To the coast or the mountains?

Dream destinations in a postcard format

When it comes to planning a holiday, the key question is often whether to head for the mountains or go to the coast – potentially resulting in long, drawn-out discussions. Sound familiar? A simpler alternative is to put your own favourite scenes on paper using acrylic markers. It’s much less hassle and will even work well for postcard-sized pictures. With up to 26 different colours in the range, the only tough choice you'll have to make is which vibrant shades to pick! Our acrylic markers are incredibly easy to use and produce fantastic results. In this idea, we show you - step by step - how to paint postcard-sized images of the sea and mountains.

Category: How to paint with acrylics
Products: Acrylic range
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

First, download your chosen motif from our website. Our acrylic markers are available in an array of vibrant colours, so feel free to pick your favourites. In our example, we used the edding 5000 broad acrylic marker in black and the edding 5100 medium acrylic marker in gold, neon pink and opulent turquoise. Before use, activate all the markers by following the instructions shown on the actual pen.

Step 2

To copy the motif, place the template on the postcard-sized acrylic drawing paper and trace over the outlines with a sharp pencil so that the image is pressed through to the page underneath. Go over the outlines in pencil afterwards to make them clearer. To draw the sun, use the medium acrylic marker in gold.

Step 3

Next, colour in the mountains using opulent turquoise and neon pink. Finally, use black for the lower section of the image. The acrylic marker features a broad chisel nib, making it ideal if you’re colouring in larger areas.

Step 4

For the postcard with the seaside motif, we used the following products: edding 5300 fine acrylic markers in silver and white, the edding 5100 medium acrylic marker in opulent turquoise and the edding 5000 broad acrylic marker in neon orange. Simply pick your favourite colours.

Step 5

Use the broad edding 5000 acrylic marker in neon orange to colour in the beach.

Step 6

Once all the painted areas are dry, add a few waves using the fine edding 5300 in white to finish off your picture. It’s not good if the paint is still wet as the colours will run.