Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Peony Punch

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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. Yellow softly mellows BV markers for dreamy snow scenes. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #…
 
 

A punchy pink with Copic Markers

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 using the underpainting method. Students learn to layer colors realistically rather than blend.

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

 
 

Further Reading:

The Problem of Pink: Why Copic Blending Trios Let You Down

Improve your Coloring: The Color You Use is Not the Color We See (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

 

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