Ha ha. History repeats itself - again! I love the look of shading in coloring pictures, and I'm comfortable with the techniques. But wow - when it comes to shading stamina it's like I always run out of steam, and then run out of interest after shading just a few spaces. I was actually prepared [...]
It doesn't matter how twisty and turny the coloring path may have been. Eventually you reach a spot where the coloring is done and you step back and look at the finished picture. All of the events that took place in your life as you colored the page are in the past, and in a [...]
Since I started coloring this picture my daily life has unfolded with a refrigerator break down, helping out a stray dog, a night with way too little sleep and a day with way too much coffee (which has far less kick than usual for some strange reason!) I know this mindset very well with the [...]
It's admirable to try to be your very best at certain things, but it is wise to allow yourself to experience things without the need for achievement as well. Today was a very busy day for me, and included a long drive to stock up on goat munchies. (I needed to get Chaff-haye, a bagged [...]
Once I wander outside of my coloring comfort zone a little bit, I often feel adventurous and continue trying new things until I eventually create a "not quite so pretty" coloring. My coloring journey tends to follow a twisty path as I bounce between comfort zone coloring and wild and free experimentation. Of course, one [...]
Bad coloring can be wonderfully enlightening. Today I was morning coloring using colored pencils and that's the best way to amplify every tiny little coloring mistake that I make. This is the time of day when my pencil strokes have a touch of wobble and my hand pressure is at its most uneven. I haven't [...]