Fragile & Delicate Greens

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.

Luna Green

Elena’s Advice:

Does it bug you when you reach for a marker just to find out the hue you’re looking for either doesn’t exist or you don’t own it?

If it hasn’t happened to you, it will when you discover you need to create this kind of green blend because Copic simply doesn’t make anything this soft and yet desaturated.

Thankfully, if you mix your V and G family markers you can create this delicate green.

It doesn’t take much to create this blend. Simply start a base coat of the first marker (V20), then follow with a coat of the second (G24) and third (G21) markers. Then allow time for the Copic ink 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.

Green Workshops & Digital Stamp

Vanilla Arts Company - Painted Fox

Vanilla Arts Company - Tonic

Vanilla Arts Company - Cupcake Goal

Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes

Further Reading:

Color Palettes : A Beginner's Guide to Coloring with Sophistication

Back to Art Basics : Learning from Color Exercises (No Matter What Your Skill Level)

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.