On a recent long flight (13 hours), I was bored out of my mind. I took the time to review all of my coloring photos on my phone from the beginning of time (2 years of work), Have you tried looking critically at your own work after a cooling period? It’s actually very interesting. I…
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Help me choose!
What color(s) should I use? Have you come to a cross-road as you are happily coloring a page, then all of a sudden, you paused and became very unsure of the next step? I definitely have. This happened to me a lot especially when I am quite far along and love what I did. The…
The Background Dilemma
I think the dilemma that all colorists have regardless of their experience is the background. When I was a beginner, I admired in awe how people can do a solid black background without streaks. I searched for the ideal media to do a solid color background. As my experience grows, so is my desire to…
Coloring Magical Sunset Sky and other techniques with Caran D’Ache Neocolor II
I have been a bit obsessed with coloring sky background lately. After a nice blue sky with fluffy white clouds from my last blog feature, I wanted to try a magical sunset sky with bright red, orange, purple and dark blue. I searched through my coloring book collection to find the perfect page for this…
These Rocks look so real!
When I posted my coloring of this rock background from the book Daydreams by Hanna Karlzon on social media, the comments I got the most was “these rocks look so real”! Everyone wants to know how it was done. I will share with you the technique I used. I hope to see how you apply…
Glamorous Poppies using Stabilo 68 pens
“Lest we forget” – We celebrate Remembrance Day on November 11 here in Canada and poppies were adopted as a symbol of Remembrance after the First World War. With the turmoil going on around the world, it is even more important for us to remember those who sacrifice their lives for our freedom. Hence the…
Coloring for the soul
I received a very special coloring book as a gift called “Soul Coats Restoration” by Rohadi. Each coloring page is based on scenes and verses from the Bible. As Rohadi said “With every stroke of the pencil and every ink of the pen, no matter how whimsical or seemingly insignificant, you are unlocking beauty and…
Coloring with Sakura Koi Brush Pens
It’s been snowing the entire Easter weekend, perfect coloring weather. Good time to try out the set of Sakura Koi watercolor brush pens that has been patiently waiting for me. I landed on this lovely page in Johanna Basford’s Secret Garden coloring book as I seriously needed some Spring inspirations. The Sakura Koi pens are…
Coloring fur step by step
The flowery hare featured here is my first completed work of Hanna Karlzon’s coloring book Daydreams. I am especially happy with how I colored the fur of the hare and would like to share my technique with you. I decided that this hare is going to be a greyish-brown color with some orange color accents. In…
Creating bokeh effect using colored pencils
Bokeh is a special effect in photography. It is an out of focus blur. For the March coloring card that I designed for the Creative Scrapbooker magazine, I created this bokeh effect using colored pencils in the background and I would like to show you how I did it. Bokeh as background I remembered being fascinated when I…