In this video I will tell you all about the Promarker. Promarkers are alcoholmarkers. They don't work on waterbasis, but on alcoholbasis. I'll show you how to use them.
With the alcohol markers it's super important that you use the right paper. That, of course, is the case with the most materials. Winsor & Newton has a designed a special Bleed Proof paper. If you don't use marker paper, the markers will bleed through the paper really easily. That's something to keep in mind when you work in a sketchbook. The markers really go through the paper fast.
Promarkers
The Promarker has two different tips. One side has a small bullet tip, by of the angle of the small tip you can draw in various thicknesses. The other side of the marker has a chisel point. You might not use that one right away, but it's super handy. By changing up the angle of this tip you can make 3 line thicknesses.
Coloring smooth surfaces
With alcohol markers it's easy to create smooth surfaces, you have to work relatively fast though. The coloring of the surfaces is the best when you keep moving the maker.
How to blend with a Promarker?
The biggest question I had when it came to alcoholmarkers was: how can you blend them? With some tricks you know how to blend colors easily. I'll say right away. Don't try to color two totally different colors together. It won't be a really nice result.
With blending it's important to work fast. When the ink gets the time to dry, the colors won't blend together as beautiful.
- With blending start with the lightest color.
- Before the first layer has dried, go over it with a slightly darker color.
- The blending itself you do with the lightest color, go over it again.
- Repeat that until you're happy with the colors.
How to use the colourless blender?
With the colourless blender you also don't have to try to 'glue' two colors together. The blender will then bleach them instead of blending them together. It's good in blending two similar colors together.
- Draw a layer with the blender.
- Color with both colors.
- Go over it again with the blender.
Don't forget to clean the blender in between. You can do that by just drawing on top of a clean sheet of paper.
Create more depth by using more layers.
You can create more layers with the same color to create more depth. With some colors you can use a grey color. After that you can add another layer of the right colro.
Comparing Promarker with Copic marker
I get a lot of questions about the Promarker in comparison to the Topic markers. I haven't used Copic a lot, so I can't say a lot about that. I did watch a lot of tutorials and comparisons. The only disadvantage of the Promarker is that the tip isn't replaceable. I also saw often that the ink of the Promarker dries even more evenly and that the quality of the ink is judged better.
Do you still have any questions? Leave them in the comments!
Love,
Judith
