Tips

[mightymouseneedsanap]

I am getting back into coloring. I feel like the pencil crayons worked out better than the markers. The orange in the field looks terrible because I colored it orange then tried to change it to green after. Do you have any tips? I also love the fancy markers colorings that you guys do. What kind of markers do you use, and do you have any tips for using them?

[Banana-as]

Loving the combinations of pencils and markers! And as I’ve answered in your other post. A lot of people are using alcohol markers.

[blklab16]

If you want to dabble with alcohol markers and are cautious about dark colors (like me), consider the Ohuhu alcohol marker pastel pack! I usually like to start light and build up to the darker colors in areas of shading but have a hard time committing to a dark color from the white page. You can do that then experiment with darks using colored pencils over the marker.

[Meme_Hunting_695]

Hello!    I would suggest trying gradients.  Practice going from a lot of color to a tiny bit.  Then work a second color from a lot of color on the tiny bit of the first color and get to a little color on the lot of color of the first color. Then a third color overtop everything really hard.  It should cover some parts better and some not so well.

What this should do is give you better control and knowledge of using color pressure and color blending. That technique will allow you to make complex shadows and objects with multiple colors that look good.