How to Draw With Colored Pencils & Markers TOGETHER (EASY!)

Markers vs pencils… Let’s use them both! We’re drawing with colored pencils and markers TOGETHER to create realistic textures and amazing art in today’s coloring video.

This coloring technique is perfect for beginners and experienced artists, so please give it a try and tell me how you go in the comments below!

Resource list and final color swatches are in the blog post:

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[SarahRenaeClark]

Plot twist: Shane actually did bake me a cake today. It was delicious!! He is the best! ❤️🥰

[karenspeirs]

Fantastic video as usual, I do use this technique of combining markers and pencils together quite a lot when coloring in my adult coloring books, your quite right it saves so much time and doesn’t wear your pencils down so fast .Love your channel, you have such a wonderful personality, it really shines through, you always put a smile on my face . If I could I’d make you a cake you definitely deserve one 😃🧁

[sapodilla]

Marvellous how you know exactly where the shadows and highlights go. That's what I really struggle with.

[alishasart]

I have recently just got back into sketching and colouring its very therapeutic. I received my new prismascolour pencils and purchased ohuhu markers last week. This is so so helpful thankyou from a grateful mumma getting some me time 💜🙌

[ThurmanArt]

I have yet to combine markers and pencils, the combination of the two together looks so good. Funny ending, your drawings and video presentation is top notch 😍😍😍

[rainbowcactus]

Yesterday I found this tutorial, sketched a doughnut and within like 45 minutes my colouring had improved 10 fold, thank you so much!
Normally I just learn towards markers only for illustration, but I'm going to incorporate this.

[terrisimmers]

I love that coloring page. It can be done in so many ways. Love your videos Sarah.

[jellymoonart]

Thank you so much for this video!!!! ... I never combined markers and colour pencils together..so I am really excited to try it out 💜 thanks again for this colouring trick!

[AmritaSingh-islh]

I am 11 I make illustration with colour pencils + watercolors Sarah your tutorial and your motivation always support me and tell me to be like you one day may your smile always be the same love you😘

[nguyenhoangha]

Very clear explanation, you are amazing

[aleahlrb]

I have a similar style when using colored pencils, except I use them with my watercolors (which are my main and first medium). Pencils are great for details and adding some slight shift in color in some parts of the illustration.

I only have a set of skin tone and gray markers, but maybe I'll try using them with my pencils too!

[diartsyone]

Wait this is actually very useful for architectural renders : 0

[emilyboggs]

You have ignited my love for markers and pencils! Love your process as well. Im totally trying this!

[chloeadams]

I’m 10 and this is so helpful thank you Sarah

[MariJadeWrites]

Thanks for the tips! ☺️ I have been doing a lot of digital art lately but I want to color something (probably my coloring book when it arrives) in with pencils soon too ☺️

[bullseyeb]

This video came at the perfect time. Was planning to try this combo out. Trying to make a cute welcome home bunny for my Daughter who was born yesterday. I made a Lion for my son when he was born. I only had colored pencils back then. Thanks for the great videos.

[marydelprincipe]

Yet another awesome video! I have wondered in the past why I didn’t inherit the artistic creativity that my mothers side of the family had (I got the English professor genes 🤓) With every one of Sarah’s videos I learn something that really encourages me and I find myself really enjoying just the whole act of coloring…. in some ways more even than I used to when I was into coloring, when my children were very little
Coloring, drawing and painting were tools I used daily and with much (fun) success when all my kids were little. Everyone totally enjoyed creating with them.
I am positive that it made my (clinical) depression more manageable. I find that coloring and “aromatherapy” which to me means going through my ton of scented lotions and picking them up at random and smelling them. LOL umm…candles. There’s a brand I really like but they are just not price friendly for me

[michaelclark]

Thanks for this video!! I’ve combined colored pencils and markers before but watching this video made me realize I should do it more often!! I actually just finished a coloring page yesterday that had this massive moon in the background and I didn’t like it very much and I didn’t want it to be the focus of the page but it took longer to color than the entire rest of the page combined, which was frustrating for me and I ended up hating that stupid moon by the time I was done! Now I see I could have saved SO much time by coloring it with a marker first and then just adding a few shadows and highlights at the end with my pencils. Good to know for the future! Side note, my three year old found the coloring page on the table this morning, said “this is trash now” and crumpled it into a ball and threw it in the trash so… there’s that.

[knittingnighthiker]

Mind blown! I love this technique and I'm definitely going to try it with my alcohol ink markers I don't use right now. Thanks!

[Mataraii]

This is my favorite way of coloring. Thank you very much