Prismacolor Marker & Pencil Tutorial!!!
Here it is!!! The long awaited for tutorial on how to use your Prismacolor (or Copic) markers with your Prismacolor pencils. It is very easy an many of you will probably say, “That’s it???”. Well, enjoy.
Gather the supplies and tools needed.
You want to make sure that your marker color is LIGHTER than your pencil color. Keep the colors in the same family. For this, I used markers in Peach, Apple Green and Canary Yellow (all Prismacolor). The pencils used are orange, dark green and dark brown, also prismacolor.
Your image has to be a lined image. I used The Angel Company’s Gerbera Daisy. Such a beautiful stamp. It even looks great not colored!!! Ink needs to be a dye based ink, or something equivalent. I used Palette Hybrid Noir. This is my favorite ink ever.
You also need oderless mineral spirits, a blending stump and sandpaper
Let’s get started…
1.
Stamp your lined image using your Palette ink pad. Make sure to let your image sit a few minutes so that it is totally dry. If you don’t do this, your image can run.
2. Once your image is dry, color it entirely with the Prismacolor (or Copic) markers. The faster you work with each color, the better it blends and you don’t get lines from the markers.
Pretty huh??? But just wait!!!
3. Begin shading your colored image with the Prismacolor pencils. Some images have “shading” already on them which makes this easier. However, if you try to shade where natural shadows occur (i.e. the base of a flower by the center, under Santa’s beard, etc), it will be fine. This takes practice. Remember to start out light and add color as you desire. Many apply too much color at first and do not get the desired effect. Keep your pencil on the outline of the image.
4. Using your oderless mineral spirits and stumps, begin to blend the pencil into the markers using a circular motion. Make sure to clean your stump after each color using a fine sandpaper to sand the color away.
This is what it looks like when blended.
5. You will find that the dark brown Prismacolor pencil is your friend when using this technique. It adds a lot of dimension to an already pretty image. I use it OVER what I already blended, but very lightly, because it is darker than the rest of the colors used. You can see in on the base of the petals and on the leaves. It’s a very pretty effect.
6. Your finished flower!!! Very pretty and looks hard to do. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions leave a comment and I’ll answer them as best as I can. Enjoy!
Great tutorial, thanks for taking time to share.
VEry pretty! I have some copics and need to practice…one question-the debate always rages out here on SCS—what kind of paper do you use? thanks!
Your coloring is amazing! Thanks so much for the tutorial.
Thank you for the the wonderful tutorial. I have been waiting to see this
I have a couple questions…do the oms work better at blending than the baby oil? I have only tried baby oil and that seems slow to blend.
Also, do you like the prismacolor markers? Are there plus and minuses vs. copics (besides price difference)? Everyone says you can refill copics…but it is more expensive to refill than to buy a whoe new pen. But then I guess the refill will last a couple pens. What do you think re: the who comparison? I’m sorry for picking your brain…
I really did love your tutorial. It came out beautiful. Never would have thot to use brown. Too cool.
This is my first time posting to a blog!! Found a link to your tutorial on SCS and had to come see it. GREAT! Thanks so much for sharing. I’m looking forward to the markers only version, because that’s what I have right now. Maybe pencils for Christmas…
Wow! totally cool. I’ve never use the Mineral Spirits. But I might have to after seeing what you have done on this card.
I can’t wait to see what you are going to do with the Pointessia stamp I sent you.
Yes the stamps are on their way to you. i recieved the Stamp that you sent me too…It’s wonderful.
Thanks for sharing you beautiful technique. I am going to try it and see what I come up with.
I never would have thought of going over everything with brown either, but, it sure makes your flower stand out.
Hope you come up with more works of art to share.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve never really understood how you use the blending stumps either, but your tutorial cleared that right up! Do you like it better than the blender pen?
Great tutorial! I have a lot of practicing to do with my markers. But you have made it look so easy!
This is just beautiful! Thanks for writing the tutorial; I’m going to give it a try; I only have 12 Prismacolor markers so this will help me!
Incredible job! I think that I need lots of practice before I’ll ever reach your level, but thanks for the great tips!
This is a gorgeous coloring job! Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing the process with us.
Wow..this is an awesome tutorial…great job on the coloring. I really like the shadowing and such..
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Just what i’ve been looking for as hubby just found his prismacolor markers he had to have for college eons ago. I know own them and need a guideline on how to use them. You explained perfectly!
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing your technique.
Stunning results! Thanks for the great tutorial.
Wow! That’s beautiful! What a difference all the shading makes in the finished image. I’m new to learning about copics and prismacolor markers, but I do have a set of the prismacolor pencils. Is it possible to achieve the same look you have shown here using SU! markers and prismacolor pencils with mineral spirits? Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing this great tutorial. I’ll try this technique if I ever get some Prismacolor markers. I did splurge and bought a large set of Prismacolor pencils…and with the OMS, I love the look, and am still playing with blending, techinque on that. Blessings, LInda
Gorgeous, need some of those markers!
I just stumbled upon your site while doing some research on prismacolor markers and copics. It has really cleared up a lot for me, I thought I would have to buy lots of markers to get the results I wanted but after seeing this I realise I can do it with less markers and my pencils. Thank you so much for sharing this.
WOW! Gerbera Daisy is the perfect stamp to do this technique with. I can’t wait to try it!
perfection! TFS
I LOVE this tutorial! It makes total sense when you think about it logically! Could you share how you do the shadow part though - behind your images too?!!!