The Visually Confusing Halfway Point
The halfway coloring point in an intricate coloring picture tends to be the most difficult part of a picture for me. There is often such a mix of colored areas and remaining white spaces that [...]
Sky Colors – Day 2
Today I'm continuing coloring my sky colors inspired picture from Balance. The shades of blue look much more sky-like when I take the photos using natural daytime lighting, don't they? Everything was going so smoothly [...]
Coloring From Inspiration Photos
I like to look at sky and cloud colors and sometime take photos to use for color inspiration. Photos like this one: My camera has a setting that makes everything look a lot like a [...]
Sunny Sunflower
Sometimes a drawing has a mind of its own and tells you which colors to use. I started out by picking a marker shade I haven’t used recently. How about a nice dark grayish greenish [...]
A Musical Interlude
I am fascinated by pattern in all kinds of different forms. From coloring to crochet to music or whatever, I just like seeing what happens when simple repeating motifs interact and form something complex. When [...]
Simple, Basic Coloring
After a coloring derail, I want to let go of my coloring expectations and just color along to a pretty endpoint. It isn't about "trying to do better", it's about basic, simple, enjoyable coloring. Time [...]
Regrettable Choices
There is really nothing that you can do while coloring that is going to be that awful. The nature of the art form is that it exists as pages, and at any moment you can [...]
Noticing The Little Things
Ok. I've got my coloring page. Got my clipboard. Camera is at the ready. Time to start coloring. Today I'm going to start with aqua and I think I'll color this big set of shapes [...]
The Big Salad
It all started with a little dab of green. It's been rainy and thoughts of green lawns and freshly watered gardens were on my mind. How about just a little more green? And just a [...]