Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Muscari Blue
A Pick-Me-Up for Blue
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.
Muscari Blue
Don’t let this deep dark blue color get the best of you.
It took just a little bit of experimenting with my markers before I was tickled blue with my results. All it took was a little boost from an R marker.
Start with a base coat of the first marker (R14). Be sure you cover the R with the subsequent coats of the second (B29), third (B28), and forth (B26) markers to achieve this bolder blue.
Remember, you always want to give the Copic ink time to blend.
I recommend that you swatch colors before coloring your image. It’s a great warm up for your coloring session and builds your coloring confidence.
