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
Elena’s Advice:
To color blueberries, I knew that I needed a dark blue that didn’t scream out for attention. Copic makes a lot of blues but even the darkest blues are still very clean and some almost glow. Shade definitely does not glow!
Surprisingly, a little YR under my B marker did the trick. Don’t just take my word for it, try it out.
Start with a base coat of YR24, then add a good coat of the second (B99), third (B97) and fourth (B45) markers.
Remember, lots of moisture and give the Copic ink time to blend!
Blue Workshops & Digital Stamps
Vanilla Arts Company - Flutterby
Vanilla Arts Company - Oopsie Daisy
Vanilla Arts Company - Penny Candy
Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes
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Elena Cazares is a Vanilla Arts student and a budding online instructor with beautiful sense of color and style. She is a hurricane of positive creative energy.
Elena runs Violeta-Ink.com, an online boutique shop specializing in Copic Markers and coloring accessories.
Join Elena’s Copic Facebook group here for news and updates. Watch her YouTube cardmaking series here.
