I love it
Columbine
! Very pretty! Great color combinations!!
Columbine
! Very pretty! Great color combinations!!-
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its beautiful!!Thanks for the compliments newmamaof3
MServant - I'm not as neat as you think when you look closely. I love how photos seem to hide a multitude of sins
Your colouring always looks very neat to me
Thanks guys. You're too kind!
@Columbine That finished design is gorgeous, and so neatly done. The colours are amazing and have the radiance of a stained glass window or something. Honestly, I could rave about it for ages.
Ha ha, look at my work close up and it isn't neat at all - here's a close up of the peacock tail so show how I mixed the colours up. It's really quite scrappy.
Ha ha, look at my work close up and it isn't neat at all - here's a close up of the peacock tail so show how I mixed the colours up. It's really quite scrappy.
Aww, thanks
mservant
I still love that peacock tail. Anyway - feathers are SUPPOSED to be fluffy and wispy
I finally got around to taking some more pics. Here are some of my favourites
mservant
I still love that peacock tail. Anyway - feathers are SUPPOSED to be fluffy and wispy
I finally got around to taking some more pics. Here are some of my favourites
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I like the variety of designs @Columbine , are they ones you have printed out or are they from books? Also, is it metalic gel pens that you have used for some of them?
They're all from books. The small ones are from some colouring postcard books I found, and the cat ones are all from the same book - they're designed to pull out (and, being double sided) need pulling out to be able to get to the designs.
Yes, I've used a mix of metallic and glitter gel pens for some of them. I felt like experimenting with a cheap set I found
Yes, I've used a mix of metallic and glitter gel pens for some of them. I felt like experimenting with a cheap set I found
and these were ? (make / shop etc, might I be able to find similar?).....
Yes, I've used a mix of metallic and glitter gel pens for some of them. I felt like experimenting with a cheap set I found
In like gel pens. When I first started colourg the Secret Garden I just did little bits with gold gel pen and liked the way it looked. Then I started colouring larger sections. Always liked the gold gel though, and I like the effect that both you and Catlover19 have achieved with the gel colours.
I got them from WHSmiths - they were £4.99 for a pack of 30 as part of their back to school promotion. They've changed the packaging now, and are back at full price - £9.99. Not expensive compared to Prismacolor pencils, but not dirt cheap either :slant:
If that was true I'd start colouring right now.
LOVELY :-)I got round to taking some more photos this week and one of the designs I finished at the weekend was the peacock so here's the updated version:
These are a couple of others from the same book that I really like and didn't take long to do.
One from the little cat book I got, and another from J. Benson's mandala book. The mandala book only has 20 designs and I've completed 8 1/2 so far - It's a shame the paper is so thin.
I don't know how you all work out what colours to use. That's what would really mess me up besides not being able to keep in the lines.Here's the finished piece
Thanks for the compliments newmamaof3
MServant - I'm not as neat as you think when you look closely. I love how photos seem to hide a multitude of sins
Your colouring always looks very neat to me :nod:
I bet if you look closely at the mona Lisa it's also scrappy, not that yours is.@Columbine
That finished design is gorgeous, and so neatly done. The colours are amazing and have the radiance of a stained glass window or something. Honestly, I could rave about it for ages.
Ha ha, look at my work close up and it isn't neat at all - here's a close up of the peacock tail so show how I mixed the colours up. It's really quite scrappy.
Columbine. You should be framing yours. Some of them are superb.Aww, thanks
I still love that peacock tail. Anyway - feathers are SUPPOSED to be fluffy and wispy
I finally got around to taking some more pics. Here are some of my favourites
:blush2: Aww, thanks
stewball
. Choosing colours isn't all that hard once you get going. I find it can help to have a colour palette in mind first (though it doesn't always work that way :lol3: ). It's all about having fun with it.
I don't have an artistic bone in my body and I'd probablyy draw outside the lines, I'm very clumsy. This is since I got fat, many years ago. I came here weighing 8 stone and now I don't tell anybody how many stones I weigh now. Enough to say I look pregnant full term and then some!!!
Aww, thanks
Choosing colours isn't all that hard once you get going. I find it can heLos if i have a colour palette in mind fipregnant mit doesn't always work that way :lol3: ). It's all about having fun with it.
@Columbine You are so talented! Such and Artist. I love the way the pictures 'speak' to me.
@MServant, I love you pictures!!
Thanks for sharing!!
@MServant, I love you pictures!!
Thanks for sharing!!
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As a human child foster parent, I would sit with my kids and we would color together. It was a great way for us to simply talk, share, and relax. After my last little girl left, I realized I missed coloring!
I looked for adult coloring books at Barnes and Noble but they were all very abstract designs....not my thing. Not to mention, I am not paying twenty books for coloring pages! I have been hoping to find one with nature-inspired pictures....like natural scenery, beautiful pond views, a house near the forest, that kind of thing. Not so easy to find though!
I looked for adult coloring books at Barnes and Noble but they were all very abstract designs....not my thing. Not to mention, I am not paying twenty books for coloring pages! I have been hoping to find one with nature-inspired pictures....like natural scenery, beautiful pond views, a house near the forest, that kind of thing. Not so easy to find though!
Sure it is!
Go look at the Creative Haven line of books by Dover Publications. They have FOUR PAGES of coloring books for adults. Here: http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-creative-haven-.html Select a few you like. A C Moore carried Dover or you can search for the titles you like online, have them delivered to your door. Check out: American Landscapes; Country Scenes; Dream Scapes; Midnight Garden; American Folk Art; and all the artists from Cezanne to the last page!
I picked up Winter Scenes and Winter Scapes at A C Moore for 2 for $10; and I also picked up Angels, and another titled Goddesses, those are $3.99 each.
You can also search online using Google: free coloring pages nature See if anything interests you that you can print. Here, I did pond scenes, to get you started: https://www.google.com/search?q=fre...q=free+coloring+pages+for+adults++pond+scenes
