Tips, tutorials, and drawing experience regarding alcohol markers, drawing pencils, and watercolor pencils.

January 2022

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How to Blend Alcohol Markers with Rubbing Alcohol?

You won’t find any other medium to be that effective, like the rubbing alcohol for crating soft transition of colors. That means your alcohol-based marker can be blended in superb ways using rubbing alcohol.But for that, you need to have a paper that can handle moisture buckling. Otherwise, your paper will won’t support your operation correctly. Take a bristle brush for implementing the alcohol over the marker, mainly of the ‘Copic Sketch Markers‘.And then,...

January 9, 2022
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December 2021

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How to Blend Alcohol Markers without A Blender?

When you are up to smooth blending of your art markers without a blender, you are up in using your basic knowledge about color. That is, you must know which color gets adequately mixed with others.It is very much possible to mix multiple colors in this manner. But without proper shading knowledge, you won’t be able to make a great impression of it.Step 1: To start the blending, you have to choose two colors with which you’re going...

December 14, 2021
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How to Blend Alcohol Marker with A Blender

How to Blend Alcohol Marker with A Blender?

The colorless blender is an excellent medium for mixing the marker properly. You get to regulate and function it just like a marker as it is of that shape. With no ink coming from it, you get the highest possibilities of attaining the best result. To blend the marker with a blender, you need to use it properly.  Step1: The best way is to put the blender first before using the marker. This will allow your marker...

December 8, 2021
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Can Alcohol Markers Blend Easily and Smoothly?

The problem with many non-alcohol markers is that they are difficult to blend. Unlike paints and pencils, it’s often difficult to blend two dissimilar colors together with water based markers - they tend to produce streaky coloring and you need multiple markers to create the desired blended effect. It’s even trickier trying to blend with mid-range felt tips.However, with alcohol based markers, blending is very simple. You can use rubbing alcohol, a marker of...

December 1, 2021
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November 2021

How Are Alcohol Markers Different from Other Types

They dry quickly and color is permanent

One of the biggest advantages of alcohol based markers in comparison to other types is that they dry quickly. This is because the dye is suspended in alcohol, which is a fast evaporating solvent.Imagine how frustrating it would be to accidentally splash water over your finished masterpiece or to go back over a section only to lift your hand and realize that you smudged something. Alcohol markers dry...
November 23, 2021
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What’s the best way to use alcohol markers?

The great thing about alcohol markers is that they’re highly versatile - so they can be used in many ways. Here are some top tips on how to use alcohol based markers: Use uncoated, smooth paper (without tooth) as marker tips don’t usually fare well on rough surfaces. They may fray the nibs and make it harder to draw smooth lines. Always place the paper you’re working with on top of something porous - alcohol marker ink will...

November 15, 2021
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October 2021

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How to Use Alcohol Based Markers

Art markers are used by artists, illustrators and designers in their work to create a different result than what you’d usually see from using paints, chalks and pencils. Alcohol based markers are only one of the different types that are available (the other two being water based and solvent based) and possess some unique benefits, which makes them a popular choice. Here’s a guide on how to use alcohol based markers and what makes...

October 25, 2021
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How to revive a dead alcohol based marker

I’m a huge marker fan; in fact, I have a vast collection of Copic, Ohuhu and ADAXI markers, as you probably already know by now. With so many markers, it’s inevitable that a few of them will run out of ink. Often when a marker seems to stop working, it’s not the ink inside that has run out, but rather the tip has dried out. Alcohol-based markers tend to dry out more often...

October 19, 2021
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