Hello Crafters! Colleen here with a Copic coloring tutorial for Coloring Foliage. So many of the MIC images include trees, bushes and grass… I figured this would be a good tutorial to begin with.
I started by merging the Park Bench for 2 background with the Sitting Jane character image… and then I pulled out my Green and Yellow Green collection of markers!
Step 1: There are three separate “foliage” sections – the bushes in the background, the leaves sticking out from the bushes and the grass. I start by basing them each in a different light color. (Grass-YG11, Leaves – YG21, Bushes G82)
Step 2: For coloring, I focus on one area at a time. Starting with the grass, I added scribbles of G24 to darken the grassy area a bit. Notice that I didn’t cover up all of the base color.
Step 3: I went back in at this point and added a layer of YG11 over the entire area to soften the G24 and to bring out the yellow tone again.
Step 4: Add shading with dots of G05. Don’t worry about precision here… vary the size of the dots.
Step 5: Darken shaded areas and cast shadows with G17. Scribble and/or dot as wanted. 
Step 6: Once the grass is done, move on to another area – here… the bushes. I’ve added scribbles of G42 to brighten the base color a bit.
Step 7: Add dots of YG45 to further pull out the yellow tone.
Step 8: Scribble with G46 to continue to darken the shadow areas. (Hint – leave each layer dry completely to create crisper lines.)
Step 9: Add thin scribbles with G28.
Step 10: Add a touch of G29 to the darkest shadowed areas. (Notice how loose the scribbles are!)
Step 11: Add cast shadows from bushes onto the grass with BG96. 
Step 12: Move on to another section of foliage (the leaves). Add a touch of G02 and G07 to the center of each leaf. Do not blend
Step 13: Once each section is colored, add any cast shadows or darken any areas necessary. You should have a different “tone” to each green area… but they should all work together.
Then… just color up the rest of the image – creating smooth blends that will contrast with the texture of the foliage!
Supplies Used
MIC Images – Park Bench for 2 and Sitting Jane
Copic Markers – (foliage listed in tutorial)
Skin – E00/E21/E33/BV01
Hair – YR30/YR21/YR23/YR14
Dress – R81/R85/R89/RV99
Shoes – C9/C7/C5/C3
Bows – B41/B34/B14/B24
Bench – E42/E44/E25/E57/E47
I hope you find this tutorial helpful!
Happy Coloring – Colleen!
If you have subscribed to view this via email, click HERE to view post.
Absolutely fantatastic!! Love how you scribble your foliage on!
Colleen, thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial.
Thanks Colleen. You never disappoint.
Thanks Colleen, very helpful……
Wow this is amazing. Thank you so much!!
Thanks! that’s a helpful tutorial!
Great tutorial Colleen. I love the result. I will have to try that out.
Hugs,
Julie
Great tutoriallllllll – thanks for sharing.
Thanks Colleen for a great tutoiral! I’m a newbie at copics and need all the help I can get : )
Again the MIC team are performing magic. Thank you Colleen, Gen Max are so in awe and appreciative, this tutorial is sooooo excellent and very timely……….
xoxox
Very nice. Thank you for sharing this tutorial.
{{HUGS}}
Wow! Fab tutorial Colleen, so useful, thanks so much for sharing it with us!
Hugs, Franz.
Lovely Colleen! Thanks for spelling it all out so well!
Hugs
Tammy Louise
Great tute, Collen, thanks for that. Love the finished result too.
Hi Colleen! O how I wish I had seen this tutorial before I attempted to color a big portion of grass, foliage and trees. Fabulous! I am going to practice my scribbling and dots. Thanks for a terrific tutorial!
