TOP 5 COLOURING ESSENTIALS | My Choices… | Adult Colouring
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2023
- Hi Guys!
In this video I thought I would share my top 5 colouring essentials for getting started in the hobby. There is so much to choose from out there with regards to adult colouring, it can become quite daunting and appear quite expensive to get started with your colouring journey. But it doesn’t have to be!
Hope you find the video interesting.
Some videos you may be interested in checking out:
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Completed pages - Hanna Karlzon books: • ALL MY COMPLETED PAGES...
Completed pages - Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou books: • ALL MY COMPLETED PAGES...
Completed pages - Maria Trolle books: • ALL MY COMPLETED PAGES...
Colouring with watercolour pencils: • HOW TO USE WATERCOLOR ...
Beginner’s adult colouring guide: • A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ...
As always, thank you for watching, I hope you enjoyed the chatty video!
Happy colouring!
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I've said it before, going to say it again: you are so refreshing in this colouring world. Not aiming at having every art supply there is, but just being content with what you've got and learning how to use that.
Thank you so much Karen, it makes me so happy to read this comment. It means so much to me 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney You're welcome.
I think this is a great video for people who are thinking about getting into coloring, or just getting into it, because I wasted a lot of money making purchases out of my ignorance! First I thought I'd save myself some money by buying the Castle Art soft touch pencils. They weren't the cheapest, but they were still budget friendly, so I thought that was the best choice......WRONG! LOL! I was so upset with my decision, but then a couple of weeks later my hubby handed me his debit card and said, get on Amazon and get the pencils that you really want! So I chose the 150 set of Prismas and I was so happy with that choice! I still can't live without my Prismas! They're just super easy to blend because the colors just smoosh together because they're so soft. I also had bought a bunch of coloring books and I hated every last one of them lol! I didn't enjoy the images in the books like I thought I would, and they are Amazon printed books so the paper is not good. It was when I had the Prismas and bought Johanna Basford's Rooms of Wonder and Worlds of Wonder that changed everything for me! So I definitely agree that the quality of the pencils and the paper makes a huge difference in how enjoyable your coloring experience will be. I also realized that I needed a white gel pen and I chose the Signo white gel pen that came in a pack of 3 that included gold and silver. Signo is still my favorite gel pens but I also enjoy using others as well. I definitely recommend that anyone who wants to make coloring their hobby should go ahead and splurge a little and get a good set of pencils, a few books with good paper, and at least a white gel pen. And watch coloring channels to learn more and more! Also, I never buy a book without watching a flip through video! Now I have the polychromos, which I also regret buying. I do enjoy using them, I just wish I had gotten the set of Albrecht Durer pencils instead. I'm sorry this comment is so long but I just wanted to warn others about mistakes that I have made! Thank you for sharing this video Shel! It will help anyone who is just starting out, and probably even some who have been coloring for a little while!
It was so lovely reading your comment and seeing what your experience with the hobby has been like. And I so happy there is someone out there who has the same views......definitely recommend a good set of quality pencils and some good quality books to ensure an enjoyable start to your colouring journey. 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney Aw thank you so much! And yes I agree that quality pencils and books with quality paper makes coloring so much more enjoyable! I've actually heard other people say that they tried coloring as a hobby and didn't enjoy it so they quit, and then later discovered that the paper and pencils you use can make or break your enjoyment in the coloring experience! It makes me sad to hear about anyone giving up just because they aren't aware that the quality of the supplies you're using makes such a big difference! 🥰
Thanks for slowing down and taking the time to discuss your coloring. I feel a lot of videos are rushed so I really appreciate the slower pace and fleshed out opinions. I have settled on neocolors i and ii with water based markers for my coloring. I love pencils, but can't use them due to pain issues. But, like you said, sticking to one medium that is enjoyable to use (and in my case, painless) is very good advice. Over time, as you become an expert on that medium, you can achieve any results you want.
You're very welcome...I am so glad you like my style of videos. I know some people find my videos too chatty and way too long, so it is nice to know you enjoy that. Ah yes, I can imagine pencils are not always easy on the hand.....but I am glad you have found something that works for you so you can continue with your colouring hobby. Thanks for watching 🤗💗
Hi Shelly! This video will be so helpful to new colourists. I agree that it helps a lot to have a set of artist quality pencils, although I must admit that I really like the Arrtx pencils! In answer to your query about Maria Trolle's Universum or Universe, the book contains new illustrations but also a selection of pages from Twilight Garden, Nightfall, Botanicum, Flora, Luna, Moon Valley and Vivi is looking for a Friend. I agree with you that her illustrations seem to be getting smaller as I was surprised by the size of the images in Universe in comparison to her older books.
Hello! I have heard so many positive things about the Arrtx pencils for sure! Glad I am not the only one who is feeling like her illustrations are getting smaller, I do really enjoy the pages with the large flowers and line art 🤗💗
My struggle with Rita Berman books was the patterns inside of objects. I just had no idea how to tackle that and I would just stare at the pages lol! I'm better at it now but I still struggle with books that have patterns inside of objects! And I agree about paper quality because I am able to color well in books that have good paper even with my budget friendly pencils! So I would say the paper quality is even more important than the quality of your pencils!
I can see where you are coming from.....I probably did struggle a bit too. The earlier books do have a bit more of the zen doodle patterns in it than the more recent ones - I am definitely loving the new series of books so much!! 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney Yes!!! I am anxiously waiting for her Afrika book to be released!
Hi Shel, maybe you’ve already done this but would you do a video of the different colors you use for hair, eyes etc. your notebook is amazing for logging all that information!! I need to do that! I know I’ve told you before but you are such an amazing artist, yes…I said “artist” because you bring your coloring pages to life in an amazing way! I find your videos very informative & appreciate your style of teaching & talking to us! Thanks 😁❤️🇺🇸
Hi Lynne. Thank you so much for your lovely comment....really happy to hear you like my colouring style and how I present my videos! Means a lot!!
It is a great idea, I will try and make a note of it and get round to it soon. I don't have many colour combos yet as I don't do portraits all that often....but I will try and work on it. Thank you 🤗💗
I love listening to you talk. You are always so informative and have a very nice voice. I admire your control for not buying and trying everything. I need some of that lol. Thanks for the great video! I’d love to see you do the bathing suit page from Rita berman.
Thank you so much! So glad you like to hear me chat away.....I am happy to hear this, seeing as I struggle to make my videos concise haha! I will make a note of it and hopefully get round to it some time.....for now I am really starting to feel like autumn colouring 🤩💗
Listening to you in the background while I color...I'm going to argue with you about something I hear you say in your videos..."I'm not a artist"...An artist in my opinion has a sense of color, colors that work well with each other. The emotions the chosen color pallet create. So you didn't draw what you artistically colored so what ? I see all the beautiful pages you have done I'm telling you now YOU ARE A ARTIST! Meanwhile in another video you influenced me to get Romantic Country in Amazon Japan 😅 . Love your videos!
I would recommend ALL of Melpomeni's books! I have all 3 of them and I love them! I color in her books more than any other books!
Definitely love her books....nature mandalas is my least favourite of the 3, because I am not much of a mandala person, but I love her work too much to have passed on it 😂💗
@@shelscolouringjourney I'm not a fan of mandala coloring books either, but I love her Nature Mandalas book too! It's different than just the patterns we see in typical mandala books and I enjoy the animals in it! I also want to get Forest Mandalas by Joshua Dunbar, his book has really cute images with animals as well!
@@nicole_silvers Lol yes, that’s exactly why I bought it. I like the difference in the manadalas. Is the Joshua Dunbar book an Amazon book?
@@shelscolouringjourney Unfortunately it is an Amazon book. I've seen the flip through on his TH-cam channel but I don't have it yet so I'm not sure if it's the premium Amazon paper or the regular paper, but I still want to get it because I like the images a lot. I just got a book called Cozy Spaces by Reyda Prints even though it's an Amazon book and I've struggled with the paper somewhat but the images are so cute that I had to have it! There are 2 other Reyda Prints books and I think I'm going to get them also! My coloring skills have gotten so much better since I started my coloring journey, and that has really helped me to work with the Amazon books!
The other day I took two reds from my poly's and Durer and have to say the Durer gave off way better vibrant colour faster even tho the poly's do too after layering but do prefer the Durer. Nice video Shelly xx
Thank you! So glad I am so glad you liked the ADs more....I think because they are slightly softer they need less layering to get the vibrancy, maybe?! But yes, I do love them!! 🤗💗
I use my Dahle 133 and that is mostly it. I have a few small hand held sharpeners as well for when the pencils get to small for the Dahle. I have stuck with this and as you say, whatever works for each person is it. I do think the Dahle sharpener is an essential.
Agreed! The Dahle 133 is great.....and I would never have really needed the electric sharpener....but it definitely helps speed up my preparation process for my colour along videos haha 🤗💗
Shel- Such insightful advice. I’m stuck on the experience as well. I’ve given up some of my favorite books because the paper experience is sub-par. BTW- IMHO- YOU are an artist. I very much enjoy the composition you create. Cheers!
Thank you so much Carla, so glad you like my colouring style. And I am glad I am not the only one who feels having good paper makes such a difference. I had kept away from Amazon books for so long....but recently with the RJ Hampson and Morgan O'brien books, I have tried them out again......I really do wish they would atleast choose to go for the premium quality amazon paper. They have such lovely art 🤗💗
What a great video and I appreciate very much the time you take out of your life to help us through your videos.
You're so welcome! And thanks for taking time out to watch my videos 🤗💗
Shel, I love all your videos they are always seem so refreshing to me. Your sweet voice and the control you have over many unnecessary purchases are something thing to aspire to. Thank you again for all you do !
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoy my videos! Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos 🤗💗
Great advice - I went through a similar process and came to mostly all the same conclusions. I will no longer buy any coloring books that don't have good paper. They're just not worth the time or expense, and it doesn't matter how pretty the images are, I know I won't enjoy coloring them on bad paper. I have the Paul Rubens metallic watercolors and I have to say I have been disappointed in them. I purchased them after watching and reading many reviews but I don't find them very vibrant or metallic looking. I much prefer the Coliro Mica paints. The gold and silver set is particularly pretty, and I find it's what I use most, even though I have another set with colors. I also use water soluble media as my base color most of the time and another thing I find very useful is using a colorless alcohol marker to blend out watercolor pencils and Neocolors. You don't get quite the same watercolor effect, but it is so useful on paper that doesn't take water well. I use a Copic (Sketch brush tip) that I can purchase refills for instead of having to buy a new marker when it runs out. You can also use a Tombow blender but I have found even that damages paper sometimes. Also, I can't do without my electric eraser, my little Mono Zero eraser, and my Holbein Soft White pencil for highlights.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You are so right, I forgot about an eraser to be honest. I guess I don't use them on every page, so it slipped my mind. And thank you so much for sharing with me your experience with the Paul reubens glitter paints.....I have really enjoyed their normal paints so much I thought the glitter paints would be good. I think I was attracted to the fact that they had such a large set with lots of colours. I do have the coliro's on my Wishlist too, so maybe I will have to try them out lol 🤗💗
Thank you for doing this video, you see so many things that people use and books and ideas, I believe you have to make your decisions on what you feel comfortable with and look at books that exactly what you said, make you happy, for me it is making me smile! Thank you again and your coloring is absolutely beautiful! I use my polys and the AD together, I have Prismacolors as well, I even mix them. I am still trying to learn new things and stop worrying as to if the pictures are going to be perfect! But I agree decent pencils and decent books make so much of the difference!
Glad you share my thoughts! Can't go wrong with a good set of pencils and a good quality book. And I know what you mean....it is intimidating to try new things out just incase we mess up a page....but try to just have fun with it, and that is the main thing 🤗💗
As always your pages are stunning ❤ love seeing your work when you showed your favorite essential books. I love Hanas books myself.
Thank you so much 🤗💗
Great video, loved you talking through the colouring books, so interesting hearing what you started with. Xx
So glad you liked the video, thanks for watching 🤗💗
Great upload shel .. I love the fact that you always give brilliant advice it helps me so much and I can’t thank you enough. I do get so intimidated with some books and their pages and also struggle to know what is good and what is not you’ve helped me so much tysmfs 🥰
You are so welcome, so glad you hear my videos are helpful. Means a lot. Thanks for always taking the time to watch my videos 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney your so welcome shel 🥰🤗
Love this! Thank you for sharing.
It's my pleasure 🤗💗
I agree about the pencils. I prefer Polychromos. I like layering lots with a light touch. But I do have prismacolor and I pull those out occasionally for certain books. Every time I do I remember why I hate them 😅 I just don't enjoy coloring with them. They are too soft and chalky for me. It makes such a difference to the enjoyment of coloring.
Haha.....it is always so interesting to see what everyone's preferences are for pencils. So many choices out there and everyone has such different preferences 🤗💗
Me too polychromos for me as well, I don’t like my prismas either, too waxy & soft
This video is a great surprise for my morning! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney 🥰
This was a very enjoyable video, loved seeing your books with the finished pages. You are so right, we don’t need all the things. Having said that, I love trying new products ,soooo I have quite a collection🤣😬
Glad you enjoyed the video!! It is ok to have a collection....collecting is all part of the hobby too!! Lots of people like to try out new products so if that makes you happy, keep at it!! And enjoy it 🤩💗
Excellent advice!
Thank you 🤗💗
Loved this video! My first coloring book was World within Worlds by Kerby Rosanes, and I colored it for months without getting bored. Would recommend!
Yes! I am so glad I am not the only one.....if I didn't get exposed to the millions of other books out there, I would have happily carried on colouring in Worlds within worlds 😂💗
The circle of life book looks so intimidating 😂😂 but your finished pics look amazing!
Thank you so much 🤗💗 once you get started in it, it is such a fun book to colour in 😂
I love the CSY paints. They come in a tin and they are really shiny and sparkly! I got mine from Amazon
Thank you 🤗💗
@@shelscolouringjourney You're very welcome! 😊
Lovely video! ❤
Thank you 🤗💗
Thanks so much for this ❤
It's my pleasure...thanks for watching 🤗💗
lovely video. I have struggled with a set of coloring pencils propelling me into the serial pencil set buying in the hopes of finding the one. the other is paper quality (or lack thereof) which makes any good pencil misbehave! However, finding stores near me where I can feel the paper before buying is non-existent. And since there isn't a label on books- it's been hit or miss. I love colorists who describe the paper and the pencils they use. Your video is just perfect. And you most definitely are an artist - you're creative in the medium you use.
I am so glad that my video helped! I fully understand it is hard to know what paper is going to be like when you can't physically feel it. I always try to listen out for how the paper quality is during flipthroughs/reviews of a book! Thanks for taking the time to watch 🤗💗
Ive been using and collecting prismacolors for 35 years. They have their flaws but i am a loyal guy. I have complete sets dating back to 1996. Some never used. Only now im considering a set of polychromos(yea getting😂). I recommend remember to have fun. Do you. Just do it with some prismacolors 😂😂
I love how when you show your pencils they look very used, some are barely there lol. A lot of channels i watch seem to just encourage collecting them all like Pokémon and I noticed when they do demos their pencils look barely used. I just hate to see waste and supplies lay around unused because if you have a favorite why have full sets of 5 other brands as well?
Thank you 🤗💗
Hello Shelly. Thanks for all the good tips. I just finished your 4 part series on How to Color. I love the videos. They are so useful. I am learning so much.
Question: when you mentioned the double spread that took you 3 months to complete...did you color it every day? Did you color in other books as well? And how many hours a day do you think is too much to spend coloring?
Oh yeah, Those last few coloring pages that you showed with the background, what did you use for the background?
Hello! Welcome to the channel, I am so glad you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for taking time to watch them 🤩
Yes, I did colour every day as I was not working at the time, but I usually have a few pages on the go at the same time. So I do usually jump between pages to be honest. But I was colouring this spread every day for a little while.
Ooh, I am not sure how many hours is TOO many. If I could colour all day I would 😂😂 I guess as many hours as you can fit in 🤗💗
Thank you for answering all my questions. That was so kind. God bless you. 😊
Great video, thanks. As a total beginner with one main set of pencils (Castle Art), I never did backgrounds for now. I have a small set of Faber Castell Goldfaber Aqua pencils, and some oil pastels from previous experiments. I find I'm never able to properly blend oil pastels. I see all these videos of people blending them with a piece of tissue paper, and when I try it just doesn't work. The color comes off the paper too much or doesn't blend at all. Should I just stick to the watercolor pencils? Or do you happen do have happen to know some good method do blend oil pastels?
You are most welcome! I am so sorry, but I have never used oil pastels myself - only ever used Neocolor II which are waterbased, so I blend it all with water and a brush. If I am not mistaken, Colouring with K uses oil pastels and is likely to have a video on blending oil pastels if you want to check it out. I find soft pastels really easy to use. I wouldn't say only stick to your watercolour pencils if you want to have a variety of different looks to your backgrounds 🤗💗
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I think it's also very important to have an eraser, especially a pointy/smaller one. It's usefull to erase small details, to erase when accidentally we colour where it's not supposed to 😅 and even to create some effects (like you mentioned) on pencils, soft pastels, etc.
Ahhhh yes!! You are right! I don't pull my eraser out for every page I colour, so it did not cross my mind to be honest. But you are absolutely right!! 🤗💗
I have been using my FC Albrect Durer and they are breaking so much any suggestions?
What about the sharpeners you use? I think that usually makes a big difference. I used to get a lot of breakages when I first started using them. I use and electric and a handheld staedler. 🤗💗
What is your source for your swatch charts?
I had found them online for free years and years ago....I think they are by mystic sparkle wings - if you type that in to the search you should find them They are available for free, but I don't feel comfortable redistributing them 🤗💗
Veryinterested to see that the items you mention are exactly what I started with. Except I had Polychromos, not the ABs.😊
Lol! Yes, most people would not have had the ADs as their first set of pencils 😂💗
I use Polychromos and sometimes put inktense under it. I want to try the Albrecht duerer SO bad 😅 but i don't want to end up with a set that never gets used, so I have been reluctant. I would feel so bad if I liked the watercolors and my Polychromos sat there unused lol
They work great together so no problem there 😊
Lol I know what you mean.....but they will work great together too! But if you have the Inktense then maybe you wouldn't need the ADs....but then I guess it is need against want right?! haha....they are beautiful pencils and I am sure you would use them wonderfully along with your polychromos! 🤗💗
The same happened to me, went to WHS smith and chose the same pencils, a disgrace 😂, those pencils should be banned from the planet
Haha totally agree! Saying that....my mum just went and bought those pencils for herself to start her colouring journey! I wish she had asked me lol!! 🤗💗