Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Bumble Gold

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Written By Audrey shulke
 
Add realism to Copic Marker blends by underpainting with complementary or opposite colors. Real shade isn’t just darker, real shade is murky and desaturated. Blue Violet and an odd mix of Yelllow makes for a bright and rich gold. | VanillaArts.com |…
 
 

As Good as Gold

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.

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

“Bumble Gold” blending combination for Copic Markers. Underpaint Y yellow markers with BV blue-violet for realistic depth and dimension. Gold swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.
 
 

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