Rachel Henderson ColouringReviews of products and books
(Please click the article title to read the whole article.)
Castle Arts have a selection of different pencil sets. They have general sets such as their 72 and 120, but they also have smaller 24 pencil sets with particular themes. I was lucky enough to be gifted their Seascape set which has a selection of colours specifically chosen for colouring sea-based pictures. I thought it […]
Derwent Chromaflow pencils are fairly new into the UK although they have been available in other countries for longer. They come in a set of 12 or 24 and both sets come in a tin. The 24 set contains a good range of colours with white, black, grey, three browns, three greens, four blues, two […]
I was lucky enough to be sent a set of coloured pencils by a company called Grabie to review. I have done a video review which you can find here: I have used the pencils a bit more since the review, so thought that I would add to it in this article. The pencils are […]
I have recently bought the above book. I saw that there was a very pretty free download based on the book, which came out before it. I coloured it and made video tutorials from it! I enjoyed it so much that I looked at a flip through of the book and thought that it looked […]
Postcards can be a lot of fun to colour. They are small and that means that the colouring is completed more quickly. They are also great to send to people or to frame. This book of postcards has 24 in total which are all images from Johanna Basford’s book Worlds of Wonders. They are not […]
This is a colouring book with twelve illustrations. Each has a botanical theme featuring birds, flowers, leaves and insects. Each also has a positive affirmation at the bottom of the picture. The book is A4 size and the pictures have a border around it so they are not too large and therefore not daunting in […]
I was sent this book for free by the author/illustrator to review. It is printed by Amazon. The book has 22 different mandalas to colour on the right-hand pages and 22 journaling prompts to complete on the left-hand pages. As a right-handed colourist, this was great as I always prefer colouring the right-hand page! The […]
Bambino Crayons have now got their jumbo crayons back in stock. Although they call them crayons they are actually pencils and so if you want something larger than their crayons they could be a good option for you. They come in the same 24 colours as their large crayon set so you get a good […]
Bambino crayons might not be something that any colourist would naturally reach for. It is more common to use pens and pencils and perhaps even paints than it is crayons. This is probably because typical wax crayons do not really blend or give a nice texture. However, these are clay crayons and are very different. […]
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 […]