It's time for the #ColorsoftheMonth challenge, and as promised in my Karin Brushmarker Pro
unboxing video, I'll be doing this challenge in Karin markers for the foreseeable future.
Hello, and welcome back to Jenna Gets Creative! The #ColorsoftheMonth challenge put out by
Marker Universe, which evolved from the #CopicColors three marker challenge, is a monthly three
colour art challenge we're all invited to complete using markers, paints, pencils, digital
software, or whatever else we feel like using! This will be my first serious piece using
the Karin Brushmarker Pro watercolour markers, so please forgive the technique mistakes you're
about to see me making. I did two test pieces based on other simple demos I've seen before
in my unboxing review video, and I've used a couple Karin markers in combination with
several other brands of water soluble marker products in an old ScrawlrBox, but this is
my first serious attempt at creating a full original piece using these markers as my paints.
I'm still learning! I've chosen to do a toucan. I'm using coldpress
watercolour paper, pigment ink liner pens , and I'll be adding highlights at the end
with a white gel pen. With the exception of the Copic multiliner I used to do the initial
skinny guide lines, I tried to stick to only pens that Marker Universe sells, which is
why all the thicker line work and solid black areas are done with a Graph'It brush liner,
and the white gel pen selected is a Sakura Gelly Roll. Black and white, colour mixing,
and colour dilution are all always fair game in the #ColorsoftheMonth challenge, and we
aren't even required to use all three featured colours, we're just not supposed to add others.
Since I now have the full Karin Brushmarker Pro range (excluding the neon shades), obviously
I have all three colours, so we're doing all three.
I'm going to go talk about the colours selected and mention all the exact colours Marker Universe
recommends for the different brands they carry, and then I'll give my final thoughts on the
piece I created, but first I want to take a quick minute to mention something I'm really
excited about. If you've been talking to be on a personal basis in the last couple days,
or if you saw my social media posts from yesterday, then you'll already know I'm on the street
team for Jenna Moreci's newest novel, The Savior's Sister. For transparency, this is
not a paid promotion, I am a volunteer member of the street team, but I will be getting
the opportunity to read The Savior's Sister early and have the opportunity to win TSS
merch for my efforts. Being totally honest, I'd do it just for the opportunity to get
firsthand experience launching a self published book and helping one of my favourite creators.
I've been a huge fan of Jenna Moreci's channel here on YouTube and her books since the early
days when her debut novel Eve: The Awakening was fresh on the market. The Savior's Sister
is book 2 in the Savior Series, and gives a different view point on the events of book
1, The Savior's Champion. I'm re-listening to my audiobook copy of The Savior's Champion
right now to get a refresher on all the little details and get excited about the characters
again, because I plan to do lots of fan art as my contribution to the book's launch campaign.
If you're familiar with the story, or if I can inspired you to pick up The Savior's Champion
now, feel free to get your requests in now on which characters you'd like to see my draw
first. This series is dark fantasy and romance, and
absolutely not YA. The premise of The Savior's Champion is that there has been peace and
prosperity in the world ever since the first Savior, a woman born of magic who rules the
land and guarantees peace and prosperity with her magical nature. Every Savior eventually
gives birth to a single daughter, the next Savior, and the reign continues. When the
new Savior turns 20, a competition is held, The Sovereign's Tournament, to determine which
young man from the realm will wed the young Savior and take his place as the next Sovereign
to rule at her side. The catch is that the Sovereign's Tournament is a deadly month long
series of events that starts with 20 young men, and ends with just one left alive. Most
of these men enter for the glory of competing, or for the chance to become the next Sovereign.
Tobias, "The Artist" as he's known in the competition, entered to earn money for his
family. Book 1, The Savior's Champion, is his story; the story of the men in the tournament.
Book 2, The Savior's Sister, is the story of the Savior herself and the women behind
the scenes. I highly recommend reading The Savior's Champion
if this is your type of novel and you haven't already, and if you have or you plan to, I
also highly recommend reading The Savior's Sister when it's available. Release day is
September 29th, and Amazon pre-orders for the Kindle ebook are open now. I'll keep everyone
updated on order dates for other formats as those get announced.
If you prefer audiobooks, as I mentioned, I am currently listening to the Audiobook
version of The Savior's Champion right now. It's available on Audible through your Amazon
account. If you're not sure you want to commit to the whole book, Jenna Moreci does publish
sample chapters directly on her own website, so you can check that out as well.
So, yeah, super excited about that! I'll be doing lots of fan art in the coming weeks
and months as my part in promoting the book. Let me know which characters you want to see
me draw first! All right, back to the #ColorsoftheMonth.
This month's colours are an orange, a turquoise, and a light green. The Karin Brushmarker Pro
colour selection, which is what I'm using, are #195 Amber, #654 Turquoise, and #210 Apple.
Other brand official suggestions for the orange are: Krink Orange, Graph'It & Graph'O 2150
Mango, Chameleon OR3 Tangerine, Sakura Koi Orange, Winsor & Newton Watercolour Cadmium
Orange Hue, Winsor & Newton Promarker 195 Amber, Tombow Dual Brush Pen 933 Orange, and
Copic YR04 Chrome Orange. Other brand official suggestions for the turquoise
are: Krink Blue, Graph'It 7145 Lagoon, Graph'O 8180 Sequoia, Sakura Koi Viridian, Chameleon
BG4 Aqua Marine, Winsor & Newton Watercolour Turquoise, Winsor & Newton Promarker 654 Turquoise,
Tombow Dual Brush Pen 407 Tiki Teal, and Copic BG07 Petroleum Blue.
Finally, other brand official suggestions for the light green are: Krink Yellow Green,
Graph'It 8240 Wasabi, Graph'O 8260 Lime, Sakura Koi Ice Green, Chameleon YG3 Spring Meadow,
Winsor & Newton Watercolour Phthaleo Green (Yellow Shadow), Winsor & Newton Promarker
210 Apple, Tombow Dual Brush Pen 195 Light Green, and Copic YG06 Yellowish Green.
As always, Marker Universe has also provided hex codes for colour matching and digital
art use, and I'll have those listed in the description along with the other colours.
So what do I think of my piece and how it turned out? Overall I'm pretty happy with
it. I did keep on managing to reactivate dried colour I wasn't trying to reactivate, and
had to keep on making corrections. For the most part I'm okay with the changes I had
to make to correct that, and I actually really like how saturated the splash of colours in
the white on the toucan's breast ended up being, but I really wish the blue of the iris
hadn't bled out into the orange pad around the bird's eye. I was able to clean it up
and make it look intentional with black at the end, and fortunately the blue of the iris
did dry down lighter than it was originally looking, so the effect is as striking as I
intended. I just really wish I was able to leave more clean orange around the eye!
I've done both Toco Toucans and Atlantic Puffins before, but it wasn't until doing this piece
that I realized how visually similar they are if you ignore the actual shape of the
beaks. Anyone else notice that? Tell me what you think of the piece or the
markers in the comments down below, and let me know if you've ever tried the #ColorsoftheMonth
challenge. You should try it! I love the creative challenge of a limited colour palette.
If you're looking for more to watch, I've got some suggestions up on the left side of
the screen now, and if you're in the mood for something completely different, I've got
a bonus video featuring art of a more 3 dimensional flavour coming out tomorrow. I upload art
content twice a week at minimum, every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like living life
creatively, whatever that means to you, I'd love to have you along for the ride. Bye guys!