Colouring With Markers: Create Contrast & Shade
Advanced alcohol marker illustration techniques. Deep dive into creating stunning motifs and designs. Build on your existing skills!
Course Content
Colouring With Markers: Create Contrast & Shade is an intermediate-level Skillshare course taught by Bärbel Dressler. It runs 2h 6m, is taught in English, and includes a certificate of completion. Learners rate it 4.7 out of 5 from 31 reviews, with 1,547 students enrolled. It is a paid course, first published June 2018.
Deepen your alcohol marker illustration skills with this advanced course! Build upon your foundation and master the art of creating stunning illustrations with a wide range of contrast using 5 powerful shading techniques. Learn the fundamentals of shade, highlights, and contrast to achieve dynamic and realistic results in your artwork.
What You’ll Learn:
- Highlight, Reflection, Shade & Shadow: Understand the principles behind creating depth and dimension in your illustrations.
- Single Marker Versatility: Discover how to create variation and shade using just one marker.
- Blending Groups: Explore natural and desaturated blending groups for seamless color transitions.
- Color Theory: Master complementary colors and how to utilize them effectively.
- Grey Markers: Learn about the different types of grey markers and when to use them for nuanced shading.
- Marker Selection: Develop skills in choosing the right markers for each specific technique.
- Realistic Shoe Illustrations: Get expert tricks for creating incredibly realistic-looking shoe illustrations.
- Texture Creation: Master techniques for creating specific textures like suede, leather, and chrome.
- Maximize Your Collection: Learn to work around missing colors and shades in your marker collection, ensuring you can achieve desired effects.
Throughout the course, you'll receive demonstrations of each technique, followed by engaging exercises where you'll practice illustrating, coloring, and shading – all with shoes!
Who is this course for?
This course is perfect for all marker lovers looking to elevate their skills and explore the full potential of alcohol-based markers.
New to Markers?
If you're a beginner with markers and need an introduction to alcohol-based markers – what they are, how they work, color systems, basic strokes, and techniques – we recommend starting with our Fundamentals of Colouring with Markers course. It includes fun exercises to build a solid foundation before moving on to advanced techniques. We also have a follow-up course on creating textures and effects using the "Blender."
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Class Bonus: FREE MINI COLORING BOOK!
Download and print a companion mini coloring book featuring 5 shoe illustrations, perfect for practicing the class exercises and project, or just for fun. Find the coloring book in the "YOUR PROJECT" tab. Note: For best results, use marker paper.
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