Copic Marker Underpaint: Blending Combinations for Realistic Color - Green Swatch (Festive Sugar)

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Dec 20

Written By Audrey shulke

“Festive Sugar”. For realistic Copic Marker blends, underpaint with complementary color. Underpaint with B for depth and dimension. Green G color swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker blending combinations.

Festive Sugar: A Copic Swatch

Add blue to a green blending combination for depth and dimension

B and G 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.

YG23 shown here is not part of today’s recipe, it’s a sample of how we test

Copic Ink Test Results: Lightfast? Value? Cap accuracy?

Learn more about your Copic Markers:

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