Alcohol marker blending worksheets with swatch chart and shading drills

Alcohol marker practice sheets that teach even fills, gentle blends and convincing shading, one skill at a time. The 26 undated pages come in US Letter and A4 as an instant PDF download and suit any brand or set of markers.

Inside are stroke drills, a swatch chart with room for 120 markers, 20 blending ladders, gradient strips, shading forms, textures for metal, glass and fabric, and five guided studies. Nothing is shipped.

How these alcohol marker sheets improve your blending

When you swatch every marker you own on pages 6 and 7, you finally see which colors truly belong side by side, and filling the 20 blending ladders becomes simple. Stroke drills build flicks, circular fills and coverage without streaks before you start a real drawing, while the gradient strips teach you to keep the edge wet.

Each guided study takes a single subject, like a red apple or a rose, through four pictured steps. Your favorite blends get saved in the combos log so you never lose them. Since no page is dated, you can print the drills again whenever you want more practice.

Who these blending worksheets are for

• Adults with a brand new marker set who want to learn blending the right way
• Hobby artists and card makers after smoother gradients and crisper edges
• Illustrators wanting practice with skin tones, grays, metal, glass and fabric
• Anyone whose marker collection keeps growing and needs one clear swatch chart

Design and print details

• Clean, elegant layout on white pages with gentle blush pink accents that save ink
• Generous margins on all pages, so a home printer will not trim anything
• Portrait pages in two sizes: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• No dates anywhere, so each drill and study can be repeated as many times as you wish
• Pale gray guide lines and dashed outlines made for technique work; these are not coloring pages
• Brand free: you fill in your own marker codes or color names, so any set works
• Fits a binder or clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the alcohol marker sheets: 26 pages

1. 1Cover page listing the contents
2. 2Getting started, with a plan in 6 steps, a checklist of supplies, paper suggestions, a checklist for ventilation and safety, and a box to write your goals
3. 3Marker basics: what the four nib types (chisel, bullet, brush, fine) are best at, how color families and value numbers tend to work, a 9 step value sample with a row for your turn, and a test for ink bleed and paper
4. 4Stroke control 1: 12 squares for flicking, 12 circles for circular fills, 8 boxes for streak-free fills and 4 strips for flicking two colors into each other
5. 5Stroke control 2: 12 shapes to fill right up to the line, a chart layering three colors from 1 to 5 layers, chisel lines drawn between target dots and arches with the brush nib
6. 6 and 7A swatch chart for 120 markers numbered 001 to 120, each spot split into one layer and two layers with a line for the code or color name
7. 8 and 9Twenty blending ladders using three markers, each with code lines for light, mid and dark, five squares (L, L+M, M, M+D, D) and a strip for a smooth blend
8. 10Gradient strips from light to dark: 4 stepped strips of 6 values and 4 smooth strips, all with code lines for light, mid and dark
9. 11Effects with a colorless blender: fading to white, lifting a highlight, speckled texture, a glow with blender first, softening a hard edge and lifting out a sun or moon, each with a sample and a square for your turn
10. 12Shading spheres, with a labeled diagram of highlight, light, midtone, core shadow, reflected light and cast shadow, a sphere in four steps and six frames to practice in
11. 13Cubes and cylinders, with samples in three values, six practice frames showing dashed guides and a light source, rules for values and a box for the markers you used
12. 14Blending skin tones: seven sample tones ranging from fair to rich deep plus one of your own, each with squares for base, mid, shadow, blush and blended, along with two egg shapes to shade and five blending steps
13. 15Grays and shadows: value scales in cool gray, warm gray and neutral gray with 10 squares each, three frames for cast shadows and notes about cool, warm and colored shadows
14. 16Chrome and shiny metal: a chrome cylinder in four steps, frames with guides for practice and six key rules
15. 17Clear glass: a glass tumbler in four steps, frames with guides for practice and six key rules
16. 18Fabric folds: a hanging cloth in four steps, frames with guides for practice and six key rules
17. 19Guided study, a red apple shown in four pictured steps, with a dashed guide to practice on, sample colors and notes
18. 20Guided study, a faceted gemstone shown in four pictured steps, with a dashed guide to practice on, sample colors and notes
19. 21Guided study, a rose seen from above shown in four pictured steps, with a dashed guide to practice on, sample colors and notes
20. 22Guided study, a coffee cup shown in four pictured steps, with a dashed guide to practice on, sample colors and notes
21. 23Guided study, a soft cloud shown in four pictured steps, with a dashed guide to practice on, sample colors and notes
22. 24A log of favorite combos with 15 rows for the name, light, mid, dark, a blended swatch and what the combo suits best
23. 25A practice log of 16 rows to note the date, page or drill, markers, minutes, what worked and what to try next
24. 26An open practice page with 24 squares for swatches, blends and warm ups

Files included in your download

• Alcohol Marker Blending Practice Sheets, US Letter PDF (26 pages)
• Alcohol Marker Blending Practice Sheets, A4 PDF (26 pages)
• Read Me First, a brief printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

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• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know before you start

• This is a PDF designed to be printed. The pages are technique worksheets, not a hyperlinked digital file and not a coloring book.
• You receive digital files only. Nothing physical is mailed to you.
• On paper, colors may look a little different from your screen.
• Made for personal use. Please do not share, resell or redistribute the files.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If something will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.
• Markers, a blender and paper are not part of the purchase.
• These markers have a strong smell. Use them in a room with good airflow, put the caps back on when you pause and keep them away from heat and open flames.
• Sample colors are just a guide. Each brand and each paper behaves a little differently, so rely on your own swatches.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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