How do you blend correctly?

How do you blend Prismacolor Markers?

• I have gotten my hands on some Prisma Markers and I don't know how to blend. Like, Let's say a character has a bluish glow in their eye. Instead the Blue easing into the black, it can only get it to where they met a large contrast. Its difficult to explain, but I have trouble with this. And yes, I do have I in-between colors. Is there any way to accomplish a smooth blend? I don't want it to be Cell Shad-ish. Does it require a colorless blender Marker?

• Answer:

  Use marker paper, as it is made for markers and will hold more moisture for blending with heavy markers like Prismacolor. Gather at least two Prismacolor markers, both a different intensity of the same color, such as a crimson red and terra cotta. Also do this for the other color that you wish to blend into the first, such as canary yellow and deco yellow. Apply a few strokes of the deepest intensity of the first color using the broad side of the marker, followed by a few strokes of the color's lighter intensity. Directly beside that, apply the lighter intensity of the second color, followed by its deeper intensity. The pattern should be several strokes of each shade, going dark-light, light-dark. For example, apply crimson red, terra cotta, deco yellow and canary yellow, in that order, making sure that the colors touch. Then apply a Prismacolor colorless blending marker. Swipe the blender in descending rows from left to right and then repeat from right to left. The marker will pick up some of the applied color, blending all of the shades together. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_10025745_blend-prismacolor-markers.html