How to Color Burlap Texture with Alcohol Markers: Easy Adult Coloring Tutorial

Pillie and Pop
Apr 29
2 min read

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Coloring Burlap Texture with Alcohol Markers

Coloring page of an ocean view through a window with burlap curtains and blue sky. Framed by pink border with heart design. Shows the finished burlap curtains from the tutorial.

Learn how to color burlap texture with alcohol markers in this easy adult coloring tutorial! You can download the free printable or use your favorite coloring page to color along! We hope you enjoy this coloring tutorial as much as we loved making it for you!

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How to Color Burlap with Alcohol Markers

Supplies:

3 shades of brown alcohol marker
1 brown acrylic marker
1 white acrylic marker

Burlap Texture

Step 1:

Using your lightest shade, add medium-sized horizontal lines with a quick flicking motion.
Don’t worry about making them perfect — messy lines are perfect for burlap!

Step 2:

Using your second lightest shade, repeat the same flicking motion, this time adding vertical lines (going the opposite direction).

Step 3:

Take your darkest shade and add more lines in the same direction as Step 1 (horizontal), placing them between the lighter lines.
Some overlap is fine—messiness helps create a realistic burlap look—you just don’t want to completely cover the first color

Step 4:

Continue layering lines, alternating directions and colors, until each color has been used in both directions (horizontal and vertical).

Step 5:

Shows last alcohol marker step of the adult coloring tutorial. Shows adding more brown to the burlap curtains using an Ohuhu alcohol marker to create the burlap texture.

If you notice empty areas, fill them in with your lightest shade using the same flicking motion.
If you have a lot of empty space, you can repeat the layering process once more for a fuller texture.

Fringe

Step 1:

Go over the curtain edge lines with your white acrylic marker.
It’s okay if the lines still show through slightly — this is just the first layer.

Step 2:

Using your brown acrylic marker, add small dots along the edge.
Let them overlap slightly to create a bumpy, uneven fringe. (You can use short lines instead if you prefer.)

Step 3:

Repeat with the white acrylic marker, adding more spread-out dots without fully covering the brown acrylic.

Step 4:

Last step in the adult coloring tutorial for coloring burlap. Shows adding brown acrylic marker to the curtain edge.

Add more brown dots, covering most of the white but leaving some visible.

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