It takes a while to finish a coloring page, and during that time you might find yourself experiencing a broad range of thoughts and feelings. This page started off very simply for me, but wow - did it ever lead me though a whole world of thoughts. It had everything - joyous feelings, analytical thought, [...]
Today's blog post is going to be totally backwards. First, I'd like to show you the shades that I ended up using - even though when I first started coloring the page I really had no idea what color direction I might go in. So here's the shades. What's so exciting about this picture is [...]
When we left off yesterday, I had just added a really bold blue to my rusty tones coloring. I'm still basically coloring without a plan, but when in doubt - might as well add another blue to give me a light/dark combination. Those usually work out OK. Oh yeah! That's not bad at all. These [...]
You might have noticed that when I have back to back marker colorings, I often jump across the color wheel to pick the shades for the second piece. I don't really plan which colors to use next. It's fun to just dig through my marker box and see what else might go nicely with my [...]
Another day and another brightly colored addition to my in progress coloring - a nice bright Spring green shade. Do you ever have one of those days where you really want to use certain colors, and then when you do - you aren’t at all convinced that it was a good idea? I think I [...]
I switched back to markers again today. As much as I am enjoying coloring with pencils now, I like the speed and the smoothness and the bright popping colors of markers so much. It always feels like I'm returning home to them, as opposed to alternating between coloring tools. Bright markers are still my very [...]
Oh, this looks so nice in person - but I'm afraid my photos don't do it justice. When we get to the end, I've got three very close shades that are almost impossible to tell apart in the photo. But until then... :) Not long ago I had a blog post where I stepped back [...]
Wowie! Every once in a while you stumble onto a really cool color scheme and I think today's is going to be one of my favorites. I really liked how this picture was shaping up yesterday, and then... Here comes the rusty tones. As soon as I started using this shade I was just captivated [...]
Oh dear! I've got my new copy of Centered For Crayons And Wide Tipped Markers, but still have about a dozen pages left in Balance Wide Tipped. It's so tempting to color just a few from the new book, but I also want to finish the book that's already in progress. And Balance is sitting [...]
Every new book launch is always followed by a period of adjustment and resettling for me. I have this vision of someday having kind of a perfect balance in my creative cycle - where exploring my artistry flows naturally and fully in harmony with a prolific level of book production. A life where I draw [...]