Hi Everyone, I hope that you are keeping well and happy and have had lots of chance for colouring. The rainy weather and a lack of work have given me lots of time to colour which has been fantastic. I post lots of my pictures on my Instagram page. I have also been making lots […]
Author: rachelhenderson
There are many brands of coloured pencils and some will blend more easily than others. Some very cheap brands may not blend well, but perhaps may still layer on top of each other effectively. It can be worth a try to see what you can achieve. I use the same blending method with every brand […]
I have been busy making lots of tutorials lately. I always find it lots of fun. These are the ones that I have published on YouTube in the last week so that you catch up if you have missed them. Please note that if you subscribe to my channel and hit the bell, you can […]
Monochrome just means colouring in one colour. Many people think it means black and white but it can be any colour and white, or any colour without white! It makes colouring a lot simpler as you do not have to keep choosing colours! I have tried this for different pictures in Johanna Basford’s books. I […]
There are many people that use a white gel pen or paint pen to embellish their work but others wonder how they work and whether it is worth them buying one. The great thing about gel pens and paint pens is that they will write over the top of the pencil and even over markers […]
Just in case you have missed them, here is a roundup of the tutorials that I published last week.
The Staedtler Ergosoft pencils are a budget brand and they come in sets of 12, 24 and 36 and you can get them open stock (singles) but only for the ones included in the 12 and 24 sets at the moment. The new ones from the 36 set are not yet available. The pencils are […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to all my new newsletter subscribers, thank you so much for signing up and welcome back to those that have already seen my first email! I hope that you are all safe and well. For the last few weeks, I have been colouring lots of pictures from Worlds of Wonder and I […]
I thought this book would be more advanced than other colouring guides I have, but the steps are actually really simple to follow. The guides all use prismacolor pencils but I just used the equivalent from polychromos. There is information on materials, money saving hacks, some information about pencil brands and elements of art. Then […]
I hope you have all had a great week. Lots of tutorials from Worlds of Wonder again this week including a flip through of what I have coloured so far, but a few others too. Here they are in case you missed them!