Sometimes it’s nice to take a step back and notice some of your own coloring patterns or habits. Taking a little inventory of the way you do things is a lot like taking inventory of your coloring supplies. In all kinds of aspects of our lives we have some things in abundance and some things [...]
I enjoyed yesterday's color set so much that I just had to use them again. One of the traps you can fall into easily is to feel that each new coloring has to be a one of a kind masterpiece. It's especially easy to feel that way if you display your colorings publically, knowing that [...]
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 [...]
I like to color every day. Not only does it let me explore my artistry on good days and bad - it gives me a chance to see how well my patterns handle energetic days, lazy days, focused days, preoccupied days, matching color days and random color days. I want my patterns to have enough [...]
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 [...]
I believe that each coloring picture is like a little snapshot from your ongoing coloring journey. Every page and every shape holds the mood and feelings that you brought to the picture. Sometimes that might be deep thoughts with deep meanings, and other times perhaps light thoughts - or even no thoughts. But by working [...]
After a coloring derail, I want to let go of my coloring expectations and just color along to a pretty endpoint. It isn't about "trying to do better", it's about basic, simple, enjoyable coloring. Time to drag out my favorite "no expectations" coloring tool. Pencils that feel comfy in the hand and come in a [...]
There is really nothing that you can do while coloring that is going to be that awful. The nature of the art form is that it exists as pages, and at any moment you can always turn the page and go on to the next. Still, you can occasionally blast yourself out of your comfortable [...]