will be able to pick up a few tips from the video none-the-less. And remember, there is no "right" way or "wrong" way, just the way that works for you!

I didn't keep track of the colors I used. When it comes to coloring florals, I rarely do. I've tried. I usually start out good...then, intuitively I will grab a random marker and forget to write it down and then remember 3 colors later...and well, yeah, you know how that goes. But, if there is a particular one, that you'd like me to create a video for, just leave it in the comments below and I will try to work it into a future video.

After I colored everything, I used their companion dies to die cut everything. I die cut a circle from masking paper and inked through it with Warm Wool Pure Color Dye Ink and then over stamped it with a Polka Dot background using Versamark Ink. The Versamark Ink actually "bleaches" our inks when applied over them, similar to the way the 0 Blender Copic marker works.

I then stamped my sentiment using our Pure Color Dye Ink in Black and adhered my arrangement of flowers. I adhered some elements directly to the card base and others with foam tape for a bit of dimension.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list may contain some affiliate links.

Wplus9 Modern Peonies Wplus9 Modern Peonies Die Wplus9 Modern Anemones Wplus9 Modern Anemones Die Modern Petunias 4x6" Clear Stamp Set Modern Petunias Companion Die Wplus9 Gift Card Layers Die Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Wplus9 Pure Color Warm Wool Dye Ink Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 1 Set One 53454 Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 4 Set Four 53485 Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 2 Set Two 53461 Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 5 Set Five 53492 Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 6 Set Six 53508 Copic Sketch Marker BLENDING TRIO 3 Set Three 53478 Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965 RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425 Tombow XTREME Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511

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