I'm doodling on my junk mail as I type this, coloring hearts and polka dots all over the envelope for my license plate sticker renewal notice, and that reminds me that I've never told you the story of one of my more embarrassing coloring moments. Our state motor vehicle agency does periodic audits where they [...]
I'm coloring with metallic gel pens today, and it's so fun to work with this sparklie ink. A bit less fun to try to take photos, though. You can never fully capture the shimmering effect, and any little tiny spot where the ink is a little thin ends up looking like you've missed coloring a [...]
Today's slide show is a lot like one of those "spot the difference" games. Each picture shows a bit more progress with one of many gray shades. These colors are inspired by childhood memories of going trick or treating in brightly colored costumes when the outdoors was all dark and shadowy. Here's a slide show [...]
Today I'm coloring from my newest book, Breathe For Crayons And Wide Tipped Markers. It's too soon to be sure whether or not I'm now hooked on shading - but all signs point to "quite possibly". One of the things that's coming with a bit more shading experience is that it stops being a big [...]
All done - and I am so totally wowed by how this looks with the marker shading. Yes, I think I may need to keep shading for a while! It's slow, but the results are worth it. You may have noticed that this blog post is a little different. I'm trying out some fun new [...]
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 [...]
I know that I'm going to eventually come back and recycle yesterday's color scheme - but not today. New color horizons are calling. I've got no plan except "different than yesterday". I guess my spirit of adventure is running strong today. Oh, that's kind of a fun and unusual start. I like that light aqua [...]
This picture just keeps wanting even more pink. Even though my fuchsia pencil is the very shortest one in the entire box, it's going to come join in the fun. Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils can be purchased individually, and if I just have to use this shade this often I'll just stock up with half a [...]
As I finished coloring this picture, I had some stray thoughts about colored pencils that I'd like to share with you. But then later, as I looked at the photos - I really wanted you to just be able to quietly enjoy how this coloring unfolded without me babbling on. So how about I save [...]