In contrary to popular belief, rendering with felt, fiber, or plastic tips marker pens are now commonly done by fine artists in addition to graphic designers. They are an extremely versatile medium, great for rendering loose sketches and for detailed mechanical drawings. The greatest advantage of colored markers being the fact that they are consistent and work well for sketching outdoors due to their speedy drying process!

Most commonly used by fashion designing, interior designing and architectural students, successful marker rendering consists of the following components: the use of broad, confident marker strokes; the retention of white space; the creative contrast of colours and tones; and in the final stage, the achievement of sharpness and detail through fine-tip markers.

Marker rendering encourages confidence and an eye for detail, the very traits you are trying to build up in your students!

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