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 coloring started with a big mistake right at the very start. I had it all figured out how I was going to shade the corners of a few of these ribbons with a dark purple - but then I lost track of where I was in the pattern and ended up with shadows in [...]
One of the things that's going on in the background while I color this piece is that every time I finish coloring a set of shapes, I keep thinking that I'm going to do those little polka dots next. And then I try to pick a shade for them and start thinking that maybe I'll [...]
I didn't start out with any color plans and just grabbed a pretty orangey shade from my marker box. But as soon as the color hit the paper I started thinking about fresh, ripe cantaloupe. Using colors inspired by flavors can be a good way to find pleasing color palettes. Bright orange and green might [...]
Sometimes a drawing has a mind of its own and tells you which colors to use. I started out by picking a marker shade I haven’t used recently. How about a nice dark grayish greenish color? But a few minutes later this picture was demanding sunny yellow sunflower shades. Big, bright happy sunflower colors - [...]
It all started with a little dab of green. It's been rainy and thoughts of green lawns and freshly watered gardens were on my mind. How about just a little more green? And just a touch more. I can always add some dramatic black if it starts to look too green. Oh dear. That's a [...]