Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Slow Burn
Intense reds
One word sums up today's gorgeous color swatch:
SPICY!
Just like concocting a fragrant batch of your favorite chili recipe for a cook off, realistic Copic Marker coloring contains a few secret ingredients. No, the shade color choice here is not obvious to most crafters. The pixel picker helps to set aside our assumptions about dark reds and get an accurate reading of the true shade hue.
Dark red is definitely NOT a pinkish burgundy.
The secret ingredient to this “Copic-con-carne” is BG02!
Don’t worry if you would never have considered using a blue-green marker for underpainting your red peppers. That’s what we’re here for! At Vanilla Arts Co., we are brimming with all kinds of tips and tricks, like this, teaching students how to color beautifully, yet realistically.
Best of all, you will learn how to think like a genuine, bonafide artist!
Remember: Real shade is not merely darker color, real shade is desaturated color.
Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.
Copic - Slow burn
Layering BG02 beneath R17 will make your red pepper digital stamps simmer with flavor! There is nothing boring or predictable about this Copic recipe!
Further Reading:
Depth & Dimension: Why Pretty Copic Markers make your Coloring look Flat
