Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Pink Sugar

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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. Yellow-Green tames a hot and vibrant Red-Violet. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #realisti…
 
 

Soften Pink to Make it Sweet

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.

“Pink Sugar” blending combination for Copic Markers. Underpaint RV magenta markers with YG yellow-green for realistic depth and dimension. Peach swatch. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.
 
 

Further Reading:

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

Be More Creative! 4 Tips to Develop Original & Artistic Coloring Ideas

 

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