My sister gifted me with this awesome set of alcohol markers. I’ve been experimenting with them straight onto canvas. They’re so cool and blend so well.

They have like a watercolour/silkscreen effect. Below is my first attempt, I started off outlining in black then colouring in but that made the colours blend with the black (you can tell I’m a novice, right?) and produced a muddy effect. So, I then did the background colour first and went on to outline the proteas and foliage in black.

This is just a doodle and will probably be the background of a painting but if you’re thinking of giving these a try, I highly recommend it.

I have sealed this with a water-based varnish. I assume using any oil-based product with these would make them run but water-based products seem to be fine.

Update: I painted a sunbird over the above background in acrylics. Let me know what you think jn the comments below 😁 Here’s the finished artwork:

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