Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Blueberry Buckle

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Written By Amy Shulke
 
Add dimension and realism to Copic Marker blends by underpainting with complementary or opposite colors. Real shade isn’t one step darker, it’s murky and desaturated. Layer YG below a deep B to get a beautiful soft shaded blue. | VanillaArts.com | #…
 
 

True Blue: the way it looks in real life

Real shade is not darker color, real shade is desaturated color.

To create the desaturated colors that Copic Marker does not make, Vanilla Arts Company teaches Online Workshops and Livestream Coloring Challenges using the underpainting method. Students learn to layer colors realistically rather than blend.

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

"Blueberry Buckle", a color palette for underpainting with Copic Markers. Blending combinations designed to create realism in you next coloring project. | VanillaArts.com | Color theory for alcohol markers.
 
 

Further Reading:

This isn't Paint-by-Number - Change Your Copic Marker Blending Philosophy

Improve Your Coloring : How Bad Color Palettes Ruin Good Coloring

 

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