Copic Marker Underpaint: Blending Combinations for Realistic Color - Brown Swatch (Coffee Beans)

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Apr 25

Written By Audrey shulke

“Coffee Beans”. Realistic Copic Marker blends, Underpaint with complementary color for real shade. Use V violet for depth and dimension. Brown E color swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker blending combinations.

Coffee: A Copic Color Swatch

Add violet to a golden brown blending combination for depth and dimension

V, E, and Y Copic Markers

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

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

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

How to use a Copic underpainting combination

Learn more about the Copic Markers in this blending combination:

(click the pic to read test results and tips at MarkerNovice.com)

V09 Violet Copic Marker. We swatch and test Copic colors- layering, staining, lift, value, lightfastness, saturation, and cap accuracy. | MarkerNovice.com | color theory for alcohol markers

Testing takes time.

We’ll add more test results from the colors in this swatch recipe as they’re published.

(E35 shown here is not part of today’s swatch but takes you to a testing page)

Copic Marker Testing Results here

Learn more about your Copic Markers:

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