Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Art instructor and Illustrator Amy Shulke draws and colors live-- answering your questions about adding realistic highlights with alcohol markers and colored pencils.
It's standard practice to color highlights with the lightest marker in your blending combination. In fact, most people refer to it as "the highlight color". Now many people are using this same technique with colored pencils-- building pencil combinations as "shade, medium, and highlight color".
Then as the cherry on top, everyone adds little white dots and dashes with a gel pen.
Psssttt... did you ever notice this highlighting technique rarely looks realistic?
Join Amy as she draws and colors a Valentine Lollipop starting on fresh white paper. Amy shows you a better way to understand the disconnect between coloring techniques and the way artists approach coloring with realism. Over the years, Amy has pioneered a fun way to use fine art painting techniques with alcohol markers and colored pencils. In this livestream, she'll offer tips for moving your art in a direction that reflects your taste and style rather than the latest marker trick of the month.
Improve your realism and add artistry to your future coloring projects when you understand how artists approach highlights, plus and why popular novelty tutorials result in cartoonish and flat projects.
COLOR LIST, SUPPLIES, & RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-highlights
LEARN TO BLEND COPIC MARKERS: vanilla-workshops.com/p/blend-summer
WEEKLY COLOR THEORY LESSON + TIPS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
#alcoholmarkers #copicmarkers #realisticart
Art instructor and Illustrator Amy Shulke draws and colors live-- answering your questions about adding realistic highlights with alcohol markers and colored pencils.
It's standard practice to color highlights with the lightest marker in your blending combination. In fact, most people refer to it as "the highlight color". Now many people are using this same technique with colored pencils-- building pencil combinations as "shade, medium, and highlight color".
Then as the cherry on top, everyone adds little white dots and dashes with a gel pen.
Psssttt... did you ever notice this highlighting technique rarely looks realistic?
Join Amy as she draws and colors a Valentine Lollipop starting on fresh white paper. Amy shows you a better way to understand the disconnect between coloring techniques and the way artists approach coloring with realism. Over the years, Amy has pioneered a fun way to use fine art painting techniques with alcohol markers and colored pencils. In this livestream, she'll offer tips for moving your art in a direction that reflects your taste and style rather than the latest marker trick of the month.
Improve your realism and add artistry to your future coloring projects when you understand how artists approach highlights, plus and why popular novelty tutorials result in cartoonish and flat projects.
COLOR LIST, SUPPLIES, & RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/copic-live-highlights
LEARN TO BLEND COPIC MARKERS: vanilla-workshops.com/p/blend-summer
WEEKLY COLOR THEORY LESSON + TIPS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
#alcoholmarkers #copicmarkers #realisticart
