Copic Marker Underpaint: Blending Combinations for Realistic Color - Gold Swatch (Golden Star)

UnderpaintingColor SwatchCopic BlendingUndercover Color Swatch

Jan 3

Written By Audrey shulke

“Golden Star'“. For realistic Copic Marker blends, underpaint with complementary color. Underpaint with violet for depth and shade. Yellow Y color swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker blending combinations.

Golden Star: A Copic Swatch

Add violet to a golden yellow-red blending combination for depth and dimension

V, YR, 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 Marker Novice Uncapped swatch:

click images for more information

Testing takes time.

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

(Y15 shown here is not in today’s swatch but links to our other yellow tests)

Learn about YR24 Pale Sepia Copic Marker. We swatch and test Copic colors- staining, lift, value, lightfastness, and cap accuracy. | MarkerNovice.com | color theory for alcohol markers

Learn more about your Copic Markers: