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Post by Patter on May 9, 2015 10:43:25 GMT
Gorgeous work girls! My daughter is doing more than I am at the moment. She has more time on her hands now that college is out than I do. LOL! She has done some gorgeous pages.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on May 9, 2015 11:19:54 GMT
These pages are beautiful. I always stick to the little kid coloring books because it seems like the coloring space is bigger, I don't do well with the small spaces to color.
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Post by monklady123 on May 9, 2015 11:44:31 GMT
I have always colored so for me it's not a "new trend." I remember back in the Dark Ages when I was a kid and teen we had large posters that were for coloring. They were very detailed drawings also, not simple pages like in a child's coloring book. I had one friend in particular who would come to my house after school and we'd just hang out listening to music and coloring those posters. American Girl magazine used to have these posters as a fold-out insert in their magazine and dd always did them. ACMoore/Michaels have always had some of these detailed coloring books also. They were always on my "take to the beach" list. What's funny for me about this whole conversation is that my father is an artist (lithographer retired from Carnegie-Mellon University) and he would never allow coloring books in our house until we were old enough to bring them in ourselves (like with those posters). He said they would stifle our creativity because we'd want to color things in colors that they were "supposed" to be, and he didn't like the emphasis on "staying in the lines". I felt the same way with my kids when they were younger -- they had lots of blank paper and crayons, markers, colored pencils... So they drew a lot. I still have an entire plastic bin of their drawings. Neither of them ever really liked the simple children's coloring books but I think it's because they were too old for them by the time I let them into the house. lol. But both enjoyed the detailed ones for older kids/adults, and dd still does them from time to time. And yes, I did order a book based on the enabling from this board. I got "Flower Designs, volume 1" by Jenean Morrison. I'm also waiting for the "Secret Garden" one.
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Post by back to *pea*ality on May 9, 2015 11:52:01 GMT
Thanks for sharing! I am going to add that one to my list!
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Just T
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Post by Just T on May 9, 2015 14:00:00 GMT
BEAUTIFUL work everyone!
I am so enjoying reading the thread about the coloring books and pencils. I've got a few different books saved in my favorites on Amazon. They take forever to color when they are so intricate, so I am trying really hard to not go crazy and buy a bunch at once.
I have always colored mandalas using Crayola pencils, and I have always like them and the color selection well enough, but a few weeks ago, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a set of Prismacolor pencils with a Michael's coupon. I started making a color chart to keep with me so I could buy open stock of some other colors that weren't in the set. I decided to make some swatches with some of the Crayola pencils as well, as some of them are colors that weren't in my Prismacolor set, but I thought I might want to use anyway. Some of the Crayola colors are an exact match to some of the Prismacolors. And honestly, when I color with them both, I can't really tell much of a difference in the quality of the color or the way they color if that makes sense. On that picture I posted last night, I can't tell which were Prismacolor and which were Crayola. Who knew that 80 pencils would still not be enough. LOL (That's how many I have between the Prismacolor set and some of my old Crayola pencils). I also bought a blending pencil, and I LOVE the finish that gives the colors.
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Post by Just T on May 9, 2015 14:03:06 GMT
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Post by finsup on May 9, 2015 14:27:40 GMT
These pictures look beautiful. I think I could be lured into this pastime.
What do people do with the finished pictures? Do you frame them? The examples shown seem to be single pieces of paper, does this mean they are loose in the colouring book?
I worry that I would need a colour guide to help me in the beginning. I think I have a good eye for colour in my scrapbook pages but these pictures are so intricate.
Off to Amazon to have a look! Corinne I don't do anything with mine except look at them occasionally and I guess now show them to you all on here. Most of the books I have have perforated pages and are one-sided. If they're double-sided I usually rip the book apart and copy them (usually onto card stock because I like using Sharpies). If you want a color guide, some books have examples for some of the pages. Johanna Basford has a coloring gallery on her website that you could use for inspiration for her pages. Or you could start off with a color-by-number book. I loved this one I got for Christmas www.amazon.com/Creative-Floral-Design-Number-Coloring/dp/0486793850/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431181620&sr=1-1&keywords=color+by+number+for+adults
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Post by YooHoot on May 9, 2015 14:33:48 GMT
Very pretty ladies! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by flanz on May 9, 2015 14:40:30 GMT
Fantastic! TFS. If you click on the link, "look inside" the book and read the instructions. Pretty great!
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Post by flanz on May 9, 2015 14:42:41 GMT
I have always colored so for me it's not a "new trend." I remember back in the Dark Ages when I was a kid and teen we had large posters that were for coloring. They were very detailed drawings also, not simple pages like in a child's coloring book. I had one friend in particular who would come to my house after school and we'd just hang out listening to music and coloring those posters. American Girl magazine used to have these posters as a fold-out insert in their magazine and dd always did them. ACMoore/Michaels have always had some of these detailed coloring books also. They were always on my "take to the beach" list. What's funny for me about this whole conversation is that my father is an artist (lithographer retired from Carnegie-Mellon University) and he would never allow coloring books in our house until we were old enough to bring them in ourselves (like with those posters). He said they would stifle our creativity because we'd want to color things in colors that they were "supposed" to be, and he didn't like the emphasis on "staying in the lines". I felt the same way with my kids when they were younger -- they had lots of blank paper and crayons, markers, colored pencils... So they drew a lot. I still have an entire plastic bin of their drawings. Neither of them ever really liked the simple children's coloring books but I think it's because they were too old for them by the time I let them into the house. lol. But both enjoyed the detailed ones for older kids/adults, and dd still does them from time to time. And yes, I did order a book based on the enabling from this board. I got "Flower Designs, volume 1" by Jenean Morrison. I'm also waiting for the "Secret Garden" one. Jenean Morrison is a fabric designer whose fabrics I enjoy. Had no idea she had a coloring book out. Just found out from another friend's FB post that Tula Pink, another fabric designer, has her own coloring book too! I envision more fabric designers jumping on this band wagon. The more the merrier!
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Post by JustTricia on May 9, 2015 14:43:48 GMT
BEAUTIFUL work everyone!
I am so enjoying reading the thread about the coloring books and pencils. I've got a few different books saved in my favorites on Amazon. They take forever to color when they are so intricate, so I am trying really hard to not go crazy and buy a bunch at once.
I have always colored mandalas using Crayola pencils, and I have always like them and the color selection well enough, but a few weeks ago, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a set of Prismacolor pencils with a Michael's coupon. I started making a color chart to keep with me so I could buy open stock of some other colors that weren't in the set. I decided to make some swatches with some of the Crayola pencils as well, as some of them are colors that weren't in my Prismacolor set, but I thought I might want to use anyway. Some of the Crayola colors are an exact match to some of the Prismacolors. And honestly, when I color with them both, I can't really tell much of a difference in the quality of the color or the way they color if that makes sense. On that picture I posted last night, I can't tell which were Prismacolor and which were Crayola. Who knew that 80 pencils would still not be enough. LOL (That's how many I have between the Prismacolor set and some of my old Crayola pencils). I also bought a blending pencil, and I LOVE the finish that gives the colors.
With the exception of the bird it doesn't look like you do much blending of colors in that picture. You probably would notice a difference between the Crayolas and Prismacolor if you were to do a lot of blending.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on May 9, 2015 14:46:13 GMT
Are you guys using markers or colored pencils?
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Post by flanz on May 9, 2015 14:46:31 GMT
Thanks for that link! It looks like a perfect book for coloring before bed. It's out of stock but I put it in my Amazon cart.
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Post by alexa11 on May 9, 2015 15:02:10 GMT
Oh so pretty! I can't be still enough to color...
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Just T
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Post by Just T on May 9, 2015 15:18:24 GMT
That could be. I did use the blending pencil to "smooth out" some of the colors to get rid of the pencil marks.
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Post by georgiapea on May 9, 2015 15:19:08 GMT
My DD, 55, began coloring when her kids were little and finds it very relaxing. I know I love to use Radiant Pearls on embossed rubber stamp designs, so it's the same principle.
ETA: What do you all use for coloring? Pencils, gel pens, or something else?
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 9, 2015 15:24:12 GMT
Corinne11. I took my book apart and put all the pages in page protectors in a 3 ring binder. That way they are in a book, the page protectors keeps them from smudging and I can look at them when I am done.
Monklady123, It's not a trend to me either I am 49 and have been coloring my whole life. Since I was a toddler. My mom used to color with us kids. I remember many times laying on the floor coloring with my brother. He was 15 and I was 8 when he died. To me those are the best memories ever. I wish I had a picture that he colored.
Are the poster you were talking about the fuzzy posters. I love doing them. My daughter and I have done so many of them through the years. We have a lot of the hanging on the walls in our craft room. We use gel pen and colored pencils on them.
YooHoot, The picture I posted is colored with gel pen, crayola twistable colored pencils and crayons. I love to mix them all up on the same page.
I love my prismacolor pencils. I also have the blending tools. I have found that the crayola pencils don't blend like the prisma pencils do. The Crayola twistables do blend better then the crayola pencils but they twistables are a cross between a pencil and a crayon.
My daughter and I like to do challenges. The picture I posted was a challenge. I had to use red and green and I could only use 7 sticks any medium. I used 1 crayon, 3 gel pens and 3 twistables. This one was an easy challenge but we have some harder ones. Right now I am working on a mandala that we are only allowed to use 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 black, and 1 silver gel pen. It has definitely been a challenge.
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Post by peaname on May 9, 2015 15:30:38 GMT
I had the Anatomy Coloring Book when I was in college. It helped me memorize the structures and it was pretty relaxing. I think Amazon carries it.
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on May 9, 2015 15:55:25 GMT
These are two I've done. The first one I posted already, using pastel chalk pencil, hence the smudges. The second I tried metallic gel pens, not the look I was going for. I think I like pencils better then the gel pens. Click to make larger since they're just attachments. Too lazy to add to photobucket.
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Post by linda~lou on May 9, 2015 16:08:47 GMT
This is what flanz was talking about that was inside a book! Again you'll have to click on it!
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Post by Patter on May 9, 2015 16:33:49 GMT
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 9, 2015 16:50:31 GMT
These are two I've done. The first one I posted already, using pastel chalk pencil, hence the smudges. The second I tried metallic gel pens, not the look I was going for. I think I like pencils better then the gel pens. Click to make larger since they're just attachments. Too lazy to add to photobucket. What book is these pages from?
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on May 9, 2015 16:59:59 GMT
These are two I've done. The first one I posted already, using pastel chalk pencil, hence the smudges. The second I tried metallic gel pens, not the look I was going for. I think I like pencils better then the gel pens. Click to make larger since they're just attachments. Too lazy to add to photobucket. What book is these pages from? Whoops I put incorrect link in. Hang on, I'll find the right one. Ok there's correct link, there are others on this link of women and faces, some retro, art deco ladies. I find I like coloring something with a subject instead of patterns or designs. smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0486498638/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Post by melanell on May 9, 2015 18:19:33 GMT
I felt the same way with my kids when they were younger -- they had lots of blank paper and crayons, markers, colored pencils... So they drew a lot. I still have an entire plastic bin of their drawings. This is my kids. We go through more drawing pads, sketch books, reams of paper, rolls of paper than I can count because they just love to draw. So when they are drawing, I'm coloring in their coloring books.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 9, 2015 19:53:27 GMT
linda~lou thank you. I am gonna have to get me that book... Those look like a lot of fun.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on May 9, 2015 20:17:31 GMT
I've been coloring one of those free files someone listed on the other thread, using colored pencils and Sharpie markers.
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Post by elaine on May 9, 2015 21:38:36 GMT
I've been coloring one of those free files someone listed on the other thread, using colored pencils and Sharpie markers.
So pretty! The colors you are using look so peaceful.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 9, 2015 21:46:24 GMT
MDscrapaholic, I really like your picture. I have a bunch of colored sharpies... I might hat to pull them out I like the way you outlined your flowers.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on May 10, 2015 0:18:32 GMT
Thank you! I'm having fun!
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 10, 2015 1:05:25 GMT
Me too I love coloring. husband and daughter asked me what I wanted to do for moms day and I said not get up at 6 am and color. So husband is going golfing and I get to stay home and color with daughter.
I can spend hours sitting here coloring.
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