"Air Balloon”, a color palette for G willow, R bougainvillaea, and Y lightning yellow. Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Our unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. Color theory for alcohol markers.

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"Agave”, a color palette for G willow, B baby blue, and RV red violet. Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Our unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. Color theory for alcohol markers.

“Aurora Express” Copic Marker Underpainting SwatchAdd snowy shade to an B blue blending combination with a YR orange Copic Marker. Get the full marker recipe here.

Puffin Smile, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Cool grey, warm red, and golden yellow using Copic C, R, and YR alcohol markers

Sugared Berries, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Bold red and cool gray using Copic R and C markers.

"Blue Bunch”, a color palette for YG anise, B phthalo blue, and E sepia. Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Our unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. Color theory for alcohol markers.

What color is an elephant? I know what you’re going to say. And you’re wrong. Go look. Google “elephant” and look at the photographs . Don’t just say “oh how cute!” I want you to really look at the color of the elephants on your screen. Some of the photos show gray ish elephants but by far,

Wood Wren, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Celadon green, pale yellow, and pinkish taupe using Copic YG, YR, and E markers

Confused by Hues? All Copic Marker beginners follow marker recipes given by instructors. Colored pencil beginners do the same, using proven color combinations. As you improve, you try to invent color palettes using the Subbing Method, randomly substituting colors, hoping to blindly hit upon somethin

Carmine Mums: a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Warm green, cool red, and carmine using Copic YG and R alcohol inks.

Copic Marker Underpainting swatches. Real shade is not darker, it's desaturated. To create desaturated color which Copic does not make, we teach online workshops with the underpainting method. Students layer rather than blend. Underpainting creates natural colors found in everyday life. In this swat

“Easter Lily”, a color palette for BV periwinkle, YG chartreuse, and Y yellow Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with blending combinations designed for realism and dimension. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.

Sailor's Delight, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Deep purple, sky blue, and tangerine using Copic V, B, and YR markers

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

Zebra Stripe, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Cool gray, slate blue, and warm beige using Copic C, BG, and E markers.

Do your Copic Marker backgrounds look streaky or striped?You’re not alone. It’s hard to create a smooth colorful background with Copic Markers.I see the streaky-background question posted on beginner marker groups at Facebook a lot. The sad thing is, the answers from the community are almost never correct. Today let’s look at how to color beautifully smooth backgrounds.

“Blue Heron”, a color palette for B blue, C gray, and Y gold Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with blending combinations designed for realism and dimension. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.

Did you know that underpainting isn’t just a technique for darker colors? Surprised? Well that’s what Vanilla Arts is here for…to teach you those little surprises that will make your Copic coloring projects drip with realism. Good coloring is a combination of good thinking and good observing. T

Gold Petal, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Cool gray, teal, and gold, using Copic C, BG, and YR alcohol markers.

Mountain Top, Sugar Plums, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Blue and gold using Copic B and YR alcohol markers.

Artists do not shade? A few weeks back, I mentioned in an article that “artists do not shade”. This caused quite a bit of confusion for my readers.

Professional Illustrator & Instructor Amy Shulke offers tips for coloring complex texture with Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencil and Copic Marker. If you feel overwhelmed by details, try the chunking method where artists break large shapes (forms) into smaller and smaller forms. Amy shows you how

Making beautiful dots is easier than you think. You can make them with Copic Markers, with colored pencils, with a paintbrush, or even with your finger. I use pointillism dots and stippling a lot in my coloring lessons…

Layering BG02 beneath R17 will make your red pepper digital stamps simmer with flavor! There is nothing boring or predictable about this Copic recipe!

"Fall Morning", a color palette for turquoise BG, brassy gold YR, and bright yellow Y Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Our unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. Color theory for alcohol markers.

Barley Grass, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Teal, green, and chartreuse, using Copic BG, G, and YG alcohol markers.

"Ew! Ew! Ew!", a color palette for Black, V deep violet, and B ultramarine blue Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. | VanillaArts.com | Alcohol marker color theory.

Making beautiful dots is easier than you think. You can make them with Copic Markers, with colored pencils, with a paintbrush, or even with your finger. I use pointillism dots and stippling a lot in my coloring lessons…

Rampion Field, a color palette for Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Color with depth and dimension using Vanilla recommended coloring combinations designed to create realism in your next coloring project. Brown, gold, and purple alcohol inks. | VanillaArts.com | Better colorin

"Purple Patina”, a color palette for B light crockery blue, E lipstick natural, and RV raspberry. Copic Markers + Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Our unique project color schemes set the tone and style for your next coloring project. Color theory for alcohol markers.