Golden Glow

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.

Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life.

Bosc pears

Elena’s Advice:

Let’s pair some unexpected colors to make great pears.

Yellow is tricky in Copic Marker. When I started to color these pears, I looked through all my YR and Y markers for a perfect gold. I just couldn’t find one.

You know me. This means I’ll be underpainting a golden solution.

This combination is perfect for pears but will work any project where I want a warm brassy glow.

As with all underpainting, be sure you use a good coat of the second (YR24), third (YR23), and forth (YR21) markers to achieve this golden yellow. And be sure to give the Copic ink time to blend.

I recommend that you swatch colors before coloring your image. It’s a great warm up for your coloring session and builds your coloring confidence.

Gold Workshops

Vanilla Arts Company - Calendula

Vanilla Arts Company - Daisy Duckling

Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes

Further Reading:

Color Smart: Marker Recipes Hurt Your Coloring

Why Traditional Copic Marker Blending Techniques Make Fake Flowers

Looking for More Underpainting Combinations?

Elena Cazares is a Vanilla Arts student and a budding online instructor 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 and coloring accessories.

Join Elena’s Copic Facebook group here for news and updates. Watch her YouTube cardmaking series here.