Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combination for Coloring Holly Leaves

Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combination for Coloring Holly Leaves

Today at the Power Poppy Blog, I've got an easy Copic Marker underpaint recipe for coloring dimensional holly leaves with interest and impact…

Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Dimensional Fur

Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Dimensional Fur

Today at the Power Poppy Blog, I've got an easy Copic Marker underpaint recipe for giving these fellows the kind of thick, dense fur that is typical of spitz doggies…

Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Realistic Pumpkins

Garden Dirt: Copic Marker Blending Combinations for Coloring Realistic Pumpkins

Add realism to Copic Marker blends by underpainting with complementary or opposite colors. Power Poppy’s guest author Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com offers a fresh perspective on blending combinations. Gray marker neutralizes vibrant orange pencils, perfect for shading heirloom pumpkins.

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…