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

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.

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

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.

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Grayscale Coloring: Depth & Dimension + Tips for success (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

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…

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Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Pink Sugar

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Pink Sugar

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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