Oh! So close! Today is the sixth day that I've worked on this piece and I'm definitely headed into the home stretch. I often leave smaller pieces and background areas until the end. The smallest pieces will look fine in almost any color, and I'm not sure what color I'll want for the background until [...]
It's now the fifth day I've worked on this page, usually coloring about an hour each evening. Here's a little close up peek at some of the shapes I've colored tonight. All of these are done with one pencil color per shape, just edging with heavier pressure and then topping off with light pressure - [...]
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 [...]
Slow coloring day three on this picture so far - and I'm finding myself getting a bit more at ease with how long it takes for me to shade these little spaces. Instead of focusing on thoughts about how you all will be looking at the same coloring for quite a few days, I'm truly [...]
It feels a little weird showing a coloring update post where it may not look like I've done a lot of coloring. Shading is a slow activity for me - so it may not be the most exciting spectator sport for others. :) I do think there is value, though, in letting you see how [...]
I don't do usually do a lot of shading when I color. Even though I love coloring in itty bitty spaces, there's something about applying multiple layers of color to the same space that gets to be a bit much for me after a while. Still, I do love the look of shading - so [...]
It was a beautiful day, so I thought I'd get some photos of our goats to share with you. Things started off so well. Here's Doodles posing nicely. And this is a far more typical goat photo. They are usually in motion and way too busy to pose for pictures! Peppy and Marshall have corners to [...]
Oh, it is just so hard to set down the coloring some days. Wasn't it just yesterday I was noticing that I was feeling tired? So of course, tonight I just have to keep coloring way too late because I wanted to see how this picture would finish up. This is actually a very late [...]
When you color a piece that make take a few coloring sessions to finish, it gives you some good opportunities to take inventory of how you may be feeling. By the time I sat down to color today, I was quite tired. I can tell my coloring is a little slower, and slower marker strokes [...]
I started this coloring from Transcend with no color plan at all, but it wasn't long before it started reminding of dainty little tea cakes. Perhaps it's the way that the outer part of the design looks like frosting swirls - but every color I pick is making me think of buttercream frosting. (Yum!) Of [...]