It sounds like a good idea. You’re blending with Copic Markers. You don’t want them to bleed-though and leave ink on the table below, so you slide a sheet of scrap paper underneath your paper.
It’s supposed to absorb the excess ink right? Except that’s the exact opposite of what you should be doing.
The Vanilla Team shares their favorite non-porous coloring surfaces that will help make blending a breeze!
White flowers are white. Your paper is white and they don’t make white Copic Markers…
Or do you pull out gray markers, hoping to add a bit of shade and dimension.
Pssstttt… that’s why your white flowers are flat and lifeless.
Let’s look up-close at beautiful white flowers that are everything but white.
Colorful whites are easier than you think. You can do this!
Underpainting eliminates single-use markers, allowing you to buy 2-marker blending combinations instead of trios.
By using the same gray, violet, or even blue marker to shade everything from yellow to purple, you save money by eliminating the darkest marker from every trio!
Today, let’s look at the Vanilla Team’s favorite all-purpose underpainting markers— what they use them for and why you might find it handy too.
