Translucent Beige
Did you know that underpainting isn’t just a technique for darker colors?
Surprised?
Well that’s what Vanilla Arts is here for…to teach you those little surprises that will make your Copic coloring projects drip with realism…
Just like these donuts are dripping with glaze!
Good coloring is a combination of good thinking and good observing. Ask the average person on the street what color they think a glazed donut is and not one in a hundred is going to say, “Blue violet!”
But look at those shaded areas in our photo reference. If you try to color them with straight YR31, it will be way too bright…
and unrealistic.
The solution is simple: Tone down those areas with a little BV0000 underpainting.
Would you like to learn how to make good color choices? Maybe even better color choices? Well, at Vanilla Arts, our goal is to teach you how to make the BEST color choices!
Remember: Real shade is not darker color, real shade is desaturated color.
To create the desaturated colors that Copic 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.
Copic - Glazed Beige
Do your Copic colored donuts have a phosphorescent glow? Dim that atomic light by underpainting the YR31 with a little BV0000. Now your dainties will look realistic enough to eat!
Elena’s Advice:
Underpainting light hues requires a delicate touch. You want to tone the color down, not overwhelm it. BV0000 is the perfect whisper of blue violet that this color run needs!
Learn to use your BV’s to underpaint:
Vanilla Arts Company - Tonic
Vanilla Arts Company - Doughnut Stack
Vanilla Arts Company - Cheers!
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Elena Cazares is a Vanilla Arts student and a budding online instructor with beautiful sense of color and style. She is a hurricane of positive creative energy.
Elena runs CraftsForPaws.com, a 501(c)(3) non profit animal rescue. C4P’s donates 100% of their profits to rescue and care for worst-case stray dogs and cats in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Shop to benefit Crafts for Paws at their sister site - Violeta Ink.
