Almost all coloring books are 8 1/2 x 11 size. I think many card makers would love a greyscale book to be able to use them on size 5x7 and 4 1/4 x 5 size cards or the new tall cards and book marks of Christmas pictures and one of cards for all occasions. It would be nice to have different sizes on one page. This would be a dream come true for many of us. Your work is so beautiful. Would you ever consider doing this for us. Hugs
Love this Santa and greyscale. So beautiful. The face and the eyes are the best I have ever seen. Thank you so much for the download also. I really appreciated it. I'm ordering more books today. Have a happy holiday. Many blessings. Hugs.
Wow! Pink! A huge Thank You! I’ve been watching your tutorials, you are a great teacher. I’ve used Prismacolor’s for a long time, I just got a set of 150:) I’m so enjoying the new colors.
Love watching you color, Ruth. I always come away with some new things to try on my own colored pictures. Thank you for so generously sharing your talent and your time.
I was shopping Amazon for Christmas coloring books and was disappointed of the selection of real CHRISTmas books and then found your "The First Christmas" coloring book and was excited for the beautiful pages, but concerned and disappointed, because of the grayscale pages. A reviewer there convinced me to try. I made my purchase and came here and found this video. I now can't wait to try!!! It looks like the grayscale actually makes coloring "at an adult level" easier, the shading is already done. Thank you for your book and your tutorials!!!
🤬 I got so mad, I was watching this video and minimized it so I could leave this message and hit another video on the side. I wanted to say I use Prismacolor colored pencils, I do love them, I wanted to thank you for all this really helpful information you are giving us. I am about to start this Coloring Book, this picture too. I have learned so much from your videos. I’m going to use this video to help with coloring this picture. Your Art is Incredible, I have watched the videos where they show your Art in Gallery form. Again Thank you Ruth. ❤️
This tutorial is amazing! I already had this book and had been too intimidated to start it... FYI fellow colorists--Ruth's greyscale books are SO good. Many others are cheap, pixelated, too light or too dark. Hers are perfect, such warm gorgeous images.
I learned so much watching this video. I have struggled with grayscale and gave up. I just ordered two of your books so I can try, try again! Thank you.
Hello Mrs. Anderson, First of all, congratulations for your tremendous talent, you are an artist who has incredible sensitivity and talent. I allow myself to disturb you, because I have a question to ask you, here it is: I recently bought the coloring book: Ruth Sanderson - Santa's Christmas, whose illustrations are splendid, but, there is especially one of which I fell in love, this is coloring number 4 in the book. A mouse asleep in her armchair next to a fireplace on which she hung 2 socks so that Santa Claus placed his gifts there. So I would like to know if there are other drawings of this famous mouse (like a series)? Thank you in advance for a possible answer, take good care of yourself and your loved ones in these difficult times, and above all, continue to make us dream with your magnificent works. Cordially, Rene Schorter
Ruth your work is always just stunning, and pure in its form, and just clean work, I hope that makes sense. I was kind of miffed I didn’t get to make it to this Stream, but thankfully you have a playback...I love playbacks because I can slow the video here and there to see what you are doing, exactly. Thank you so much Ruth, I am a big fan of yours! ♥️
Oh! Ruth, that was absolutely fantastic watch you coloring this Gorgeous page, i'm so Grateful because i've learn so many great tips like the one using the pink color before adding layers of Poppy Red and it was so Helpfull & interesting to learn, you explain so well each steps you colored it's such a tease like Nathalie Blais say me i would say it's a real treat & Gift to watch your tutotorials because i found so much more fun to color the Grayscale images you gave and all of the other's i've bought all of your Books so i could practice all i need your excellent techiques on how to color Grayscale but my fav. part was the Skin Tones of Santas's, i always was strugeling or stock because i never achieved that incridible looking you gave to yours so know i know How YOU COLORED THIS and i will gave it a try and practice because love the final result so much & the Bag this was Amazing the texture you gave to this Bag can't wait to gave it a try and seen my result lol! Thank You so very much Ruth for this Awesome tutorial, i was waiting after and ready to watch, so know i have take some great notes to my coloring journal for remember everythings anyway i could re-watch all i wan't that is Fantastic, Highly appreciated you have made this so Helpful Tutorial Ruth, many Hugs my friend xx
First let me say your coloring skills are AWESOME!!!! This is the first of your videos I have watched. I am trying to learn to become a better colorist and I must tell you this video helped me a lot!!!! I have now subscribed to your channel and hit the bell and now I shall go and watch your playlist. I will come back and color this picture along with you. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!!!! Hugs and Prayers Dani
I love your Christmas grayscale coloring books! Grayscale is my favorite thing to color. Faber Castell Polychromos are my #1 choice of colored pencils. 💜💚💛
I know I’m late to this video because I just discovered you! Love the way you color an teach at the same time! I have always struggled with greyscale but you have made it very approachable!
This was so much fun coloring with you! So many things you said made so much sense with the blending. I learned a lot!! You are a great teacher!! Thanks!
I've been looking at colored pencils for a little bit now but this is the video that did it for me. I took some photographs years ago and turn them into grayscale but I used a pen on them... this is amazing I just bought a couple of your books.
Interesting way to develop color on greyscale. I have primarily worked with line art, where I add my own shadows, and am just getting into coloring commercial greyscale pieces. I usually scan the pieces and reduce darker greyscale pictures to a lighter greyscale. Using your layering technique, I should be able to skip that step now. Thanks for sharing your technique for coloring greyscale.
Oh my gosh!! I just purchased your "Santa's Christmas Coloring Book" and colored a Santa. Oh my,! My Santa looks very sick. Yours is so beautiful. I've just started coloring and I love it. I do find one of my problems I need to keep my pencils sharpened. I also note you make sanyasi top and pants look like velvet. I use Prismacolor pencils and I see I have to keep going over and over with the pencils. I've also bought the Verithins, but they don't sharpen very well. Do I need a special sharpener? Oh my he's gorgeous. Thank you for your time and talent.
Question. what kind of paper is the image printed on to & what type of pencils? I've tried greyscale colouring with cheap paper and cheap pencils and it isn't working well at all.
I like Springhill Bristol card stock, 70 lbs , Be sure it is not the smooth finish. I like Prismacolor pencils, but any better brand will work better than cheap ones, which tend to be too hard. Look for sales and coupons.
This is so helpful, Ruth, please, please keep doing these tutorials! By the way, which paper do you use to print out an image like this? I've only got a laser printer, so it has to be something it can handle, but at the same time (ideally) the paper would have capacity to accept pencil blending and very slightly wet brushes.
Springhill makes a good Vellum Bristol with a tooth that can be used in any printer. www.amazon.com/dp/B005G8A5Y2/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=ruthsanderson-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=affbac480b7c205978d636970cbe91c4&creativeASIN=B06W5GNJRS&th=1
I just read your explanation of grayscale for coloring in a FB group. What sharpener do you use for your colors? It looks pointy but sturdy! I’m completely new to coloring and just bought my set of 150 prismacolors and I’m so excited to start coloring with them. Thank you for the beautiful image!
You are welcome! I have a small KUM hand sharpener, which has a long point. I also use a Panasonic electric sharpener--I find older used ones on Ebay. They have a nice long point, which I prefer. If you break the point a lot you are bearing down too hard. If I rush, sometimes I break a point.
Thank you so much for doing this video! I have learned so much from you and now feel like I can dive into my many books that I bought from you. I also wanted to know if I could still purchase the book Baby animals? I looked on Amazon but it is not for sale anymore. I so hope you do more tutorials about coloring grayscale pictures. Your art work in your books is absolutely stunning 😍
Shelly, Amazon took BABY ANIMALS off the market for reasons I have yet to decipher as it is my artwork. I created a new book GRAYSCALE COLORING FOR ADULTS: Puppies, Kittens, and Bunnies, which is basically the same book with a new cover.
@@RuthSanderson ...thank you Ruth for letting me know! I am on my way to purchase it now! I wish I could buy every single book you have created...your art work is gorgeous and I so enjoy coloring it. You can bet every extra $ I get I will be saving for your books!
Best example I've seen by far. Thank you.
Almost all coloring books are 8 1/2 x 11 size. I think many card makers would love a greyscale book to be able to use them on size 5x7 and 4 1/4 x 5 size cards or the new tall cards and book marks of Christmas pictures and one of cards for all occasions. It would be nice to have different sizes on one page. This would be a dream come true for many of us. Your work is so beautiful. Would you ever consider doing this for us. Hugs
Awesome tutorial for grayscale coloring! Thank youl.
Thanks!
Love this Santa and greyscale. So beautiful. The face and the eyes are the best I have ever seen. Thank you so much for the download also. I really appreciated it. I'm ordering more books today. Have a happy holiday. Many blessings. Hugs.
Thank you so much!
Very pretty grayscale coloring
TFS
Totally LOVE your teaching style I learned a great deal from your straight forward explanations
Thanks so much!
I need to practice building colors, and being patient with it.
Patience is the key!
Is sooo helpful thank you!
Wow! Pink! A huge Thank You! I’ve been watching your tutorials, you are a great teacher. I’ve used Prismacolor’s for a long time, I just got a set of 150:) I’m so enjoying the new colors.
Wow! So beautiful.
I loved this! Thank you!
This was a great tutorial, really love your technique,explanations, comments and all! Thank you!!
Thank you so much!
YOU ARE AMAZING !!!
Love watching you color, Ruth. I always come away with some new things to try on my own colored pictures. Thank you for so generously sharing your talent and your time.
Thank you for the relaxing tutorial Ms. Sanderson! You are a very good teacher.
I was shopping Amazon for Christmas coloring books and was disappointed of the selection of real CHRISTmas books and then found your "The First Christmas" coloring book and was excited for the beautiful pages, but concerned and disappointed, because of the grayscale pages. A reviewer there convinced me to try. I made my purchase and came here and found this video. I now can't wait to try!!! It looks like the grayscale actually makes coloring "at an adult level" easier, the shading is already done. Thank you for your book and your tutorials!!!
I'm so glad I discovered your channel. You just did coloring on a whole new level. I love it! 😍
Just beautiful I am a learner thanks for the ideas
I chose nectar as the primary (brown) skin color for a whimsical picture that I colored for my friend's daughter. It was the right choice.
Love the way this turned out. Thank you so much for doing these tutorials I always learn so much with each new video. Take care
🤬 I got so mad, I was watching this video and minimized it so I could leave this message and hit another video on the side. I wanted to say I use Prismacolor colored pencils, I do love them, I wanted to thank you for all this really helpful information you are giving us. I am about to start this Coloring Book, this picture too. I have learned so much from your videos. I’m going to use this video to help with coloring this picture. Your Art is Incredible, I have watched the videos where they show your Art in Gallery form. Again Thank you Ruth. ❤️
This tutorial is amazing! I already had this book and had been too intimidated to start it... FYI fellow colorists--Ruth's greyscale books are SO good. Many others are cheap, pixelated, too light or too dark. Hers are perfect, such warm gorgeous images.
Thanks for your kind words! So glad you found the tutorial helpful and that you like my books.
I love this picture
I would not mind having all the coloring in real time. You are such a great teacher! 🌲😍
I learned so much watching this video. I have struggled with grayscale and gave up. I just ordered two of your books so I can try, try again! Thank you.
Hello Mrs. Anderson,
First of all, congratulations for your tremendous talent, you are an artist who has incredible sensitivity and talent.
I allow myself to disturb you, because I have a question to ask you, here it is: I recently bought the coloring book: Ruth Sanderson - Santa's Christmas, whose illustrations are splendid, but, there is especially one of which I fell in love, this is coloring number 4 in the book.
A mouse asleep in her armchair next to a fireplace on which she hung 2 socks so that Santa Claus placed his gifts there.
So I would like to know if there are other drawings of this famous mouse (like a series)?
Thank you in advance for a possible answer, take good care of yourself and your loved ones in these difficult times, and above all, continue to make us dream with your magnificent works.
Cordially,
Rene Schorter
Ruth your work is always just stunning, and pure in its form, and just clean work, I hope that makes sense. I was kind of miffed I didn’t get to make it to this Stream, but thankfully you have a playback...I love playbacks because I can slow the video here and there to see what you are doing, exactly. Thank you so much Ruth, I am a big fan of yours! ♥️
Oh! Ruth, that was absolutely fantastic watch you coloring this Gorgeous page, i'm so Grateful because i've learn so many great tips like the one using the pink color before adding layers of Poppy Red and it was so Helpfull & interesting to learn, you explain so well each steps you colored it's such a tease like Nathalie Blais say me i would say it's a real treat & Gift to watch your tutotorials because i found so much more fun to color the Grayscale images you gave and all of the other's i've bought all of your Books so i could practice all i need your excellent techiques on how to color Grayscale but my fav. part was the Skin Tones of Santas's, i always was strugeling or stock because i never achieved that incridible looking you gave to yours so know i know How YOU COLORED THIS and i will gave it a try and practice because love the final result so much & the Bag this was Amazing the texture you gave to this Bag can't wait to gave it a try and seen my result lol! Thank You so very much Ruth for this Awesome tutorial, i was waiting after and ready to watch, so know i have take some great notes to my coloring journal for remember everythings anyway i could re-watch all i wan't that is Fantastic, Highly appreciated you have made this so Helpful Tutorial Ruth, many Hugs my friend xx
Disegno stupendo; È stupendi i tuoi libri complimenti 👩🏼🎨👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎
Amazing! Thank you Ruth!
First let me say your coloring skills are AWESOME!!!! This is the first of your videos I have watched. I am trying to learn to become a better colorist and I must tell you this video helped me a lot!!!! I have now subscribed to your channel and hit the bell and now I shall go and watch your playlist. I will come back and color this picture along with you. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!!!! Hugs and Prayers Dani
You are a good teacher!
I love your Christmas grayscale coloring books! Grayscale is my favorite thing to color. Faber Castell Polychromos are my #1 choice of colored pencils. 💜💚💛
Thank you for the Santa image, I can’t wait! ❤️
I know I’m late to this video because I just discovered you! Love the way you color an teach at the same time! I have always struggled with greyscale but you have made it very approachable!
This was so much fun coloring with you! So many things you said made so much sense with the blending. I learned a lot!! You are a great teacher!! Thanks!
Thank you for the beautiful illustration! It's loaded with details! I love it and I look forward to seeing you color it..
I've been looking at colored pencils for a little bit now but this is the video that did it for me. I took some photographs years ago and turn them into grayscale but I used a pen on them... this is amazing I just bought a couple of your books.
Thanks so much!
You make coloring look so easy. You do such a wonderful job, your pictures are beautiful. Thank you, and stay safe
Hi..I'm following along with the tutorial. I want to make my Santa Black. What colors would you use for a darker skin tone?
I just love watching your tutorials, I've learned so much from them. I am now in the process of buying more of your books. ♥️
Thank you. I'm a beginner. Where do I get gloves like that?
They are Copper Hands gloves for Arthritis--I got them in Walmart.
Interesting way to develop color on greyscale. I have primarily worked with line art, where I add my own shadows, and am just getting into coloring commercial greyscale pieces. I usually scan the pieces and reduce darker greyscale pictures to a lighter greyscale. Using your layering technique, I should be able to skip that step now. Thanks for sharing your technique for coloring greyscale.
Thanks, I am glad you found it helpful.
I loved this video! I’m
Completely the last layer of color fit the bag but I couldn’t make out which color you used. Was it sepia or burnt ochre?
you have talent i can only dream of
Best directional videos on TH-cam. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼✏️✍️✍️✍️xx💖😘xx
Oh my gosh!! I just purchased your "Santa's Christmas Coloring Book" and colored a Santa. Oh my,! My Santa looks very sick. Yours is so beautiful. I've just started coloring and I love it. I do find one of my problems I need to keep my pencils sharpened. I also note you make sanyasi top and pants look like velvet. I use Prismacolor pencils and I see I have to keep going over and over with the pencils. I've also bought the Verithins, but they don't sharpen very well. Do I need a special sharpener? Oh my he's gorgeous. Thank you for your time and talent.
Question. what kind of paper is the image printed on to & what type of pencils? I've tried greyscale colouring with cheap paper and cheap pencils and it isn't working well at all.
I like Springhill Bristol card stock, 70 lbs , Be sure it is not the smooth finish. I like Prismacolor pencils, but any better brand will work better than cheap ones, which tend to be too hard. Look for sales and coupons.
That’s such a tease! I was so ready to watch the tutorial now. You’re teaching me patience as well Ruth ;)
So I just discovered I can change my own pictures to greyscale with Microsoft office Word! Print with my laser jet on vellum 90 pound, game changer!
Have fun!
This is so helpful, Ruth, please, please keep doing these tutorials!
By the way, which paper do you use to print out an image like this? I've only got a laser printer, so it has to be something it can handle, but at the same time (ideally) the paper would have capacity to accept pencil blending and very slightly wet brushes.
Springhill makes a good Vellum Bristol with a tooth that can be used in any printer. www.amazon.com/dp/B005G8A5Y2/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=ruthsanderson-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=affbac480b7c205978d636970cbe91c4&creativeASIN=B06W5GNJRS&th=1
I use the 67 lb but 80 might work better for washes.
New Sub! Love your artwork 🥰
I just read your explanation of grayscale for coloring in a FB group. What sharpener do you use for your colors? It looks pointy but sturdy! I’m completely new to coloring and just bought my set of 150 prismacolors and I’m so excited to start coloring with them. Thank you for the beautiful image!
You are welcome! I have a small KUM hand sharpener, which has a long point. I also use a Panasonic electric sharpener--I find older used ones on Ebay. They have a nice long point, which I prefer. If you break the point a lot you are bearing down too hard. If I rush, sometimes I break a point.
@@RuthSanderson thanks!
Which brand of colored pencils are you using?
Prismacolor Premiers
Thank you so much for doing this video! I have learned so much from you and now feel like I can dive into my many books that I bought from you. I also wanted to know if I could still purchase the book Baby animals? I looked on Amazon but it is not for sale anymore. I so hope you do more tutorials about coloring grayscale pictures. Your art work in your books is absolutely stunning 😍
Shelly, Amazon took BABY ANIMALS off the market for reasons I have yet to decipher as it is my artwork. I created a new book GRAYSCALE COLORING FOR ADULTS: Puppies, Kittens, and Bunnies, which is basically the same book with a new cover.
@@RuthSanderson ...thank you Ruth for letting me know! I am on my way to purchase it now! I wish I could buy every single book you have created...your art work is gorgeous and I so enjoy coloring it. You can bet every extra $ I get I will be saving for your books!
I need to work more at layering.
Patience is the key. Think of it like knitting, adding careful "rows" on top of each other in different directions.
Thank u
SUBSCRIBE. Intense grayscale is touch... thanks for this instruction
Wow
It’s SANTA. 🤩🤩🤩🎉💌
Where can I get the image?
Look in the description for the link to my website and go to the COLORING BOOKS tab in the top menu.
Wish you could be more specific about the colors you use.