Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Blue, Teal, Yellow)

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Blue, Teal, Yellow)

Navy blue and turquoise combined with yellow Copic Markers make a fresh color palette for your next project.

Today’s color palette pairs complementary B, BG, and Y Copic Markers to make a fresh color scheme for your next project.

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Red, Aqua)

Color Palette: Copic Marker + Colored Pencil Combination (Red, Aqua)

Turquoise & warm red make a lively color palette for your next project.

Today’s color palette pairs complementary Blue-Green and Red Copic Markers to make a beautiful color scheme for your next project.

The Artist's Notebook: The Secret to Eye-Popping Color Palettes (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

The Artist's Notebook: The Secret to Eye-Popping Color Palettes (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Have you ever found yourself half-heartedly scrolling through Pinterest, only to hit upon a coloring project that made you slam on the brakes? Once you look closer at the project, you’re blown away by the Copic Marker technique or maybe the texture created by colored pencils or watercolor…

As coloring fanatics, we’d like to think we're drawn to the technical skill and amazing technique. We know great coloring when we see it.

But honestly, what grabs your attention in the first two seconds has nothing to do with skill, technique, or even artistry.

So what’s the secret to eye popping projects?

Color Palettes: A Beginner's Guide to Coloring with Sophistication (Part Two)

Color Palettes: A Beginner's Guide to Coloring with Sophistication (Part Two)

Are you good at picking colors or do you get a headache thinking about all the possible combinations of Copic Marker and colored pencils?

Relax. It's normal. Not everyone is born with the ability to whip out original and beautiful color palettes on demand.

In Part One of this series, I showed you how to weed through the various color palette websites, finding workable color palettes to use in your adult coloring projects.

Today, let's learn how to create our own palettes. And psssttt... don't miss downloading your FREE copy of my Color Palette Picker wheel for Copic Markers! It's at the end of this article and well worth your time.