Marianne’s Note: When I mention a color combo whatever color I put first is the color I put down as my base color, then I blend in the second color. So E33 + G85, the G85 was layered over the E33.

E33, Sand
Story behind E33: This was among the first colors Japan created over 20 years ago. This is a good, multipurpose middle/light warm brown, and one of our best-selling browns (that’s not a skin color).
Available in these styles: Copic, Sketch, Ciao, Wide
Natural Blend family:
E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E39
Simple Blend:
Highlight E31 Midtone E33 Shadow E35
Similar colors, other families:
B34, BG32, RV32, Y32, R32, W3
Marianne’s Unusual Combos:
E33 + G85, E33+ V06, y23 + E33

Advanced Color Rules for E33*:
Complimentary: E33/B02
Triad (simple 3 color combo): E33, G24, V15
Tetrad (simple 4 color combo): E33, YG03, B02, FRV1
Pentagram (simple 5 color combo):
E33, FY1, G03, V17, RV17
High Contrast: E33, E39, E77, G29, BG18
Compound: E33, E29, BV04, FV2, B79

*Advanced color rules are generated by Adobe Illustrator CS3 based on the digital representation of the Copic Color Spectrum set into a special color wheel. I generate these as suggestions for color combos to try when you are looking for a nice change, or you have a paper that matches this particular color and you want help picking other unusual colors to go with it.

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The project I made for E33: Low Tide on the Oregon Coast
Here’s a pic I drew to feature E33. I have always loved the coast, and it’s hard for me to forget my Marine Biology teacher when I think of sand, so we get a vibrant low-tide drawing today. To show you how you can incorporate the swatches for E33, I tried to use mostly colors or color families found in the above rules, plus a couple extra that it’s hard to live without, like the colorless blender and B000. These colors make the picture a bit brighter than a real beach scene, but that’s OK. BTW, I compared the color E33 to sand from my son’s sandbox. A more accurate sand color would be E43 with a little W3 layered over it to tone it down.

Your turn! Share your E33 work with us on Facebook or Twitter!

First please give us a bit of background Information-Where are you from, Education and Artistic interests?

I have no formal art training. Up until I hit 27, I my only artistic outlets had been music (clarinet player in several groups,) woodworking, and writing. My very artistic wife Teesha had started making hand bound journals, and it was through the freedom of keeping one of these on me at all times, that I began to relax and draw and doodle. It was a slow process, but now I cannot stand to be separated from my journal for any length of time.

What is your earliest memory of drawing or making art?

I doodled a bit in Elementary school. But I remember having a very negative art teacher in Jr. High that completely turned me off to art for many years.

What criticism from a teacher or mentor have you received on your work that really helped you develop?

My wife Teesha is brutally honest. And…shhh…don’t tell her this…haha…but she is almost always right. She has a clear vision that makes my head spin. She will look at something that I am working on and know instantly whether I need to take it further…or back off and stop. I completely respect this talent and have learned that while I don’t always agree at first…I almost always see that she was right when I put a little time on the clock and come back to it.

What inspired you to create?

Um…haha…well…my process mostly involves going to coffee houses and bars in between work meetings (I work in the construction industry)…and getting out my journal and playing in it. One of the things I love about the Copic Air Brush system is its portability. I keep a couple of the small air cans in my bag at all times and have no hesitation to whip them out and do a little airbrushing any where I happen to be. The air brush is a great conversation starter as well. I have met many interesting people while playing in my journals out and about.

What’s your favorite part about being an artist?

It is the worlds best stress reliever. I can be completely stressed out by work, life, whatever…and as soon as I open my journal and begin to doodle and draw and write, all my stress just fades away. It is a great soul cleanser.

What is the worst part for you about being an artist?

I rarely think of any negativity associated with being an artist. If I had to find something, I guess it would be the fact that I want to create art all the time, and I simply cannot afford to.

Who are some of your favorite artists?

Teesha Moore , Theo Ellsworth, Keith LoBue, Michael Deming, Sam Keith, Bernie Wrightson, and Bill Seink.

How did you come to know and use Copic Markers? Which are your favorites?

Years ago, we stumbled across Copic Sketch Markers and realized how amazingly long they lasted and how much we loved using them in our journals. Teesha used the Brush Tip ends for writing on her journal pages and I found and loved the Air Brush adapter. We began wholesaling them and taking them to the rubber stamp shows all over the United States with our company Zettiology Rubber Stamps. I do a lot of demoing and have a blast showing people how much fun, and how easy air brushing can be with the system.

Tell us about your upcoming Journalfest, how it got started and where it is today?

As for Journalfest, this event grew out of our love of journals, and journaling. We have a large art event we do every year up in Port Townsend Washington called Artfest. Every spring over 500 artists gather at this wonderful fort which is nestled right on the water. They come to be with a superb community like minded artists and participate in a great collection of classes taught by around 40 amazing teachers.
We have been doing Artfest for 12 years now, and last year we decided to put on an
event solely devoted to journals. Both Teesha and I have been avid journalers for
years. Our rubber stamp company, Zettiology was started all from random drawings
from our journals. We have come to realize that our journals are a driving force in most
of the art projects and events that we do. As such, it seemed only fitting that we plan
an event featuring classes relating to the making and filling of journals. Last year was a
huge success. One hundred and fifty journal enthusiasts gather here for classes, parties,
journaling, and a vendor night full of some of the most unique supplies and hand made
journals you have ever seen.

Visit Tracy & Teesha elsewhere on the web:

teeshamoore.com

zettiology.com

sustainedconfusion.blogspot.com

facebook.com/tracyvmoore

I was working on this poster yesterday for our stores and I thought I’d share it here. Surprisingly, many people don’t realize that all of our markers are refillable. This means you can save a ton of money on markers in the long run. If you are using any of our marker types (Copic, Sketch, Ciao, Wide) then the below chart will show you how many refills you can get from one bottle of Various Ink. They are available in all 334 colors. If you are using Ciao, Copic or Wide (which don’t come in all colors) you can buy the empty markers and fill them with any color you like.

Getting a refillable marker that is high quality and has as many color options is tough. If you are switching over to Copic’s, hopefully you already know about the refill-ability of our products. Don’t forget our Mulitliner SP Ink Pens are refillable too.  Make sure you recycle your old pens when they dry out. If you are looking for something interesting to do with them, I came across this article on diylife.com on “15 Uses for Old Pens“. Also check out the Pen Guy. He is trying to collect 1 million empty pens. He is putting together pen recycle stations and distributing them in the California area. I’d be interested to see more of these around. According to this article, Bic sold it’s 100 billionth ball point pen in 2005. If you laid that many pens end to end it would circle the earth 348 times. That’s nuts.

If you haven’t been to our copiccommunity.com gallery yet then check it out. Recently Illustrator Angie Hoffmeister submitted some work. I followed the linkage and spent a good 20 minutes scrolling through her tumblr and digging her moleskin drawings. She has got some serious skills. Her color palette is very well defined and I love that so many of her figures seem to have freckles. From what I gather the above images uses Copic’s and watercolors. Very nicely done. I looked through my files as I remembered she had submitted this little gem below sometime last year for our old gallery. I remember looking at it for a long time. A lot of nice detail.

I love these kinds of sketchbook pages. If you have time check out her blog and deviantart page.