Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Fiddlehead

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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 warm YG markers for a tender green. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #realis…
 
 

Fresh Green without the glow

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.

“Fiddlehead” blending combination for Copic Markers. Underpaint YG yellow-green markers with B blue for realistic depth and dimension. Green swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.
 
 

Further Reading:

Color Smart : Create Focal Points (Give Your Projects a Professional Look)

Mixed Media : Less Pencil Than You Think

 

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