If you’ve ever tried to replicate a tutorial – mine or anyone else’s – and been frustrated that it just doesn’t come out the same….you’re not alone. Yes it happens to me, too!
I’ve put together a little demo that will show you that you can use the same colors to create different skintones – just by altering how MUCH of them is used. Same colors! Watch and see.
Video
Watch the video below or click here to see it on YouTube.
Any medium is subject to some basics:
- Brands and individual hues. Sometimes even how OLD the supplies are; some change over time.
- Techniques – pressure, layering
- What you see in a video usually isn’t “all” there is. Hours of video often get cut down to 10 minutes, so there could be steps unseen.
Colored pencils can be affected by the pressure applied, not just in one layer but in successive layers.
Copics can be affected by layering too – sometimes the order can really change things a lot.
For patrons
If you’re a patron and missed it yesterday….the two larger drawings with the whole image are in a video over there. Happy Valentines Day!
The bottom line
Don’t get frustrated. It’s not always “you”!! Too many people leave a video tutorial thinking they’re a failure, they’ll never be an artist, they just aren’t talented. But it could be a lot of factors that don’t translate into video teaching in a ten minute demo!
It’s why I believe in classes. Where I can teach and re-teach. Show several examples of the same thing in successive lessons. It helps to see things a few times, and let them sink in.
Artventure App
My new app is out there – and hopefully the walk-through at the end of today’s video will help explain a little more of how to use it! It’s a platform that only allows me to customize some parts, and some things are getting fixed right now – I’m learning how to update it through the app stores, but it takes a bit of learning! You can download it for iOs or Android – enjoy!
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Very informative video – and encouraging too. Plus I am famous now!
Thanks for all you do Sandy! I can’t wait to try the app!! Congrats on getting one up and running – I can’t even imagine how much work that would be
Great video Sandy!
If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.
But the only time I replicated a colouring tutorial (from you) what wasn’t a class or workshop,
it was, despite of the cheap and brandless supplies, awesome (if I may say that from something I made myself). It was the tutorial with the IO Baby Giraffe.
The most tricky part was something I never had done before…. use the purple to shadow! It’s a great shadow colour and since then I use it more even when I colour skin, what was scarry also the first time.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day Sandy.
Hi Sandy,
I’ve searched the blog and can’t seem to find any information about you’re wax seal. I was wondering where you were able to order a self designed seal. I’ve seen them advertised but don’t know if they’re reputable and will not ‘steal my design’. Do you mind sharing the company you used?
Here ya go, a whole post and video all about it 🙂 https://sandyallnock.com/unboxing-2-custom-wax-seal-stamp-stamptitude/
Yea! Thank thou so much!
What you said makes so much sense!! Why I didn’t realize it before … who knows!! Thank you, though. I watched and re-watched a pencil video you did on a farm style card where you colored hay and had some buildings, etc. in the background (goat and scarecrow in the foreground). Thought it would be perfect for a teddy bear dressed in overalls stamp that I have. Had a ton of fun playing around and drawing in some of the background elements, but the hay …. Needs more practice!! And now I know my hay will probably never look like your hay!!!!! BUT I’ve got something that sort of looks like hay!!!! I’ve become really nervous about apps, etc. collecting data and …. I’ve had personal information hacked a number of times and once in a big way. And I’m not a fan of social media for various reasons (including the data collection issue). Does download/using your app collect data? I’m also not very tech savvy which is another reason why I shy away from downloading stuff and/or getting involved in newer social media platforms. I just don’t know enough to keep my data/info safe. Anything you can tell me about that? Thank you, Sandy.
I get nervous about data too! And also about social media that ‘goes away’ at some point – Zuckerberg is threatening to shut down FB and IG in Europe if rulings go against him – then how do we all find each other!? Gah!
What I can tell you is that I’m a dummy about USING data. I honestly am terrible at even using the emails in my student database! I know I could reach out to people but….the data just sits there behind giant firewalls I pay for. LOL. So…..this app isn’t owned by anyone but me, which means you’re not in danger, as far as I know. of your data going anywhere.
You can download the app and create an account/sign up for the classes – and then see it on the web here – https://artventure.passion.io/ – I know there’s supposed to be a way I can pay for a service to allow folks to buy it on the web but that’s just out of the budget, the app has eaten it all up. Ha! But it might be possible to delete the app from your phone and only access content via the web if that feels safer. Hope that helps!
Hi Sandy! Great tutorial! I guess I never realized that these results could be so drastic. I am very interested in your new app. Can you tell me if once I sign up, will the tutorials be accessible from all of my devices? Iphone–Ipad. Also my computers are windows based. So if I sign up with the apple version, can I access it with the Windows computer? Thanks for all you do. Jane
I haven’t messed around with it but I just went to find the web url – https://artventure.passion.io/
I knew they said it would be available online but I hadn’t tried it so thanks for the prompt! It does look like it should work fine on your computer too, you’ll just need to use the same log in that you create on your tablet or phone.
Like the idea of your new adventure, but I’m not that great on the computer and not sure I could get to all the things you showed. I’ve loved watching your programs and have learned a lot from you, buttt, I’m not an artist. I use stamps and color them in with watercolor, copics or prismacolor pencils. I use mostly Neenah or watercolor paper. But I order some digital stamps and use a laser printer to print them and lately having color with the ink smearing when I try to color them. Any ideas? Someone said to buy Neenah laser card stock and I did, but it seems so flimsey. Please let me know what you suggest. Thanks so much. Edna Burgess
That cardstock isn’t good for Copic- and it sounds like your printer ink isn’t either. You might take a printout to your local copy shop as well as the paper you want it on, photocopiers use ink that works. Very few printer inks work with watercolor so I only use stamps for that.