Colored Pencils Plus: Markers and Colored Pencils

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MODULE 1: WATERCOLOR AND COLORED PENCILS MODULE 2: POSCA MARKERS AND COLORED PENCILS MODULE 3: MARKERS AND COLORED PENCILS Lesson 1: Materials and Sketch (8:04) Lesson 2: Markers - Part 1 (10:36) Lesson 3: Markers - Part 2 (11:42) Lesson 4: Colored Pencils - Part 1 (12:27) Lesson 5: Colored Pencils - Part 2 (19:08) MODULE 4: INK AND COLORED PENCILS

Lesson Description

In this lesson series, we’ll combine alcohol-based markers with colored pencils to create a still life image of strawberries on marker paper.

Lesson 1 - Materials and Sketch

In this lesson, we explore the materials and surface that will be used and create the sketch of the strawberries with a pencil.

Lesson 2 - Markers - Part 1

In this lesson, we begin applications of alcohol-based markers which will serve as an underpainting for colored pencil applications.

Lesson 3 - Markers - Part 2

In this lesson, we complete applications of alcohol-based markers and finish our underpainting.

Lesson 4 - Colored Pencils - Part 1

In this lesson, we begin with colored pencil applications, adding details to the starwberries.

Lesson 5 - Colored Pencils - Part 2

In this lesson, we complete the drawing and add highlights with white gouache.

Markers and Colored Pencils - Strawberries

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Lesson Discussion

  3. Hello matt I’ve been trying to play your video courses and they keep saying “Sorry we’re having a little trouble” How do I fix this? Should I wait and come back after a few days? Thank you

  4. Also I forgot to ask is there a cheaper alternative set that I can use? Those prisma color markers are way too expensive for me is there any other brand you can recommend that has a similar colour range? I have water-soluble tombow markers that I’m planning on using if that’s okay. I’ll try my best to match those exact reds

    • Hi Yasmeen,

      I would try to find some alcohol-based markers (There are cheaper brands on Amazon). The water-based markers will not produce the same results.

      • Thank you so much! The video is working for me now and I can’t wait to try this it looks so real I love this! I’ve decided to get the Ohuhu Markers instead then so far those are at a good price for me and they have a good range from what I’ve seen

        • Based on my experience and reviews that I have read, the Ohuhu markers are essentially as good as the much more expensive markers. Ohuhu also offers refillable markers.

          • I used a mix of off brand markers , promarkers and copic markers to get a full range of colours.

  5. Thank you Matt, I I have been following along and started to give myself a little bit too much artistic licence and lost some of the lighter areas of the strawberries by giving a far too smaller area to look effective. I continued on hoping I could resurrect it. It really bugged me so right at the last moment I decided to use the white gouache in a very thin layer to just remove a slight area of the red flesh of the strawberry. once it was dry the coloured pencils worked very nicely over the top and the result worked. It was a bit of a challenge not to become a painting and to keep it a lovely drawing. Thanks for the techniques of the layering as this has become a game changer for me. I am loving the humble coloured pencil again.

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