Rachel Henderson ColouringReviews of products and books
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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 only have the tweleve pastel tone set of these pencils at the moment, so it is those that I will base my review on. Only having twelve means that I often combine them with other pencils and find that they work really well with my polychromos. I used them for the buildings in the […]
This book jas a variety of different colouring techniques running through it. It starts with the basics, so explaining about different colouring materials and tools. It then has a section on colour and the colour wheel. There are then different techniques that you can use with different mediums such as pencils, pastels, gel pens, watercolours […]
This is a review of the tube of 48 Arteza pencils which are triangular. There are actually two tubes available as Arteza has updated them. The colours vary a bit, so I will not go into detail about these as they may be different depending on where you buy them from. The pencils themselves have […]
If you are looking to improve your colouring techniques, then Helen Elliston has produced a series of books that can help you. There are four books in the series and they all cover different things. I find that there are always some things in them which I can apply to Johanna Basford books, but I […]
I would say that these are probably my favourite brand of pencil. They were the third set that I used and I have kept using them ever since. They sharpen to a good point which I like and they have a good variety of colours in the 120 tin. They do not smoosh and blend […]
Worlds of Wonder by Johanna Basford is a colouring book that she put together during lockdown. She has therefore created all sorts of places that she would have loved to have travelled to if she could. It includes pictures of lots of buildings and gardens as well as animals and forms of transport. There are […]
World of Flowers by Johanna Basford is a colouring book full of florals to colour in. Not only are there flower wreaths and mandalas to colour in, but there are also pretty scenes with fairy houses and even rooms brewing up potions from flower petals. There is a mix of detailed pictures and larger designs, […]
Miniature Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford is a small-sized colouring book. It has all of the pictures from the original Enchanted Forest and a few extras as well. Some of the pictures have been cropped a bit to make them easier to colour, but most are the same as the originals. However, dotted through the […]
Miniature Secret Garden by Johanna Basford is a small-sized colouring book. It has all of the pictures from the original Secret Garden and a few extras as well. Some of the pictures have been cropped a bit to make them easier to colour, but most are the same as the originals. However, dotted through the […]