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Marker Techniques

The Marker Techniques work books created by Lee Woolery and released in the late 80's, still contain essential information on this resurgent art form. I present…
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The first Workbook starts off slowly, taking you through basic techniques, laying in flat colour, blending, streaking and glazing. Took me a while to feel confident, especially with flat colour. My first attempts were quite patchy until I realised that the colour needed to be built up and worked quite strongly.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 1: Basic Skills - Project 1. Time to pull together all the techniques learned in Workbook 1 with a real project, rendering this workman’s helmet. I used only the Cool Gray Copic markers, laying in a 10% Gray as a base and then layering up and blending in darker tones for the shadows. The final highlights were created using a fine sable brush and Dr Martins bleedproof white.

Workbook 1

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Marker Techniques, Workbook 2: Rendering Reflective Surfaces - Project 1. Kicked off the second workbook by rendering a plastic bin with flat colour surfaces and minimal highlights. I ran out of ink pretty fast with such large areas of colour. Buy your Copic ink before starting so as not to interrupt the process. I used a tea light candle holder from Ikea for the refills, squirting a little in the bottom of the glass, then letting the marker absorb the ink slowly through the nib.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 2: Rendering Reflective Surfaces - Project 3. Rendering the glass surface using Copic markers was the hardest of these projects. Getting the right balance of the light textures and hard lines of the reflections was difficult. It was also my first introduction to painting strong highlights with an opaque white. In hindsight I should have replaced the dried ink and damaged brush. It would have made for a more pleasant painting experience and built some confidence.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 2: Rendering Reflective Surfaces - Project 2. Metallic surfaces were up next, learning how to blend the base greys and stroking in the reflections. This cylinder wasn’t too challenging as a starter project. It gave me a good understanding of how to simulate reflections with the classic desert chrome look. Workbook 5 has a motorcycle and semi to render, plenty of practice with reflective surfaces coming up!

Workbook 2

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Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 1. Workbook 3 in Lee Woolery’s series looks at using markers to render textured surfaces such as fabric, wood or foliage. The first project, rendering an office chair, built on the previous reflective surfaces workbooks to create the metal and plastic effects, with the addition of fabric, which is achieved through the use of stroking. I found this exercise a satisfying introduction to this next level of skill.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 2. Really enjoyed working up the wooden texture in the background for this still life render. It looks quite flat for most of the process until the white pencil highlights are added, and the image starts to pop! Especially the joins between the timber pieces. I also tried some alternative paper stock specifically tailored for Copic markers, although I was not used to how much harder you have to work in the colour.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 3. The final project gives you a taste of architectural rendering, a subject that is explored more fully later on in the series. For each project I practice the image six times, giving me an opportunity to study the written instructions and the finished examples in detail. The grass and tree in the foreground took some time to master, as did the clouds, remembering to define them with only light strokes of the blue.

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Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 1. Workbook 3 in Lee Woolery’s series looks at using markers to render textured surfaces such as fabric, wood or foliage. The first project, rendering an office chair, built on the previous reflective surfaces workbooks to create the metal and plastic effects, with the addition of fabric, which is achieved through the use of stroking. I found this exercise a satisfying introduction to this next level of skill. Chair Drawing, Reflective Surfaces, Rendering, Introduction, Office Chair, Foliage
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Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 1. Workbook 3 in Lee Woolery’s series looks at using markers to render textured surfaces such as fabric, wood or foliage. The first project, rendering an office chair, built on the previous reflective surfaces workbooks to create the metal and plastic effects, with the addition of fabric, which is achieved through the use of stroking. I found this exercise a satisfying introduction to this next level of skill.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 2. Really enjoyed working up the wooden texture in the background for this still life render. It looks quite flat for most of the process until the white pencil highlights are added, and the image starts to pop! Especially the joins between the timber pieces. I also tried some alternative paper stock specifically tailored for Copic markers, although I was not used to how much harder you have to work in the colour. Wooden Texture, White Pencil, Paper Stock, Timber
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Marker Techniques, Workbook 3: Rendering Textured Surfaces - Project 2. Really enjoyed working up the wooden texture in the background for this still life render. It looks quite flat for most of the process until the white pencil highlights are added, and the image starts to pop! Especially the joins between the timber pieces. I also tried some alternative paper stock specifically tailored for Copic markers, although I was not used to how much harder you have to work in the colour.
Marker Techniques, Workbook 2: Rendering Reflective Surfaces - Project 1. Kicked off the second workbook by rendering a plastic bin with flat colour surfaces and minimal highlights. I ran out of ink pretty fast with such large areas of colour. Buy your Copic ink before starting so as not to interrupt the process. I used a tea light candle holder from Ikea for the refills, squirting a little in the bottom of the glass, then letting the marker absorb the ink slowly through the nib. Geometric Drawing, Plastic Bins, Tealight Candle Holders, Two By Two
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Marker Techniques, Workbook 2: Rendering Reflective Surfaces - Project 1. Kicked off the second workbook by rendering a plastic bin with flat colour surfaces and minimal highlights. I ran out of ink pretty fast with such large areas of colour. Buy your Copic ink before starting so as not to interrupt the process. I used a tea light candle holder from Ikea for the refills, squirting a little in the bottom of the glass, then letting the marker absorb the ink slowly through the nib.