Another day, another bit of progress.
One of the things that I’m noticing is that I’m much faster at shading some shapes than others. I think that there’s an aspect of building familiarity with various shapes, and where and how to apply the shadows. There’s no wrong way to do it, but figuring out what you like best takes a little time. Small differences in where the lighter and darker areas are can make things look puffy, of like ribbons, or like they curve inward or outward.
It’s a lot like learning which pencil colors you like to use together – lots of trying things out and then stepping back and seeing how you like it.
Today’s slow coloring is from Cool (Angie’s Extreme Coloring Books – Volume 2) colored with Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils.