Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Morning Magenta

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Morning Magenta

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.

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Details in Focus: Find the Perfect Balance of Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Details in Focus: Find the Perfect Balance of Copic Marker & Colored Pencil

Do you struggle to balance Copic Markers and colored pencils?

You love the look of colored pencils over Copic Marker but when you’re coloring on your own with independent, non-tutorial projects, do you start to question “how much pencil should I add?”

How much is too much?

Or is it enough?

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Artist’s Notebook: How to Create Rich & Complex Color (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)
Power Poppy, Realism, Botanical, Color Theory Amy Shulke Power Poppy, Realism, Botanical, Color Theory Amy Shulke

Artist’s Notebook: How to Create Rich & Complex Color (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Light, medium, and dark Copic Marker combinations

As a coloring newbie, you didn’t really know what to do, so you colored the center of a daisy with one yellow marker or pencil. The petals were one solid color of pink. The leaves were one green.

It was fun but you quickly noticed it looked flat…

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Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Gentle Green

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Gentle Green

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.

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