
Learn to use and blend alcohol markers, apply color, build values for a pleasing color scheme, and master light and shadow for beginners.
Explore the basics of alcohol markers, choose materials and paper, view color swatches, master basic and advanced blending, and learn practical ways to use these markers effectively.
As an extra you'll find a little visual aid to help understanding blending better.
Explore light and shadow in the alcohol markers art class, learning how light behaves and casts shadows on objects, then apply the approximate light and shadow method.
Explore light and shadow theory, identifying highlights, center light, and half tones, plus reflected light and cast shadows, to create more engaging ink and color artworks.
Explore light and shadow theory through hands-on experiments with cups and balls, observing highlights, core shadows, cast shadows, and reflected light as you move the light and compare objects.
Learn the approximate light and shadow method introduction for quickly defining highlights, midtones, core shadows, and cast shadows across apples, cubes, spheres, and more with various media.
Learn to apply the approximate light and shadow method with alcohol markers, using layers, white pencil highlights, and blending to render a turtle from a reference image.
Explore the approximate light and shadow method in a two-image or one-image demo, using Spectrum Nova Marcus markers on Bristol paper to render highlights, shadows, and cast shadows.
Explore color in alcohol marker art by learning value, color theory, and color schemes, and applying them effectively to your marker artworks.
Explore color values by converting images to grayscale, creating three-tone and seven-tone value images, and mapping light and dark areas for accurate alcohol marker painting.
Master practical color theory by exploring the color wheel, primary colors, and mixing tints, shades, and tones, and apply complementary, analogous, square, and monochromatic schemes with markers, pencils, and paints.
Develop your own color schemes for artworks by using a gray value study and the color wheel. Explore complementary, analogous, triadic, and rectangular schemes to create dominant and subordinate colors.
Explore bonus lessons on highlights with gel pen or white paint mica and practice freehand sketching with alcohol markers, including a photograph-based exercise.
Design a freehand sketch with markers by starting from a reference image on marker paper, planning the composition and color scheme, and layering greens, browns, and blues to create depth.
Master highlighting techniques for alcohol marker art by applying white gel pen or paint marker accents, following directional light to create convincing highlights and subtle darkening.
learn to plan values and light, build a house scene with alcohol markers, using analogous and complementary colors, layered shading, and texture for atmospheric depth in your final project.
Conclude the alcohol markers art class with a concise closing that highlights the lecture's core ideas.
Alcohol Markers are a very popular medium to work with. Impressive results can be achieved rather easily, once you know how to use your markers WELL. There is just something very appealing about this special and typical look that can be created with Alcohol Markers.
My name is Benjamin Aeilkema and I’m an Illustrator and Artist from The Netherlands. I love creating artworks with all kinds of materials. One of the reasons I love working with Alcohol Markers, is that they are quick and easy to pick up, always ready to go. They allow me to create this instant Comic Book / Manga Style look. Or what about adding some color to Urban Sketching? Not to mention the lovely Illustrative Look working with this medium can achieve.
The great results I now enjoy, have not always been my story. When you don’t know how to use the markers WELL the outcome of your coloring can be somewhat disappointing due to streaky bars and muddy colors. Over the past few years I met many people who shared their frustrations in not getting the results they were longing for. This frustration can easily lead to the idea that great results are only for the very talented and not considering yourself to be one of those.
Well, the good news is that a few special techniques can turn this all around. In this Art Class I’ll be taking you along in the process of mastering these skills. In a very easy way to follow, I will show you step-by-step how to use your Alcohol Markers WELL. How to mix the right colors – building values in a drawing in order to create great color schemes that are pleasing to the eye. We’ll be working on your blending skills, so you can achieve a smoothness in the transitioning of colors.
No artwork is complete without adding convincing light and shadow. This can be somewhat complicated for many people, but I’ve incorporated my Approximate Light and Shadow Method for you. This is going to help you tremendously to gain great insights and to create the desired results. It will make sure that your highlights and shadow values always end up in the right place.
On top of all these valuable lessons, I’ll also take you through freehand sketching and how to quickly add extra highlights to your scenes. You will greatly benefit from my decades long experience as an instructor and teacher.
You will be amazed at the difference this makes in your illustrations, lovely greeting cards, coloring pages and whatever other projects you set your hand to. Whether you’re a new beginner at art altogether, or want to add Alcohol Markers to your existing repertoire – take your skills to the next level and enjoy the great results you will achieve.
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Additional PDF: Great Time Savers in PDF format
To help you save time, I’m providing you with Templates. These templates quickly get you going, without the need of having to redraw the assignments in the videos. Just print out the template you need and you’re set. This helps you to stay focused on the lesson, rather than being slowed down by extra work.
Once you’ve completed an assignment, there’s no need to re-watch the video lesson. Instead, all of the answers are in a handy booklet. Just find the lesson you’re on and compare your work to the finished assignment in the book. Again, this will save you time and allow you to keep on going.