Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Carrot Juice

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Written By Amy 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 cools off hot oranges and yellow adds sunshine. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #real…
 
 

A Warm Orange, Full of Sunshine

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.

“Carrot Juice” blending combination for Copic Markers. Underpaint YR yellow-red markers with B blue for realistic depth and dimension. Orange swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.
 
 

Further Reading:

Am I A Beginner? 5 Things Experienced Colorers Never Think About

Tutorials Make Realistic Coloring Impossible

 

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