Welcome! I am getting ready to leave early Wednesday for Boston to teach a Copic Intermediate Certification class on Friday, June 10. Anybody else want to join us? It's a small class, so there should be plenty of time for individual attention. I am running a bit behind on the sketch that I was intending to post before I left; it is drawn and even inked, but it isn't colored yet. So, I am sharing a textural piece that I have in my Copic art portfolio and waiting until I get back from Boston to color and post the trillium image. I have some fun ideas up my sleeve for that piece, and i don't want to rush it!
The oranges were sketched from photograph that I took last year in Germany. Rather than the gray ink that I feel more comfortable drawing with, I used one of my Copic Black 0.3 multiliners on this one. (The gray one is in the picture because I added a bit of cross-hatching in some shadow areas with it.) This piece was intended only as an experiment with texture. I love using my colorless blender to push color back and reclaim highlights!
[If you click on either of these images, you should get a larger-than-life pop-up.]
Copic Markers that I used:
0
YR31
BV02, BV04, BV25
RV95, RV99 (I used Blue-Violets and Red-Violets in shadow areas to cool the oranges, skipping the grays entirely.)
YG11, YG61, YG63, YG67
YR00, YR01, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09 (Yes, I overdid it here--could have gotten by with fewer, but why?)
E08
Pens:
Black and Gray Copic 0.3 Multiliners
Paper:
X-Press It Blender Card
That's it--thanks for stopping by!
Debbie
wow. I cannot get over your talent!!! yes, I'd like to go to Boston. No, I won't be there!
Posted by: Joan B | 06/06/2011 at 09:37 PM
Ok... so you NAILED those oranges! GREAT JOB!!!
Posted by: FitterTwit | 06/06/2011 at 11:12 PM
When did you say you were going to begin your own stamp line? Beautiful drawings and coloring.
Posted by: SueB | 06/07/2011 at 01:13 AM
absolutely amazing. beautiful work of art, Debbie!
Posted by: Alice W. | 06/07/2011 at 01:19 AM
Wow, the realism you have achieved for those oranges is simply amazing! Okay, now lifting jaw back off the floor...
Posted by: Cyndie | 06/07/2011 at 06:06 AM
Absolutely amazing and so wonderful Debbie!!!
Posted by: Cindy Lyles | 06/07/2011 at 09:14 AM
Oh, Debbie, these oranges are so life-like! The texture is soooo amazing!! tfs
Posted by: Cindy H. | 06/07/2011 at 09:41 AM
Ohhh I am so glad you posted a link over here. I to have sketching roots and often long to sketch but never do. Maybe you will inspire me to do so. :)
Posted by: Amy | 06/07/2011 at 01:16 PM
Wow!! Excellent texture Debbie! Safe travels to you!!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
Posted by: Trena in Naperville | 06/07/2011 at 01:19 PM
Just beautiful -- you and your talent are such an inspiration. I want to be able to use Copics like you when I grow up...
Posted by: ShariAK | 06/07/2011 at 01:32 PM
Wish I could join you- Please come again to Boston - I need beginner- As many remark, you are such and inspiration Debbie-
I look at your work and am in awe!!!
Posted by: Jan Duston | 06/07/2011 at 03:25 PM
Holy smokes! I could almost peel one of those for a snack! Fabulous!
Posted by: Kathy V. | 06/07/2011 at 06:07 PM
Wow! The coloring is so real that I think I see juice coming out! LOL. Just fabulous work. I really need to get me some Copics and then practice for the next ten years so I can be one-tenth as good as you. Have a good and safe trip. Looking forward to your next post. Robin B.
Posted by: Robin Barwacz | 06/07/2011 at 08:50 PM
THE DABBLED EFFECT ON THE ORAGES IS AMAZING THEY ARE SO LIFELIKE. ELAINE R.
Posted by: ELAINE R. | 06/07/2011 at 10:29 PM
So inspiring thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Katy S | 06/07/2011 at 10:42 PM
Wow, this is incredible! I agree with how lifelike they look.
Posted by: Robin Burgeson | 06/08/2011 at 12:20 AM
Good golly. It doesn't get better than this.
Posted by: Beth Norman | 06/08/2011 at 04:05 AM
Debbie, thanks for another great piece! I love looking at the real photo and your sketch to see how you achieved the look...great dabbling technique to give texture. Awesome, and it's so inspiring to us all!!
Posted by: CherylQuilts | 06/08/2011 at 06:47 AM
I'm speechless!!!
Posted by: Jane | 06/08/2011 at 01:08 PM
Oh Debbie you totally need to design stamps! Such elegant drawings you have been showcasing, and your coloring....jaw drop!
Posted by: Kelly Schirmer | 06/08/2011 at 07:42 PM
This is so great, Debbie! I hope we'll get to see the finished piece! I also wish that I could be in Boston for the intermediate Copic class. You need to come back home and have one!!
Posted by: Broni | 06/09/2011 at 02:59 PM
You continue to dazzle me with your drawings and coloring! I would love it if you made stamps out of some of these!!I'd buy them all!thanks again for the inspiration. Love to join you in boston! How about a class in Bend, OR?!!
Posted by: Jary Riolo | 06/11/2011 at 12:51 PM
`Beautiful` TFS :) x
Posted by: terrie bailey | 06/13/2011 at 05:13 AM
Great job~!! Thanks!
Gail B
Posted by: Gail B | 06/13/2011 at 09:29 PM
This is unbieveable. You are so talented and I am so impressed.
Posted by: Stephanie S. | 06/14/2011 at 08:25 PM