Warm Green that’s full of Sunshine

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.

Vintage Green

Elena’s Advice:

If you watch cooking shows, you hear the chefs talk about adding lemon juice to “brighten” the flavors. That’s what I’ve done here. I’ve added a B12 marker to my YG combination to brighten my vintage green.

This is a very a versatile combination and it’s perfect for beginners because it’s an easy blender and pretty tame compared to some of my other weirder combinations.

To create this Vintage Green, start with a base layer of B12 then add a generous coat of YG25. Top that with a layer of YG93. Finish with YG21 to make it all smooth.

Be careful with YG21. At Vanilla Arts, we call markers like this a Super Eater. They’re so loaded with colorless blender in the mix that if you over use it, it will eat away all your previous layers. Use just enough to get it wet, don’t over-ink the paper.

Green Workshops & Digital Stamps

Vanilla Arts Company - More Than Luck

Vanilla Arts Company - Tonic

Violeta Ink - Online Coloring Classes

Further Reading:

Color Smart:Create Focal Points (Give Your Coloring Projects the Professional Look)

Copic Markers: Do You Make Coloring Harder Than it Has to Be?

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.