Vanilla Undercover: Underpaint with Copic Markers for Beautiful Realism - Violet Ribbon

 
Add dimension and realism by underpainting with Copic Markers! Use C6 underneath a V blending combination for a shady violet that’s natural shade that also works underneath many other combinations. | VanillaArts.com | #copicmarker #realisticcoloring…
 
 

Neutralize a bold violet ink

Add dimension and realism by underpainting with Copic Markers! Use B32 underneath your R blending combination to cool off and beautifully desaturate the heat of your light red colors.

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.

 

Violet Ribbon

Elena’s Advice:

It feels odd to underpaint with yellow but honestly, it works.

On the CMY color wheel, yellow is a complement to very cool blue-violet. They're opposites.

If you try to underpaint with a bright or pale yellow, it won't work because the yellow ink is a very wimpy color. However, Y28 is a very potent yellow and has the muscle to stand up to a bossy violet

It may scare you at first, don’t worry! Remember, use a good coat of the second (V09), third (V17), and forth (V15) markers to deepen your violet. And always 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.

"Violet Ribbon", a color palette for underpainting with Copic Markers. Blending combinations designed to create realism in you next coloring project. | VanillaArts.com | Color theory for alcohol markers.
 
 

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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 CraftsForPaws.com, a 501(c)(3) non profit animal rescue. C4P’s donates 100% of their profits to rescue and care for worst-case stray dogs and cats in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Shop to benefit Crafts for Paws at their sister site - Violeta Ink. Join Elena’s Copic Coloring Club here for online class announcements and catch her YouTube cardmaking series here.

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Elena Cazares

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

Elena runs CraftsForPaws.com, an online shop for Copic Markers and Copic supplies. C4P donates 100% of profits to rescue and care for worst-case stray dogs and cats in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Shop at Crafts for Paws here. Join Elena’s C4P Copic Coloring Club here.