Blue Sets the Mood

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.

Blue Buzz

Elena’s Advice:

I am not a big fan of things that buzz around me. But look at this dragon fly, who couldn’t be inspired? The colors are incredible! I could not resist recreating this electric blue color with my Copic markers.

It took just a little bit of swatching to find that the addition of B12 in this combination would add the subtle warm hint of aqua I see in the dragonfly.

You can do this too. Start with a layer of C5 and follow it with B14. Next, blend it out with a layer of that magical B12 and finish with the B00 marker.

Don’t forget to give the ink time to blend all on their own.

Blue Workshops

Vanilla Arts Company - Copperbanded Butterflyfish

Vanilla Arts Company - Cupcake Blast

Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes

Further Reading:

The 10 Year Beginner: Coloring Projects & Copic Blending Classes Do Not Make You a Better Artist

Realistic Coloring: 6 Ways to Make Your Practice Sessions More Effective

Looking for More Underpainting Combinations?

Elena Cazares is a Vanilla Arts student with beautiful sense of color and style. She is a hurricane of positive creative energy.

Elena runs Violeta-Ink.com, an online boutique shop specializing in Copic Markers, refills, and coloring accessories. Join Elena’s Copic Facebook group here for news and updates.