I’ve been told that Ink Doilies is “different” than all of my other books, and of course it is in some ways. This was the very first of my books and my drawing is always changing. If you compare one of my books with the very next one that I published, differences will be smaller. Compare the most recent to the oldest and the differences will be bigger.
Things that tend to change over time include some of the line work touches, shape sizes, the balance between smaller shapes and larger ones, whether shapes layer, evolve, twist or knot, how much the black and white lines steer the colorist’s path or not. All kinds of stuff.
Ink Doilies tends to have a lot of different ways to wander along the various coloring paths, and I find that it doesn’t guide me toward the next logical step as strongly as the shapes in a book like Peppy might. That’s good for days when I want a very free feeling coloring experience, and less good for days when I want more of a sense of comfortable support. And there is something about the drawings in this book that have such a lovely innocent vibe – or maybe that’s just a reflection of a time when the whole coloring book category was more of a place for artists than a place for fly by night internet marketer get rich quickers publishing books full of the same stock drawings over and over and over. And that last sentence is probably a good example of why I just love Ink Doilies so much!
Today’s coloring progress slideshow:
Today’s book: Ink Doilies (Angie’s Patterns – Volume 1)
Colored with: Copic Sketch Markers.