Color a Cactus Flower with Copic Markers & Prismacolor Premier Pencils
Color Palette: Fire Red to Yellow
Sketch Garden’s illustrator Amy Shulke colors our Cactus Flower line art using Copic Markers and Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils. This fiery red and yellow color palette makes a bold statement. Try Amy’s recommended pencils or match our color swatches to your supplies for your own desert blossoms.
Sketch Garden Inspiration: Cactus Flower, colored by staff artist Amy Shulke. Color this flowering cactus with a fire color palette with Copic Markers and Prismacolor Colored pencils. This realistic digital stamp line art is ideal for use with alcohol marker, colored pencil, pastel, watercolor, or mixed media. Botanical illustration by Amy Shulke of Sketch-Garden.com & VanillaArts.com
STAMP: Cactus Flower “Clean Version” by Sketch Garden
ARTIST: Amy Shulke, illustrator here at Sketch Garden
Find more of Amy’s work at: VanillaArts.com, MarkerNovice.com, and Vanilla-Workshops.com
PAPER: Cryogen Curious Metallic White
PRINT SIZE: 7” tall
PRINTED WITH: HP Color LaserJet Pro
STAMP LINES: 10% opacity for disappearing gray line
UNDERPAINT: Copic Marker base of R14, R12, Y11, YG67, YG63
PRIMARY MEDIUM: Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils
PENCILS USED: Flower— White PC938, Crimson Red PC924, Carmine PC926, Yellow Ochre PC942, Greyed Lavender PC1026, Lilac PC956. Cactus— Prussian Green PC109, Indigo Blue PC901, Cream PC914, Canary Yellow PC916. Pens— Posca White Extra Fine and Staedtler Triplus in Bordeaux Red and Dark Brown.
Coloring Workshops by Vanilla Arts
Amy offers a range of artistic and realistic coloring classes at our sister site. Here are a few related classes which can help you color Cactus Flower:
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Cactus Flower, colored by staff artist Amy Shulke. Color this flowering cactus with a fire color palette with Copic Markers and Prismacolor Colored pencils. This realistic digital stamp line art is ideal for use with alcohol marker, colored pencil, pastel, watercolor, or mixed media. Botanical illustration by Amy Shulke of Sketch-Garden.com & VanillaArts.com
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