Coloring Inky Faces with Copic Markers

Good morning friends! It's Lesa, here with a coloring tutorial for you today!  I have been working very hard on my coloring lately, especially on faces of images.  The Inky Impressions images are PERFECT for coloring and shading.  I learned a lesson or two from several of my stamping friends and fellow Inkettes and I wanted to share those lessons with you.

First, you choose your image and stamp it in your choice of ink.  I tend to use Memento Tuxedo Black for almost all my stamping. And today,  I chose Lili's Cleaning Day as my image.

Lili stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Use E50 for all the skin and E21 for shading

Now I used to just take my skin colored marker and color in her face.  But, I recently learned that by using E50 and shading with E21 - it looks more natural. . .

I start by coloring in all the skin with E50. . .

All colored in. . .

Then, I take E21 and add a thin line around the edges where a shadow would fall. . .

See how the darker line adds shading to her face, arms and neck

Then I brush a bit of R20 directly on the tip of E50 and add her cheek glow

Just a dab on her cheeks - then you gently shade over everything with E50

Her finished face!

Ready for a project!

The key is not to be afraid of color. For practice, I simply stamp a bunch of different Inky images on scraps of white cardstock and start coloring.  While I know I'm not perfect in this, we all have to start somewhere and I hope this little tutorial will prove helpful!  Remember, practice makes perfect! Enjoy your coloring!