Layering Technique: Realism Doesn't Come from Blending (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils) — Vanilla Arts Co.
Layering Technique: Realism Doesn't Come from Blending (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils) — Vanilla Arts Co.
Using prepared color recipes leads to color-by-number projects which look fake & flat. Artists don’t worry about finding the best colors or smoothest blends. For realism, the trick is not what colors you use but how you use them. Let’s look at how Vanilla Arts helps to free you from your addicti.
The Art Beyond Blending - Professional Illustrator Amy Shulke offers online classes, articles, and videos on the fine art use of alcohol markers and colored pencils. Using techniques borrowed from classical oil painting, Amy helps her students build upon existing beginner or hobby-level skills, to add more realism, life, and artistic expression to their coloring projects. Become the artist you were born to be by moving beyond basic blending techniques and crafty color recipes.
The Blend: A Beginner's Copic Marker Course
Vanilla Undercover: Swatches for Realistic Copic Coloring
Copic Marker Underpaint: Realistic Orange Blending Combination - Noggin — Vanilla Arts Co.
Copic Marker Underpaint: Realistic Orange Blending Combination - Lanternflower — Vanilla Arts Co.
Real Color Theory: Skip the Blending Combinations! Layer Color with Realism by Glazing — Vanilla Arts Co.
Vanilla Undercover: Swatches for Realistic Copic Coloring
Layering Technique: Realism Doesn't Come from Blending (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils) — Vanilla Arts Co.
Copic Marker Underpaint: Blending Combinations for Realistic Color - Pink Swatch (Sweet Treat) — Vanilla Arts Co.
Copic Marker Underpaint: Realistic Orange Blending Combination - Lanternflower — Vanilla Arts Co.
Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Lovely Lilac — Vanilla Arts Co.
Layering Technique: Realism Doesn't Come from Blending (Copic Markers, Colored Pencils) — Vanilla Arts Co.
