G28 Ocean Green is a standard cool green Copic Marker reminiscent of Hooker’s Green watercolor. This all purpose marker color is useful for botanicals and landscapes, pine trees and Christmas greenery. G28 is available in Copic Sketch, Ciao, and Classic marker styles.
Every Copic Marker has unique characteristics based on its unique ink formula.
Knowing how a color behaves will help you blend effectively and make art with confidence.
G28 Ocean Green
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and it’s ink characteristics.
Temperature: A cool deep green.
Resemblance: A soft version of Hooker’s Green watercolor.
Actual Value: N7
All Copics are measured on a Neutral Gray value scale. The last number on the cap is supposed to indicate value but we’ve found discrepancies where the actual ink value is different than cap designation.
Cap Accuracy: No. The plastic end of a Sketch Marker is just slightly darker and more vibrant than the actual ink color. The cap is actually accurate for 5 coats of this ink.
Buildup: G28 is heavily pigmented and overwhelms the paper easily.
Shattering: Breaks apart into 2 different greens with an olive color spreading across the paper beyond the stain.
Chromatography testing shows this ink’s behavior when it comes in contact with #0 Colorless Blender (solvent). High shattering colors may leak unexpected color when you make corrections or attempt to blend with any color that has a high solvent to colorant ratio. Shattering is not bad, it’s just something to be aware of.
Staining: Highly staining. I personally stopped teaching with this color because it barely blends and I refer to it as Satan’s Spit.
Lift: Does not lift, does not budge, almost laughs at you.
See staining swatch. Sample was given 6 stripes of #0 Colorless Blender, drying between each stripe. Results indicate how much lifting you can expect.
Lightfast: Fairly stable. No detectible fading during the test period.
Samples were swatched on X-Press It Blending Card. 1 layer of ink was exposed to windowsill sunlight for 21 days. Approximately 10 hours of sun per day based on weather conditions. Note: we do not recommend displaying original Copic art under these conditions.
Natural Ink Family: G28 should be a slightly diluted version of G29 but we strongly suspect G28 is a one-off formula which has been inserted into a close color family. To put it simply, G28 looks like G29 and G24 but they have totally different behavior traits. G28 is a cuckoo bird imposter. We recommend using G29 instead.
(Supposed) Family Members: G29, G28, G24, G21, G20
We include this information because many Copic users never think deeper than the letter groupings (R, BV, G, etc.). Every ink has its own temperature variations and underlying flavors. Understanding what an ink looks like in its different dilutions helps when creating your own blending combinations.
Complement: Hot Pink.
Underpaint: We suggest V06
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: An all purpose suggestion is Prismacolor 901 Indigo Blue but 931 Dark Purple is also lovely.
VanillaArts.com (our sister site) teaches a Push & Pull technique for dimensional coloring. This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Vanilla Arts Classes using G28:
Oopsie Daisy: Start your marker painting journey with Oopsie Daisy and follow Amy as she covers the flick technique and how to use it with both marker and colored pencil to develop depth in floral images. Find more info here.
We continue to create new content and classes and we will update here as more become available.
Visit the workshop resource page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Copic classes.
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using G28:
We continue to create new content and stamps and we will update here as more become available.
Visit the stamp shop page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Vanilla Arts stamps.
Color palettes and swatches using G28:
We are building our palette and swatch collection a little more each week and will update here as more become available.
Visit the color resource page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Copic palettes and swatches.
Looking for beautiful color palettes?
We absolutely love The Color Catalog 1 & 2 from Sarah Renae Clark. It puts hundreds of Copic friendly color palettes at your fingertips.
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