DIOR HAUTE COUTURE SPRING-SUMMER 2015 FASHION SHOW
I'm so excited to share with you my first series of free color sheets I'd like to gift to you. Adult coloring is a fun concept leveraging the joy of coloring as a child while bringing your own unique creativity into the mix. I remember as a child collecting Barbie coloring books filled with Barbie adventures printed on newsprint. My aunt was the most amazing colorist and I remember wanting to be just like her since I tended to color out of the lines and my colors just looked strange. She would use white crayon as a highlight and other soft, beautiful colors. I later learned, there's so many methods to coloring, every way is actually perfect.
Three Reasons to Color
1.) For relaxing
There's something relaxing about sitting on the couch, in the park, at your desk and taking out beautiful color pencils, crayons, paint -what have you- and color to your hearts content. It's truly a practice of being in the moment and focusing on one color at a time, creating something truly beautiful and unique to your own aesthetic. Coloring in the lines allows you to focus on the color and not necessarily worry about what to draw, how dark the lines are, yadda yadda. You just have to put the color on the paper. Read more about how coloring can help de-stress and a tool for meditation.
2.) Bring out your inner child, be creative in your own way
There's unlimited colors and combinations out there and coloring is a chance to use your imagination the way you want to - without boundaries. Colors can be vibrant, subdued and serene or eclectic. You decide! There's literally endless options as long as you stay open.
3.) Creativity is limitless, use whatever you want
Many coloring books are printed on thinner paper which may make your colors bleed depending on the medium you use:
- Color pencils
- Pens
- Watercolor
- Acrylic
Have some fun! You don't have to stick with color pencil but here are few recommendations I suggest:
Get the right paper
- Regular copy paper (Great for pencil or crayon, inexpensive to - it's likely laying around in your house)
- Strathmore series (thicker paper for different mediums like paint) if you want to color with paint, try printing on thicker paper so your colors don't bleed onto the other side and the integrity of the paper isn't falling apart.
- Prisma Color Pencils (or Crayola! :))
Ready to get started?
1,) Print out your favorite color sheet
2.) Pick what colors and medium you'd like to color in
3.) Have fun!
Pieces of Paris
Pieces of Paris
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