Yeah, something that I learned recently is that certain specific hues of red and blue are "invisible" to scanners and copiers. Col-Erase pencils (red and blue) are made specifically in these hues. That's why we pencil artists use them for layout and planning sketches and then progress into graphite after.
I chose the wrong hues of blue and red for the base-colors and they "just happened" to match the above-mentioned gaps. This is why the base-colors look so white. The actual rendition looks a lot better, it just didn't pickup on the scan (a hard-lesson learned).
I recently invested in in several sets of Brush Markers and I am learning to use them. I looked into Copics, which seems to be "all-the-rage" these days, but I chose NOT to invest that kind of money until I become more-proficient with markers. What I did invest in are listed below: Faber-Castell Artist Pens - India Ink (big brush tip)
Full range of greys (warm-and-cool)
Sepia Tone colors
Classic colors
Skin Tone colors
Landscape colors
Pastel colors
TOMBOW Dual Bush Water-based and Blendable (with blending pen)
Standard colors
Landscape colors
STAEDLER Tripus color Fiber tip pens (20 colors, all dry safe---- I made the mistake of leaving the caps off a few markers before and learned a hard lesson) Prismacolor (the coupe de gras) dual tip Fine Art marker (primary and secondary colors) Prismacolor (premier) .005mm fineline markers Prismacolor (premier) assorted-tip markers (I love these because of the various tips) Staedler Pigment Liners (every size they had) Prang Metallic Brush Pens (kinda cheesy so far, but a friend said they were great for cars and such).
I also got myself some Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils (these are superb for doing washes)
Well, that's all for now. I have to go and check myself into the hospital... still "fighting the fight" as JEM said!
"Everyone has to get knocked-down every once-in-a-while, otherwise you'll never learn how to get-back-up!
" A quote attributed to my Grandpa Wagers