
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Lavender Field
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.

Coloring Basics: Color Large Projects with the Swish Stroke (Copic Marker Technique)
Do Your Copic Marker Projects look Streaky?
You’ve watched lots of coloring videos, you’ve tried the tutorials, and scoured the internet for the best blending advice. But to be perfectly honest, you’re just not getting it. You keep practicing but your projects still don’t look smooth. It feels like you’re missing something. Something important.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a class that focused less on cute projects and more on the technique?
Pssstttt… now there is!

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Carrot Juice
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.

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…