A cool case for green

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.

Jalapeño Heat

Elena’s Advice:

Photo references are so important!

If I ask you what color a jalapeño pepper is, you will probably say green. But If I color it green it will not look very real. When I doubled checked with a photo reference, I saw many different greens— not just light, medium, and dark! Deep green, light green and a lot of golden yellow green. That is why I reached for my YG markers.

For this combination, start with your B marker. Blue markers really intensify the YG and results in a more robust green.

Green Workshops & Digital Stamps

Vanilla Arts Company - Tree Frog

Vanilla Arts Company - Artichoke

Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes

Further Reading:

Coloring with Realism : Use Photo References

Improve Your Coloring : The Power of Photo References & Observation

Artistic Coloring : Tiny Details - How to Decide Which Details are Important & What to Skip

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.