Copic Marker Underpaint: Blending Combinations for Realistic Color - Blue Swatch (Deep Blue Sea)

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Mar 14

Written By Audrey shulke

“Deep Blue Sea”. Add realism to Copic Marker blending combinations by underpainting with complementary color. Underpaint with N gray under blue B markers for depth and dimension. Blue swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.

Deep Sea: A Copic Swatch

Add neutral gray to a blue blending combination for depth and dimension

N and B 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)

Testing takes time.

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

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