Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep1-yellowdaffodil
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your yellow Copic Marker blending combinations look flat and artificial? Do you shade yellow flowers with orange markers? Instead, let's use color theory to shade a realistic daffodil leaf using an unexpected violet marker.
Applied Color Theory for Alcohol Markers.
Join illustrator and art instructor, Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com in a color theory exercise for yellow Y markers. It's hard to shade yellow objects with markers because marker companies don't make many true dark yellow markers. Color theory can help but if all you ever hear about is the color wheel, you're missing the real story. Amy walks you through her coloring process for desaturating yellow with violet Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils. If you’ve ever been disappointed by your yellow blending combinations or if you're using orange or brown (yuck!) markers to shade yellow, this series of videos will change the way you color forever.
This exercise is for marker selection-- this is not a coloring or blending tutorial. Color selection is a struggle for most colorers and it's not taught in classes which use a specific marker supply list. Seeing a professional artist in action, picking colors and explaining why colors work/fail can be very helpful in developing your own artistry.
AMY COLORS THE DAFFODIL WITH TODAY'S MARKERS: youtu.be/uEUARwziGpM
DAFFODIL DIGITAL STAMP + 3 MONTH KIT: vanillaarts.com/shop/color-theory-spr23
LEARN TO BLEND COPICS: vanilla-workshops.teachable.com/p/blend-summer
ARTICLES & TIPS: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
PHOTO REFERENCE: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep1-yellowdaffodil
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER + TIPS & DISCOUNTS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep1-yellowdaffodil
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your yellow Copic Marker blending combinations look flat and artificial? Do you shade yellow flowers with orange markers? Instead, let's use color theory to shade a realistic daffodil leaf using an unexpected violet marker.
Applied Color Theory for Alcohol Markers.
Join illustrator and art instructor, Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com in a color theory exercise for yellow Y markers. It's hard to shade yellow objects with markers because marker companies don't make many true dark yellow markers. Color theory can help but if all you ever hear about is the color wheel, you're missing the real story. Amy walks you through her coloring process for desaturating yellow with violet Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils. If you’ve ever been disappointed by your yellow blending combinations or if you're using orange or brown (yuck!) markers to shade yellow, this series of videos will change the way you color forever.
This exercise is for marker selection-- this is not a coloring or blending tutorial. Color selection is a struggle for most colorers and it's not taught in classes which use a specific marker supply list. Seeing a professional artist in action, picking colors and explaining why colors work/fail can be very helpful in developing your own artistry.
AMY COLORS THE DAFFODIL WITH TODAY'S MARKERS: youtu.be/uEUARwziGpM
DAFFODIL DIGITAL STAMP + 3 MONTH KIT: vanillaarts.com/shop/color-theory-spr23
LEARN TO BLEND COPICS: vanilla-workshops.teachable.com/p/blend-summer
ARTICLES & TIPS: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
PHOTO REFERENCE: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep1-yellowdaffodil
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER + TIPS & DISCOUNTS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
