I Tried Alcohol Markers for the First Time
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Decided to give a go at using alcohol markers to do some portrait studies! #brbchasingdreams
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MATERIALS USED
Winsor & Newton Promarkers (Assorted)
Fabriano Bristol Paper (250gsm)
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Blue Wednesday - Road Back Home, Things In Between & Birds Eye View
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"Oh, I've never used alcohol markers before, let's see how it goes" Proceeds to make absolutely amazing portraits. Just, wow, these are so good.
same thought🤦🏽♀😂👏🏽👏🏽
A professional is still a professional no matter the tools
Seriously its so unfair😭😭❤️❤️
well, if you mastered the fundamentals you'll make good stuff with any materials
Lol right. He's one of the best water color artists I've ever seen so I expected him to be good with a different media but not this exceptional on first go. I'm learning alcohol markers currently and have run into so many speed bumps. It's very humbling to see a seasoned pro trying a new field and seeing how their innate skills honed over time will still translate to another craft. I love watching Olympians trying other sports too always so fun
The skin tones, the brush strokes, and commentary! This is so inspiring since I've been wanting to use alcohol markers for a while and this is making me want to create art today! (I've been stuck in art block for 3 days😅)
it was very refreshing to try something new!! although, equally stressful to learn something new hahahha
Budget tip! Try using Ohuhu markers first to see if you like the medium. Then you can transition to Copic or other quality ones if you wanna work with them more long term! Good luck and have fun!
@@israelsanchez1225 Yeah I have some of those! They work so well when I do big pieces,~ I also use Caliart markers because the square tips are good for my geometric drawings in architecture and stuff😁
@@kelogsloops i subsribe your Channel. Your style passion art creation Is gorgeous. Absolutely you deserve such followers as TenHundred. Hope you will be enbark in Season 2 Canvas collaborations to adding your idea of beauty draw composition!!💚
Dang three days??, I’d be so mad
These look fabulous! BTW, I really wish they had a "how to" included in alcohol marker sets. The fact they include a "blender" marker is confusing for everyone the first time. What they should explain is that alcohol markers sort of sit on top of your paper until they're dry. As long as your alcohol on paper is wet, the pigment will pool across the wet area. That's why when you put the color down at first, it looked 'streaky' but then the two wet 'streaks' would blend into each other. The "blending" marker is really just an alcohol marker without any pigment. It's literally a marker that has alcohol in it (you can actually use a brush with alcohol on it and get a similar effect). So it should act kind of like adding water to your water color paper. If you put it down first followed by a color marker, the pigment will spread a bit where you've placed it. If you put the color down first and put the blender over the top, it'll lift some of the pigment. The part that makes alcohol markers drastically different than watercolor is that since it's alcohol based, it dries really fast and it cuts down on your time to blend. Copic makes paper specifically for alcohol markers and it has a bit of a coating on it to keep the markers from sinking into the paper so quickly. It gives you a little extra time for blending. The paper can also take a ton of layers before it starts to peel/warp/get damaged. I've found the best way to blend two colors is to place down the first one and while it's still wet, start layering the second and while that's still wet, layer the first again. The quicker you work, the less streaks you'll get, and the smaller the area you work, the less likely you'll get streaks. You should check out some "three marker challenges" where people will randomly pull 3 alcohol markers and then try and make a cohesive image with the random color scheme. People get very creative 😅
Happy Coloring!
This is great information, especially the paper part. A good way to reduce streaks in a solid color is to do your first stroke 3-4 times, then each stroke go over the previous stroke half way. The pigment will be pulled down with each stroke and keep the area wet for a more seamless solid color. I also recommend starting with the wider side of the marker first kind of like how you start a painting with a bigger brush. A little warning about marker paper is that it can struggle to hold pencil and the markers can push the graphite around and muddy your colors while reducing your lines. A way around this is to use the maker paper as an overlay and then re-apply pencil to the front side after the marker rendering is done. Hope this is helpful.
Thanks for telling us your life story
Thank you for sharing all this helpful info 💚
Wow, thanks for taking the time to explain this ♥
This info is GOLD, Tysm
Small tip with the blending marker, you apply blending marker first and over it the colors you want to blend🥰 But still those looks great!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🤦♂
Oooo I've never tried it this way honestly
OH.
@@kelogsloops think of it as a "wet on wet" watercolor technique! you wet the paper with the colorless blender and the colors will spread more smoothly
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This guy is literally so good at any medium he touches, I aspire to be like him one day, bless you xx
Love the broad range of faces! It really shows an artist's talent when they're able to portray studies like this, and in a different medium than what they're used to as well :00
Omg I was so psyched to see you post! Just wanted to say that I love your artwork and you have fully convinced me to try my hand at watercolor. Keep up the amazing work and stay safe! 😁👍
Beautiful proof that its not just about the tools but the skills of the artists
i love how the streaks makes the drawing waayy more interesting to look at
I can't begin to tell you how in awe of your work I am. For years now, I have admired your skill, versatility and creativity. From your actual art style to how you film, configure and edit your videos (which is another art form itself). You are the type of artist that is so incredibly rare today. An artist that has found their style, honed it, and practices it in a way that leaves every viewer moved, in awe or admiration. I even have one of your pieces as my background for my desktop. I genuinely love the composition of every piece you do, as well as your desired colour palettes... you have such unity and balance in your work, and you use elements of contrast brilliantly. Thank you for being so inspiring. Pursuing a career as an artist can be so difficult for so many of us - between disapproving families and the constant, self-driven grind - it's easy to leave this field behind. I know I did. But, I'm glad I can view your work, because it ignites that spark in me to create again. so thank you!
Thank you so kindly jadey! It truly means so much to hear that!! 🥲🥺😭
Another thing to learn from this that many artist have said to me over the years: never leave a drawing/sketch/painting/whatever unfinished when you are learning. If you do (for example when you started to "freak out" on that second face) you wouldn't go past that "trauma" and it would make your next drawing/sketch more difficult. By continuing, it might not be the best, perfect or even good (in this case it is lol) but you finished it and then you learn from it, think about it and then improve on the next one.
I am literally blown away by how good this man is at just picking up an art medium and creating a masterpiece.
It made me so happy to see people of different skin tones in your style!!! I really appreciated it. They can be a bit challenging to draw, but you did them beautifully :D
i love that you touched on the importance of art studies. i've known many people who seem to think you just get better at art by drawing from your head over and over again, and have never done a single study of anything, but still wonder why they hadn't improved at all over the years. to try and put it into perspective for them, i tell them ''i have drawn on more pages in sketchbooks than the amount of drawings you've ever done''. you often can't just only do what you ''like'' if you desire to improve.
there is nothing wrong with just drawing when and what you want, from your head, but don't complain about your non-existent improvement to me if you don't want to listen to ''you should try doing studies of real life, or of really good art/artists you like'' because its out of your comfort zone, being too used to drawing what your mind thinks things look like. i think a lot of people are scared of drawing from life, or learning anatomy because its very daunting to try learning something that will take time and practice to even begin liking, but dont just draw life studies and things to make a pretty drawing. if you can learn just 1 or 2 things and improve on those each time, then thats already worth a lot.
You where the one that motivated me to create art
Now you're the one that keeps me wanting to become an artist :3
Thank you for all you've done
i think this video really shows how practice is important, but mostly how its not about the art supply, but about the artist, he can still make such amazing art which is clearly in his style, even though he is using alcohol markets, really amazing stuff!!
When I was a marker renderer in the 80’s it really helped to have the same colours in very dried out, to dried out, to drying out to fresh new markers. It helped with the blending.
So glad I watched this, these came out great! I've been having trouble drawing with markers myself and totally thought I was going wrong with the brush strokes being visible and how to tackle blending also how the colour dried so much paler than I thought it would! Now I think I'll tackle it again! Thank you!
I'm genuinely happy to see you post. Doesn't matter what you try it always comes out so perfect. I'm a fan
holy moly! this is so incredible! i am attempting a portrait workshop soon so this is a welcome reminder that experiments are worth it. love your work! thanks!
First you are incredible at sketching each likeness quickly and credibly. Then- you transformed the drawings with pen. I’m awestruck
your watercolor studies have prepared you so well for other mediums, this is a really impressive first go! And with moderately difficult supplies too, nice job and magnificent work!!
Something that has always helped me out when it comes to blending with markers is the brush tip. The bullet and chisel nibs never seem to want to blend
this makes me so nostalgic for Copic makers I used in my teens! love seeing you try new mediums
Absolutely LOVE your work; and the most friendliest "good morning good morning" is what hypes me up
Love your description of the mental process you go through while painting. I am learning watercolors, and sometimes I struggle to wait for the final results. I freak out in the first layers... Love your work and videos. They inspire me.
With the colorless blender, use it before you put the color. Basically just like you put water down before you put the watercolor paint over it. Hope this helps:)
It sure does
hey just know certain kind of papers allow for different kinf of blendings. like x press it or copic paper can be amazing for a little more fluid blending. In my experience it stays wet a little longer so I can actually sorta go back over darker colors with lighter ones to a degree.
Hey dude at the beginning of Covid your videos inspired me to get back into painting and while I still have a long way to go ive gotten a lot better and I just wanted to thank you!
Your art style is just 😚🤌🏼. You inspired me a lot when it comes to watercolor. Hoping to be as good as you! 🥺
It's my first time seeing you draw from reference and dang everything is magic in your art style! Will stan forever 💙🔥
This was fun to watch! I saw someone already explained a way you can use the colourless blender to blend. But also applying the ink in circular motions rather than linear streaks. Might help with blending and reducing streaks from showing
Can you make a video of your thought process and how you decided what to do while coloring with the markers, I really want to learn, I love your work!
To get a flat colour you can try applying the markers in a circular motion! Also alcohol markets tend to ‘eat’ graphite making the tips clog eventually, so most people use coloured pencils to sketch or line with a pen then apply the markers, for blending you can try using the chisel tip as it gets more ink onto the paper and makes the transition slightly smoother although you can get the same effect with a brush nib and feathering them.
Beautiful work :)
I've been using alcohol markers for decades. Try using them on special marker paper (I use Schoellershammer 90 grams but there's more brands that have it). Marker paper doesn't suck ink like normal sketching paper, so if you go over and over a section, it stays wet so you can blend.
i was so excited when i saw the notification! love your art, you inspire me so much
This brought a smile to my face. Just looking at how beautiful and life the portraits look.
This was a better finished product than from a lot of artists who have been using the medium for years! Good job 👏
Winsor and Newton has a line of watercolor markers. You can use them like markers and then blend and go for effects with a brush and water. You might enjoy those.
Your art is TRULY AMAzing
I MISS YOUR VIDEOS! REALLY INSPIRES ME TO LEARN, EXPLORE, TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS.
This is my first time seeing someone use alcohol marker like this and it's just blow my mind how amazing this look!!!
I missed your videos so much, I always watch them all when I need to switch on "artistic mode" :D It always help me overcome any "artblock" I could experience and it brings me a lot of joy and positive vibes to get through the day :) Thank you for sharing your work with us ! Take care of you, with respect and admiration
I mean. These are still absolutely fabulous for your first exploratory efforts.
Was so cool to watch this. All the videos I saw from alcohol markers artists said to work dark to light which is opposite from watercolor or makeup (which is my trade of craft) but you somehow made this work in the opposite order of what's recommended for this media
You are so unbelievably talented! It's hard to figure out good alcohol markers blending technique amd you somehow managed to mostly figure it out in the span of one set of studies! I am in awe of your beautiful drawings and paintings! Keep up the amazing work! 👏
There is no ‘real technique’ with art. It’s always relative to the art that *you* do. Your art astounded me for someone who for the first time, picked them up. It shows how skilled you are and I respect you for that 🥰
Seeing a new video… cup of coffee… pure luxury 😌
this is so fucking beautiful. i love the “unfinished” effect
This was so soothing to watch, the portraits are so beautiful!:D
Its inspired me to pick up my sketchbook again
What a great drop. I'm just finally getting back to my art, and anatomy studies. This has motivated me quite a bit. Working with markers like this looks like so much fun, but even 39 year ol' me is pretty intimidated with working with color. Also, big fan of KJG's work. His anatomy, shape, and perspective disciplines are flipping epic.
I love your style! I'm especially impressed by the fact that you manage to make your sketches detailed enough and yet still simple. Love the artwork!
The one thing i keep seeing people ignore while using these markers, THE TYPE OF PAPER AFFECTS RESULTS.
Heyy the reason why couldn't blend the colors is because you didnt have the right type of paper! It's a common mistake on youtube, artists use bristol but the paper soaks up the ink too fast so it gives really hard edges. For a smooth watercolor painting-like effect, you gotta use layout papers which is so much thinner, translucent, and specifically designed for alcohol markers! Hopes that helps you, thanks for your content your portraits look good nonetheless 👍
You did very well, I quickly realised,that every marker in a set is different,and it takes time to get good at any art style or medium, the most important thing is,to enjoy the journey 😊
I can spot your style from afar, no matter the media. So cool!!!
Watching your videos makes me smile
I love how do you show us your references, its so nicely to your part. U are a great artist and inspire me to much.
I started watercoloring after watching your videos.I didn't know much about watercolors but your videos helped me a lot. Thanks for inspiring me.
i love the visible strokes it gives more character to the final outcome
I love how your watercolor technique shines through this whole study.
I had a lol moment when you said that from this study you realized that you need to do more studies 😂
It came out great btw. I think having a solid understanding of shading and color helped you.
Well done can’t wait to see what else you create. Thanks for sharing 🤗💕
Turned out super awesome! I love the second portrait, darker skin is always tough to master.
So peaceful. I love your videos they are such good distressing videos.
Beautiful studies.
Time for me to practice yet again.
i really like the way you you do coloring with sense of structure in mind. love it.
Tbh you uploaded that video in the perfect time for me. I'm struggling with drawing recently, especially with body proportions and it just made me so discouraged to do anything. But I guess you just have to keep on trying till you learn, so thank you. I love your art and you are the best inspiration for me C:
the way you approached this and made so much progress is so inspiring!
Magnificent! I know many people enjoy the perfect blending with markers, but I really like to acknowledge that markers have a certain way of working and even though it's possible to make perfect transitions and blends, there is a lot of beauty and style in incorporating strokes and hard edges.
You know, I kind of like the "streaky" and very defined brush strokes. It's very stylized and interesting. Don't get me wrong! The flat color is gorgeous, but I do find the streaks and less blended ones to be beautiful in their own way.
what a gift to get to watch you make art
I would have never thought this was your first time using alcohol markers if it wasn't for the title. Beautiful work!
Alcohol markers are just streaky. It’s part of their charm
The watercolor skills you brought in I think helped for sure! I liked the technique you did for coloring in the skin and such.
Ive been waiting for this for years its so fun to see your style translate into other mediums
I can't explain how happy I am watching your videos, it calms me down so much, thank you. You are amazing.
They came out great! Do you plan on trying any other mediums as well? Like gouache or acrylic, or even pastels?
It's so fun and relaxing to watch you create your art. You've been a very big inspiration for me since I was at tafe studying photography, I like your approach to your art and your portfolios.
something ive heard about markers is to use them in a circular motion (like color pencils) to avoid streaks and even colors (it helps with blending im pretty sure) its another reason most perfer brush tips i think.
ive never felt more inspired doing art than this OoO wowwww
These look great! 🙌🏼
I'll never forget the day I tried Copic Markers. No comparison to any other art supply. Honestly, with the W&N markers your using, you haven't even scratched the surface of the marker world. The brush and chisel nibs are divine. Also, everything you're talking about at the end, you need George Bridgman's Guide to Drawing from Life.
Amazing for a first attempt. unbelievable!
It's been so long kelog!! I've missed your videos :,( still watch the old ones from time to time, was very very VERY excited to get this notif!!
How are you doing? It's good to know you are trying new things! You keep me inspired 😍 Always stay safe!!!
yes,i just wish he woul upload more
i am SO READY for this kelogsloops alcohol markers era!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely brilliant!
Such a great tutorial i love to see how you work step by step you have a really beautiful style. I would really recommend working in circles with the markers and laying down the lightest shade you can first to work on that! Thats what works for me! ♥️
Absolute incredible work!!! It seems the most skilled artists are always most doubtful and criticizing themselves . Almost all of us out here could not do what you can and you still envision to be better :) absolutely amazed what you did with being so new to markers?? Outstanding!!!
I was having a very doubt filled day about everything that has to do with my art but, watching your videos really helped me feel excited and hopeful about the future of my artwork. I am 29 and always feel like its too late to persue art but you help me believe in myself again. Thank you for your wonderful art and videos.
Instantly bought the full set as well as the skin tone sets 😍👌 Thank you for this amazing presentation.
I'm looking forward to try these markers as a base for my colored pencils. 😍😍😍
I've never seen your videos before, or used alcohol markers, but this was seriously impressive 👌
I'm so proud of you! You drew poc without over doing the lips or noses. You did an excellent job. This is my first time watching you and I am blown away by your skill and respect. Keep doing what you doing young man. New subbie here!
This was SO good to watch. And you've reminded me I need to do more studies.
These are all marvelous
Oh wow, the details and dedication!!! It shows!!! Amazing ❤
The skin for the 2nd model you colored turned out gorgeous !
You're making me want to invest in a ton more markers haha. This looks sick! It's similar to your watercolour work but has a really cool sketchy feel to them. I'd love to see a whole sketchbook of this style
Please post more videos about tips, tutorial, and time lapse of you drawing I really like you style💕
AAAh I am so happy you are making videos again, I love your energy and really enjoy the way you're painting
That drawing is just amazing! To think that you are just trying the markers here is also amazing! I def. joined you~!
Your experimentation has left me stunned! Great work!