• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Sandy Allnock

Fearfully, wonderfully made! —Ps 139:14

  • My websites
    • Crafty Blog
    • Fine Art Gallery
    • Online Classes
    • Bible Journaling Book
    • Upcoming Online Events
    • Fb Live
    • Crafty YT
    • Bible journaling YT
  • Color Charts
  • About
    • The artist
    • Fave supplies
  • INSPIRATION
  • Social Media
    • Instagram
    • Fine Art IG
    • Facebook
    • Crowdcast live
  • Support
    • Patreon
    • My Partners in Art
    • Fine art sales
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • FAQ
You are here: Home / Copic Basics / Are flourescent Copics really glow in the dark?

Are flourescent Copics really glow in the dark?

July 29, 2020 by Sandy Allnock 8 Comments Filed Under: Copic Basics

Are flourescent Copics really glow in the dark? Let’s see!

It JUST occurred to me that Copic has always had a couple flourescent colors in the mix…and aside from the ones that LOOK flourescent being kinda garish (and I rarely have anything that needs those colors!), I hadn’t ever *tested* their flourescence!

Supplies for this project are linked at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you.

Be sure to stay tuned in the video to see the sneak peek at the end:

View on YouTube

Copic Ink (aka refills)

Once again the reinker bottles are not named “reinkers”, which would have been helpful, ha! Though “Copic Ink” is better than “Various Ink.” I’d been waiting for them to show up at crafty outlets so I’d been saving my money to get them in Ellen’s shop – yay for at least parts of the orders to get into the shop.

I’m 88% excited about them because:

  • Bottles are smaller and will not take up so much space
  • Nib is longer – less mess in reinking pens!
  • Slowly becoming available in the marketplace.
  • Less expensive overall.FAR better than the “same price half the ink” rumors going around months ago!*

*This is the 12% of not thrilled: they’re more expensive than they once were per ounce. That’s a VERY normal thing in this world, and while I know it’s no fun, companies’ costs do go up, so a little more isn’t as

Flourescent Octopi Card

Only three of the colors are truly flourescent – FY1, FYR1, and FYG1. Maybe FBG2 if it works hard. lol. The rest – maybe there are other uses that would show off flourescent properties, but whether on dark or light paper, I didn’t find much going on. However, since few people will send a blacklight along with a card, all that may not matter, eh?

Oddly you can tell under blacklight by the caps which markers have the real flourescence.

All the colors used on my card:

I have so many octopi in my stamp collections! lol. The pirate is from Sea Birthday, by Waffle Flower, and Mr Big Eyes is from Subbing In by Ellen Hutson.

Lawn Fawn’s Ocean Shell-fie has the mama and baby sized octopi…

The last but not least – the happiest octopi of all is from Shellebration by Trinity Stamps –and since the outlines were much thinner I kept him at the bottom in the darkest areas. Sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn set.

Copic Art Journaling Class

I’ve been working like mad on the intermediate Copic Art Journaling class that’s been on my back burner for YEARS now…..it has two major components:

  1. Techniques for coloring and drawing pages – no drawing experience is needed, but Copic Jumpstart or equivalent experience is recommended since I won’t be getting into basic blending or color theory and you’ll want to know both.
  2. Changing your mindset about yourself as an artist – this art journal is all about YOU! Which means your pages will look different than mine, so you can add stamping, stencils, or drawings of your own too.

#2 is the biggie for me; I am hoping to help students write over their “I can’t do it!” tapes in their heads with positive messages, reminders to look at how far they’ve come, and write down areas they want to continue growing in. We’re all on a journey in art – there’s no right or wrong place to be!

What supplies are needed? As for #1, the supply list is what everyone’s going to want, eh? Hopefully in this pandemic-economic-hard-times, you already own lots of what’s needed! You can visit the free pre-class lesson (link at the bottom of the class page) to see what’s needed.

How many pages? The class will have 10 lessons in it, but each one includes two spreads; the main lesson is a technique and pep talk on a topic, and the ‘bonus’ spread is tips on ways to handle the BACK side of the pages in between the previous lesson and the current one. Ink bleeds through, and sometimes can be recovered to create a whole new page, sometimes can be covered up, and I’ll show you what I’ve done to not “lose” pages in my 96-page book.

Supplies

Some product may be provided by manufacturers for review and use. Compensated affiliate links may be linked at no cost to you, but this video was not sponsored or requested by any manufacturer. I appreciate your support of my work with your purchases! Full affiliate and product disclosure | My trusted partners in art

  • Stamps:
    • Shellebration, Trinity Stamps Clear Stamps
    • Subbing In, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps
    • Ocean Shell-fie, Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps
    • Sea Birthday, Waffle Flower Clear Stamps
  • Copic Ink refills! WHEEEE!
  • Blacklight flashlight
  • Embossing:
    • VersaMark Ink Pad
    • Powder Deactivator Tool, We R
    • White Embossing Powder, Hero Arts
    • Heat Tool, WOW
  • Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
  • Neenah Cardstock, Solar White: 25pk – 250pk
  • Jet Black Lawn Fawn Ink Pad
  • Airbrush
    • ABS3: EH AMZ – Blick
    • Air Compressor (only need comp and cord, not this kit)
    • Cord, if it doesn’t come with the compressor

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Subscribe to this blog

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Debbie P says

    August 3, 2020 at 5:52 pm

    Fantastic card.

    Reply
  2. Henriëtte says

    July 31, 2020 at 4:59 am

    Gorgeous card Sandy, love how you placed the images.
    New class looks awesome.
    Thank you so much for showing, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.

    Reply
  3. Marisela Delgado says

    July 29, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    Gorgeous card! Your journal “artist” page is stunning!

    Reply
  4. Gab says

    July 29, 2020 at 5:05 pm

    This card is so cool Sandy!!

    Reply
  5. Carol McCready says

    July 29, 2020 at 9:26 am

    I have the florescent copics and have never used them. Maybe I’ll pull them out and give them a try.

    Copic journaling class looks like fun.

    Reply
  6. Lynn Hill says

    July 29, 2020 at 8:44 am

    The journaling class looks like so much fun! The bonus? I don’t need any supplies because I have them all!!! Your posts are always innovative and inspirational.

    Reply
  7. June K says

    July 29, 2020 at 4:31 am

    Thanks for posting about the Copic Ink. The three colors I have been waiting for were not available so I asked to be notified.

    Reply
  8. GiniK says

    July 29, 2020 at 4:20 am

    Thank goodness the new Copic refills are becoming available. I had stopped using my Copics for a while because I was afraid I’d end up having to replace markers that had gotten too dry for too long… Got 2 or 3 from Ellen Hutson already, and I’m now waiting for Y02. But I had no idea some of my fluorescent Copics were actually fluorescent! And that’s quite a collection of octopi, by the way! Cute card – I’ll have to look thru my stamp sets and see if I have some octopi hiding in there. Thanks for all you do, all the time!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Footer

Recent Posts

  • How I come up with new ideas for classes
  • Coloring on Colored Paper inspiration
  • Stamp masking for a branch
  • Stamped Scratchboard II: Floral + winners
  • Art Supply Winners!

Categories

Bible Journaling
Colored Pencils
Copic Beginner
Copic Intermediate
Copic Advanced
Human Rainbow
Interactive Cards
Watercolor
Watercolor Pens & Pencils
Watercolor Powders

Archives

© 2021 · Sandy Allnock

  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Patreon