Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Brass Ring

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Brass Ring

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 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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Coloring Tip: Don’t Let Dimensional Coloring Techniques Distract From Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Coloring Tip: Don’t Let Dimensional Coloring Techniques Distract From Realism (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Smooth Copic blending is the least important part of coloring

That’s a pretty harsh statement, especially coming from someone who teaches smooth marker and colored pencil blending for a living.

But honestly, blending is so overrated.

In fact, I’d say smooth blending and all those dimensional coloring techniques everyone wants to learn? They kill your chances

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Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Snowball

Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Snowball

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 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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