Fantasy Glow Effects Masterclass
Every course focuses on one technique and takes you from first stroke to finished piece.
Glowing fireflies, luminous potions, flickering lanterns, radiant fairies. These fantasy glow effects look like magic on paper, and Lisa shows you exactly how to create them with colored pencils. You will master white primer techniques, dark background layering, and the color tricks that make light appear to radiate from within your drawings.
Four complete projects take you from bioluminescent creatures through glowing potions and candlelit lanterns to a fully rendered glowing fairy. Each builds on the last, adding new techniques for controlling light, contrast, and atmosphere.
After this course, you will...
- Create realistic bioluminescent glow effects with colored pencils
- Build rich dark backgrounds that make light pop
- Render glowing potions with smoke, text, and magical highlights
- Draw candlelight and lantern glow on warm and cool-toned paper
- Produce a complete glowing fairy illustration from sketch to finish
- Follow along on a 2-hour project of coloring a glowing poisoned apple
What's inside
- Magic Tricks
- Fireflies: Starting With White
- Fireflies: Layering Blues
- Fireflies: The Color Wheel Trick
- Fireflies: Adding Black And Yellow
- Fireflies: White Highlights
- Mushrooms: White Primer
- Mushrooms: Adding Green
- Mushrooms: Dark Background
- Mushrooms: Magic Green Glow
- Mushrooms: White Outlines
- Mushrooms: Extra Effects
- Jellyfish: What To Prime
- Jellyfish: Dark Background
- Jellyfish: Layering And Work
- Jellyfish: The White Pencil Effect
- Jellyfish: Adding Black
- Jellyfish: Magical Mystery Dots
- Bioluminescence Homework
- Green Potion: Free Hand Effects
- Green Potion: Dark Background
- Green Potion: Smoke
- Green Potion: White Primer
- Green Potion: The Green Experiment
- Green Potion: Adding Teal
- Green Potion: Non-Glowing Items
- Green Potion: White Highlights
- Blue Potion: Starting Strong
- Blue Potion: A New Color Twist
- Blue Potion: White Charcoal
- Blue Potion: Adding Blues
- Blue Potion: Consider The Mood
- Blue Potion: Lilac Shadows
- Blue Potion: Magical Mystery Dots
- Magenta Potion: Evil Glow
- Magenta Potion: Purple Magic
- Magenta Potion: Lots of White
- Magenta Potion: An Odd Choice
- Magenta Potion: Hooker's Green
- Magenta Potion: High Contrast
- Potions Homework
- Candles: Warm Toned Paper
- Candles: Background Colors
- Candles: Flame Stick
- Candles: No Flame Outlines
- Candles: Cool Tones
- Candles: Pink ▶ Preview
- Candles: The Glow Within
- Candles: Flame Centers
- Paper Lanterns: Soft Light
- Paper Lanterns: Pink Paper
- Paper Lanterns: Pastel Combo
- Paper Lanterns: Brighter Colors
- Paper Lanterns: The Main Lantern Primer
- Paper Lanterns: The Overpainted Effect
- Jack-O-Lantern: Starting Dark
- Jack-O-Lantern: A New Type Of Primer
- Jack-O-Lantern: Pumpkin Color
- Jack-O-Lantern: Glow From Within
- Jack-O-Lantern: Fire Light
- Jack-O-Lantern: Advanced Maneuvers
- Lanterns Homework
- Sketch Fairy: Paper And Primer
- Sketch Fairy: First Model
- Sketch Fairy: Blender
- Sketch Fairy: First Shadows
- Sketch Fairy: Black
- Sketch Fairy: Contrast And Overviews
- Glowing Fairy: White Primer
- Glowing Fairy: First Steps
- Glowing Fairy: Center Focus
- Glowing Fairy: Black, Pink, and Green
- Glowing Fairy: Going Darker
- Glowing Fairy: Pale Pencils
- Glowing Fairy: Finishing
- Fairies Homework
- White Primer
- Teal Base
- Green Glow
- Spooky Contrast
- Color Personality
- Keeping It Balanced
- Poison
- Sweet And Delicious
- 3D Effects
- Going Dark
- Managing Details
- Blending And Saturation
- Shadows And Texture
- Acrylic Marker Painting
- Alcohol Marker Painting
- Negative Space
- Framing Options
This course is included with an Artisan Membership
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