Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Dimensional Fur
Today at the Power Poppy Blog, I've got an easy Copic Marker underpaint recipe for giving these fellows the kind of thick, dense fur that is typical of spitz doggies…
Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Realistic Pumpkins
Add realism to Copic Marker blends by underpainting with complementary or opposite colors. Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com offers a fresh perspective on blending combinations. Gray marker neutralizes vibrant orange pencils, perfect for shading heirloom pumpkins.
Grayscale Coloring: Depth & Dimension + Tips for success (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Why is Your Coloring Flat?
In the coloring world, grayscale projects are presented as novelties.
“You’ve got a bunch of gray Copic Markers and a ton of gray colored pencils, so let’s color a bunch of funny penguins!”
But in the art world? Monochromatic is how we train!
So as a colorer, when you wonder why your projects look cartoonish or lacking in depth and dimension, you assume it’s because you’re not using the best blending combination.
Hold on…
Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Realistic Coloring (Orange)
Let’s Color Realistic Oranges!
Today I’m showing you an up close, tight shot of just one glorious orange. It’s based on a brand new digital stamp from Marcella at PowerPoppy.com.
The entire Oranges and Aloe stamp has a lot more to color. To my eye, this is the best orange in Marcella’s line drawing, it’s a juicy cut-half showing off the cute orange segments which are perfect for fun texture details.
I’ve colored the orange with a combination of Copic Markers and Prismacolor Premier Pencils.
So why would I name this color swatching series after dirt? Take a closer look.
This isn’t just any old Copic color swatch…