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Coloring by Hand: Coloring grayscale coloring pages

If you haven’t tried coloring over a grayscale image (one where the shading remains but color is gone) you should if you’d like a relaxing experience.

Using colored pencils with the objective of enjoying the sketching motion while producing form, you’ll find the results possibly more pleasing than simply coloring on a white background. Below is an example. Judge for yourself!

The plus with coloring a grayscale is that all tinted areas are filled in. Depending on paper, pencil coloring always leaves rough white “holes” that are caused by paper texture seen behind the pigment. Depending on your illustration (or coloring page), it also provides depth.

Look for adult coloring books that promote grayscale coloring or try it yourself using the print below!

 

To discuss any topic or ask questions, please join our Facebook group, “Coloring by Hand.”

Questions? Please write me at Karen@Littleviews.com or Request@Sketch-Views.com.

NOTE: this article may be republished, but please let Littleviews and Karen know before you do it. Otherwise, all copyright laws apply.

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Coloring by Hand: How to arrange your coloring tools

If you like coloring by pencil or colored ink, you’ll own a lot of pencils, brushes, and pens.

The problem is that when you have hundreds of these things, storing them in their original containers makes each one hard to grasp.

While I love hundreds of colors myself, I generally only use a select few in any of my projects. My illustrations of dogs, for example, rely on brown, black, yellows, and rust.

To keep my work area organized and to simplify selecting the media I am using at the moment, I rest each one in a Styrofoam block, like you see here.

Create your own media holder by pressing holes big enough to hold your media upright, but not so tight that when you select your pencil or brush,  it pulls the Styrofoam up with it.

To discuss any topic or ask questions, please join our Facebook group, “Coloring by Hand.”

Questions? Please write me at Karen@Littleviews.com or Request@Sketch-Views.com.

NOTE: this article may be republished, but please let Littleviews and Karen know before you do it. Otherwise, all copyright laws apply.

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