Join me for another colouring adventure in Hannah Lynn’s Mermaids, Fairies and other Girls of Whimsy colouring book. Watch a colouring video showing how I coloured the second page in the book – Lady Leprechaun – and save the full Copic Colour Map for your reference. I’ve also got some notes and tips for you regarding colouring with Copic markers in colouring books.
Colouring Book Therapy:
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If you missed the first posts in this new series click through to check them out:
- Colouring Book Therapy – Colouring Imagimorphia with Staedtler Ergosoft Part 1
- Colouring Book Therapy – Colouring Imagimorphia with Staedtler Ergosoft Part 2
- Colouring Book Therapy – Colouring Imagimorphia with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens
- Colouring Book Therapy – Rainforest Escape by Jade Gedeon Review and Colouring Video
- Colouring Book Therapy – Hannah Lynn Colouring Book Review and Colouring Video
- Colouring Book Therapy – Johanna Basford Magical Jungle Book Review & Colouring Video
Mermaids, Fairies & Other Girls of Whimsy Colouring Book:
Read my thoughts on this book in my recent post: Colouring Book Therapy – Hannah Lynn Colouring Book Review and Colouring Video.
Having now coloured my second page in the book I’m just as happy with it. As long as you bear in mind the limitations of the paper in any book, and the ways in which you can adapt to working with it, it is more than possible to create beautiful coloured pieces.
Hannah Lynn Colouring Book Flip-through Video:
I put together a quick flip-through of the book so you can check it out and get a good feel for the style and variety of images included.
Watch the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Other Info and Links:
UK based readers can find Mermaids, Fairies, & Other Girls of Whimsy Coloring Book: 50 Fan Favs
US based readers can find Mermaids, Fairies & Other Girls of Whimsy* Hannah Lynn’s other books are also available
You can purchase digital stamps and other products including higher quality loose leaf coverstock versions of the books directly from Hannah’s website: HannahLynnArt. You can also find prints of Hannah’s artworks to buy. View her Portfolio page to find inspiration for colouring the images in her books.
Colouring with Copic Markers in Colouring Books:
Generally speaking, most colouring books on the market are not ideally suited to Copic or other alcohol based markers. This does not mean that you cannot use Copic markers in colouring books, but there are some things to bear in mind.
If you want to find a colouring book to use with Copic or other alcohol based markers, look for:
- Single sided pages. Alcohol based markers will bleed through to the other side of the paper, so unless you are willing to sacrifice the design on the other side, you will want to use a different medium for books that have designs on both sides of the paper.
- Smooth paper that isn’t too “thirsty”. Paper like that in Rainforest Escape (see my post HERE) is likely to suck too much ink up and has a texture that is far better suited to watercolour or pencils.
- Illustrations or designs that have nice bold lines and larger open areas for colouring. Trying to colour and blend in tiny detail spaces could prove frustrating and lead to you battling as ink feathers across lines. Hannah Lynn’s illustrations are ideal with their bold lines.
Colouring Hannah Lynn’s Lady Leprechaun Page:
Please continue reading for some tips, and a full Copic Marker Colour Map showing all the Copic colours used on the page!
Copic Colouring Video:
Watch the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Top Tips:
Always put some sheets of copy paper between the pages. Alcohol based markers will bleed through and mark the next page if you don’t take steps to prevent this. I tend to pop around 5 sheets of copy paper between the page I’m colouring and the one underneath.
Use light layers. This is my advice for colouring with markers in general, but it especially applies here! Using light strokes and building up colour will help you to avoid ink feathering across lines. Illustrations with bold outlines will be more forgiving as the thicker lines will hide some of this. With thinner detail outlines you will need to be more careful, and if you experience problems try colouring slightly away from the lines so the ink has somewhere to travel. I would recommend using a blank page in the back of your book to test this, maybe use a Copic multiliner to draw some shapes to colour in and see how the ink behaves.
Most importantly, manage your expectations. Do not expect the paper in most colouring books to stand up to the same colouring style and amount of layering that your preferred specialty paper will. To get a feel for how colouring will go in a book like Hannah Lynn’s (and many other Amazon published books), try colouring on some standard copy paper. Adapt your style and see what happens. In all likelihood it will take less time and layering for the ink to start pooling on the surface of the paper. You should also find that moving colour with the colourless blender is more tricky. Bearing these things in mind will really help make the process more enjoyable as you avoid the frustration that comes with high expectations not being met!
Copic Marker Colour Map or Colour Palette:
Please feel free to save this image or pin it on Pinterest for your reference. Please do not republish or send directly to your friends, instead please point them to this page to obtain it for themselves!
More Adult Colouring Book Videos:
You can find a number of videos showing how I colour over on my Marker Geek Youtube Channel. All of my Colouring Book Therapy videos will be collected into my Colouring Book Therapy Playlist.
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