COPIC MARKERS FOR BEGINNERS | 5 Mistakes You're Probably Making 

I forgot to mention the other use for the colourless blender. It’s useful for blending light tones into nothing for a smooth gradient. Did you enjoy these tips?

Perfect timing aha I just got my markers today

I’m so glad I found your channel Farrell! I bought my markers about two years ago and have been too intimidated to try them out! I’ve painted with acrylic for years, I’m also playing around with Watercolor. I find myself stuck in organizing my craft room, swatching out colors. I’m just trying to make sense of everything I’ve collected in the last four years!😱 I’ve bought tons of stamps, so I could get into card making with Copic markers. But just haven’t gotten around to it because I’m so nervous about getting the perfect blends. I even bought a color swatch chart from Sandy Allnock! She seems to be the queen of coloring with Copics! Especially with card making. You should definitely check out this chart because she’s put it together in a way that all the colors are grouped into good blending sections. I just subscribed to your channel because I love the videos U’ve been posting, you remind me of my 25-year-old son a lot! Thank you so much, Liz Cape Cod Massachusetts 😊💗👍🏼

Thanks , yes it was very helpful. I don’t use my alcohol markers as much as I should these tips will help me start using them again. 🙂

Hi from Montreal, I just bought today my first 6 blue tones Copic package. A lady who do video about adult coloring book showed us how Coper markers are the best to use with watercolour pencils. Your video is my first about Copic and now I need your skills to used them

I absolutely agree with you on the Winsor & Newton paper. It was the first marker paper I bought and I was in shock 😳 Then I found some Copic paper (that was sold on a platform like ebay) and was pleasantly surprised. However even with this paper you have to be careful on what side your drawing - because there’s a right and a wrong side and the wrong one behaves pretty much like the Winsor & Newton paper ... 🤦🏻‍♀️

you did a great work here! probably the most straightforward and most helpful tips about copics i've seen in a while! I personally struggle with tip #1! I knew that too but I just can't help myself to stop using copics until I get the tone and even color details with just the markers lol! I know its strange! 👍👊🏼💯great upload!!

Thanks for these tips to improve on using copic markers better. Will keep this in mind when I eventually purchase my first set. 😃

Love the tips thank you , what is the general wait time for liners to dry before coloring?

I know for certain that I’m using the wrong paper, but I’m also deeply invested into using my current sketch book so I just layer another paper underneath whatever page I’m coloring on.

Had no idea there was marker paper thanks bro

For Swatching, I used Avery Hole Reinforcement labels and swatched each color and stuck it on the chisel tip cap of my markers. I went back and laid clear tape over it bc they're not very tacky. I have all my markers displayed chisel tip out and I can clearly see what the color will be on paper. Just another option. I don't keep a swatch paper on hand; I don't need to look through 276 colors to find what I'm looking for. I simply look at the little swatch label on my marker cap and I know. Also, I'm picky about the order of my colors so if I get a new color in a family, I'd have to redo my entire swatch paper (if not using a premade one from Copic). I do have the little swatch book from Copic, but again, I'm not going to refer to it each time I'm finding the proper color. Nice video!

Check out Sandy Allnock’s COPIC Hex chart - you swatch the colors arranged by color rather than by number.

Thanks for your tips!!

Sandy Allnock has affordable and wonderful hex charts for Copic and colored pencils for color swatching

Thanks for telling me mistakes on what I’m doing (a lot, however I did know you don’t blend with the blender)

Please respond! What should you use to sketch with before the outliner? Will pencil smudge into the marker? What do I use to avoid this?

Using the colored pencils with Copic was a game changer. Thanks for the tip. Genuinely. Great content. I subbed just because of that lol. Thanks again.

Thanks for the help 👌🏽

not me looking at my xpress it blending card proudly haha. i actually used printing paper a couple of times, only because i printed out some of my drawings to colour and try different ways of colouring, and it wasn't terrible, it didn't really bleed through lines (at least it wasn't terribly noticable), and it was from the cheapest shop. but i assume it takes a lot more of your ink than using paper like the xpress it blending card so definitely wouldn't recommend copy paper to be used regularly with alcohol markers.

Are you using color pencils on X-Press It paper? I thought they would not lay nicely on it.

How do you protect your alcohol ink art?

I think I bought the expressit paper or whatever it is because of your recommendation and idk maybe i got the wrong kind or what, but it sucks ass! it just dries instantly leaving those streaks and I can't even blend on it, i'll have to check my previous order cuz i tossed the packaging, but yeah very dissapointing

Yes, your daughter is cute. Thanks again for more tips.

Oh Farrell can Strathmore Toned Tan paper be used with copic markers or do I need to use a different paper? Which paper for Copics do you recommend?

Good video Farrell like 33 👍 💯

What image is the easiest to color with Copics as a beginner?

Is tone tan good for copic?

XD I thought I was just bad at using the colorless market (for blending) (Great video btw)

the biggest mistake people make in my opinion is not subscribing. 👍👍

first!