Copic Ciao Set Organic Environmental - Earth Stone

• Curated for rendering stone, earth, brick and natural aggregate surfaces
• Contains 3 markers - E40 Brick White, E43 Dull Ivory and E47 Dark Brown
• Widely spaced tones suited to textured, irregular natural materials
• Renders sandstone, limestone, rammed earth, gravel, terracotta and brickwork
• Dual-tipped - Super Brush nib for stippling and texture, Medium Broad Chisel nib for base tone
• Artist-quality alcohol-based ink - blendable, quick-drying and acid-free
• Refillable - one refill bottle refills a marker approximately 15 times
• Non-toxic, with child-safe caps featuring ventilation holes
• Best used on bleedproof paper or blending card; works over toner printouts
• Individual Copic Ciao markers and refill bottles available separately to top up spent colours

This is the ideal set for a lesson on mark-making, because the materials it represents are defined by texture rather than smoothness. Teachers can run a texture library exercise in which students produce a page of samples - stippled gravel, dabbed sandstone, dragged rammed earth, ruled brick coursing - and keep it as a reference for later projects. It is a satisfying task for students who find smooth blending frustrating, since irregularity is the goal rather than a fault. In Visual Communication Design, the palette supports site plans and sections, landscape and environmental design, architectural drawings using natural or local materials, and folio work exploring sustainable construction. It suits landscape drawing, ceramics-related studies and observational work from rocks, bricks and found natural objects.