Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Blue, Periwinkle, Peach)

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Blue, Periwinkle, Peach)

Periwinkle & peach Copic Markers make a tranquil color palette for your next coloring project.

Today’s color palette pairs complementary B, BV, and E Copic Markers to make a beautiful color scheme for your next project.

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Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencils: A Safe Substitute for Prismacolor 931 Dark Purple

Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencils: A Safe Substitute for Prismacolor 931 Dark Purple

As much as I love my Prismacolors, they do have a few drawbacks.

One of my favorite pencils is Prismacolor 901 Dark Purple. Unfortunately, it scores poorly in lightfast tests. Even worse, Dark Purple has a nasty tendency to bleed through other colors.

Can Derwent Lightfast Pencils solve some of these issues?

I’ve been testing to find out!

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Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Green, Beige, Plum)

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Green, Beige, Plum)

Forest green & khaki Copic Markers make a rustic color palette for your next coloring project.

Today’s color palette pairs complementary G, BG, and E Copic Markers to make a beautiful color scheme for your next project.

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Real Color Theory: Skip the Blending Combinations! Layer Color with Realism by Glazing

Real Color Theory: Skip the Blending Combinations! Layer Color with Realism by Glazing

The reason why your Copic Marker or colored pencil projects look flat and cartoonish?

The reason why you never color anything that looks remotely realistic?

It’s because you’re using the blending technique instead of layering colors the way artists do. How to glaze colors for realism…

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