Grayscale Coloring: Depth & Dimension + Tips for success (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Grayscale Coloring: Depth & Dimension + Tips for success (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

Why is Your Coloring Flat?

In the coloring world, grayscale projects are presented as novelties.

“You’ve got a bunch of gray Copic Markers and a ton of gray colored pencils, so let’s color a bunch of funny penguins!”

But in the art world? Monochromatic is how we train!

So as a colorer, when you wonder why your projects look cartoonish or lacking in depth and dimension, you assume it’s because you’re not using the best blending combination.

Hold on…

How to Color Realistic Night Scenes and Spooky Glows (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

How to Color Realistic Night Scenes and Spooky Glows (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

The Color of Midnight: How to Create a Spooky Mood and a Realistic Glow (Copic Marker, Colored Pencil)

We simply cannot see clean, clear color at night. Hues do not exist in the dark. At night, the whole world is deep, dark, murky, and blackened. We call this “desaturated” but the truth is that because of our terrible eyesight, night time is extreme desaturation.