Are you curious what the new Copic class Vintage Values and Monotones is all about? Well here is the scoop!
Vintage Values and Monotones is coloring without color! Most of us Copic users are color fans that is why we love Copic so much. But some images scream for the simplicity of black and white, or the warmth of Earthy sepia tones. The trick is without color to fall back on your shading has to be spot on! So that is what we are going to talk about in class. Remembering those basics of light source and form and pushing contrast to show detention on your images.
So what do you walk away with?
1 – 4 colored images each colored in a different monotone range.
2 – Knowlege on how to better use contrast or “Value” to punch the depth of your images
3 – Lots of great ideas to transfer onto your color images.
4 – A new love of monotone coloring!
Here is a look at 2 of the images we will be coloring in class. This first is done in cool gray tones in class we will look at him in warm grays, sepia and mixed sepia tones as well.
This second image is colored in Sepia tones. Sepia refers to a very specific Earth tone, we broaden that definition for our class, instructors will share how that works during class time.
I hope that helps give you a clearer picture of what Vintage Values and Monotones is all about. Having just watched Colleen Schaan teach the class this past weekend at CHA gave me a new appreciation of the curriculum and the students who participated were LOVING the information and the skill building. There were multiple “Ah Ha!” moments through out the class. Students could really see how this was going to transfer over to their coloring in color and how this class would improve there overall coloring ability!
Thanks for stopping by today and reading all about Vintage Values and Monotones. Check out all the available class openings for this class and all of the Copic offerings HERE.
I have two weekends open now! February 13th and 14th in Seattle, Washington and March 13th and 14th in St. Louis, Missouri. Hope I will see you this year some time!
Happy Coloring
