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Coloring Tip: How to Color Realistic Highlights (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: How to Color Realistic Highlights (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

You want to get more depth, dimension, and realism from your Copic Markers and colored pencils.

So you spend a ton of time picking just the right colors…

And you labor over getting all the right shade colors into just the right spots…

You work hard to get all the details just right…

Then you grab a white gel pen and decorate the heck out of it. Sound about right?

Stop! There’s a better way!

Coloring Tip: Look Deeper at Shiny Reflections to Add Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Look Deeper at Shiny Reflections to Add Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Do you add shiny reflections with a white gel pen?

Oh no. Please don’t tell me that you make them in the shape of a comma or semicolon…

Noooooo! That’s not shine, that’s a punctuation!

Here’s a great tip for coloring lifelike and amazing reflections on metal with Copic Markers and colored pencils.