Food Sketching with Markers: Draw a Sweet Candy Heart Lollipop

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With this class, I invite you to sketch and color a sweet heart-shaped lollipop using just 5 alcohol-based markers.

We’ll start with a few simple warm-up exercises to practice smooth washes, layering, and blending. Then we’ll move on to the main illustration — from a light pencil sketch to building color, adding texture, and finishing with details like highlights and shadows to make the candy look shiny and realistic.

You can follow the project exactly as I show it, or personalize it by playing with colors or experimenting with different shapes!

Once you've finished your artwork, I’d love for you to share it in the Projects & Resources section. Show us your delicious lollipop and let me know how it went! What was your favorite part? Did you learn something new?

Let’s fill the gallery with sweet and colorful creations!

Materials Needed:

• Alcohol-based markers – You only need 5 (I use copic markers RV11, R27, C1, C3, C5):

  1 light pink or light red

  1 bright red

  3 shades of gray (light, medium, and dark)

• Paper – I recommend smooth marker paper or bristol paper. I’ll be using a sketchbook made for markers. Avoid watercolor paper or any textured paper — it absorbs too much ink and can damage your marker tips over time.

• Pencil and eraser – Any regular pencil, plus a kneaded eraser (optional) for lightening the sketch before coloring.

• White pencil or white gel pen – For adding soft highlights and final details.

Optional but helpful:

• Scrap paper – For testing your markers or practicing strokes before the final piece.

Let’s draw some candy magic together!