I didn't think I'd sit thru your video, but it was really interesting! I feel encouraged, even excited to complete the book myself, thank you! Right now I'm still learning to color individual items such that completing whole pages seems a long ways off but Im getting there. God bless you! And you did great on those two copies!
Seeing your two versions was absolutely fascinating! Your progression as an artist is clearly seen, as is your confidence. I'm a beginner and my pages show that I am a new colorist; but your two versions give me hope. Thank you so much for sharing!
It really is, come to think of it. I really like one of her books but I don't use colored pencils so found that the paper made it difficult for what i wanted and putting it in a home copier wasn't working. I finally started putting velum over the prints i liked most and traced them so I would essentially have a print of my own to do with a thousand ways. Then said fuck it, finally just went ahead and cut the page out and now i I find the pages sweet spot (because even tho the pages are larger the print itself isn't even quite 8.5x11 in actual size) so now I'm gonna try some of the challenges you've mentioned trying yourself and see if I can't force myself into something new while still discovering what it is i like
First of all - I am super impressed that you have actually finished BOTH copies! Wow - what an achievement! I lapped up looking at each comparison - so interesting to see how you coloured in each version and all of them an inspiration.
Thank you. I am now working through my second copy of Enchanted Forest but as one double page spread took me two weeks it could be a long while until I can do another comparison video!! Especially with Johanna bringing out a new book in April!
It is great to see your colouring transformation. I love the way you added some background and they are quite lovely. I am a beginner, and my stage is at your first book. Need to hone my skills, my patience and my hand stroke. Your video gives me hope towards that aim. so thank you!!
Absolutely stunning work! I’m trying to complete the book right now myself and I think you’ve inspired me to buy a second one. What a fantastic way to sharpen your skills, eh? Absolutely gorgeous work. Love seeing your progress.
I've been coloring for years, but picked up many things that will improve my art. Particularly you techniques of shading, highlighting, and creating depth. Thanks for being such a giving person.
Beautiful work! It's amazing that you've completed both books. Comparing the two, it's evident that you've made significant progress-the newer pieces are richer in color and detail. I also see how well-coordinated the colors are in your new book; they complement each other beautifully. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Wow. You just turned up as a recommended video, and I was absolutely riveted the entire time. I'm a beginning colourist and there are some lovely ideas in both the 2013 and the 2020 versions for colours and approaches. This is wonderful. Thank you so much. Now I'm off to investigate your other videos.
What a beautiful accomplishment to color 2 books completely. Your evolving style and skills are very encouraging to a beginner like me. Thanks for being such a positive influence.
Absolutely beautiful 🥰❤️ it's a great feeling when I finished my first adult coloring book. Haven't finished any of the others yet. Enchanted forest was the one I finished. I loved it so much. I bought a second one. Happy coloring to you and have a wonderful Saturday! ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌺🌼🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄
Wow, like others here, I am floored that you have completed two of the same book! Absolutely love seeing the differences on each page. Sometimes I like the first book best, other times I prefer the second😀 It is a great reference for someone like me who relies heavily on You tube for inspiration🙂
Rachel, it is simply astonishing how much more vibrant your colors have become in a few years !!!! First time I see anything like it ! You are amazing! Congratulations! 🦋😉😎
Am so happy I found you notinte totally but by chance..Just love what did with the 2 books, same but yet so different...I will not copy, ofcourse, but just get many ideas on how to color my new book...Thanks for sharing your Beautiful work...Lovely, Lovely👍👍👍😇
Love watching it! Your colorings are so inspiring! And it was quite interesting to see the changes, and how you became more bold, trying out different things - even drawing! I'm glad RUclips popped your video up in my timeline! 💖
Great video! I enjoyed it very much. I didn’t finish even one coloring book, and u finished two same ones😀 That’s impressive. I must be the slowest colorist ever🙈 I’m trying to finish Secret Garden postcards, so hopefully soon..🤞🏻 Anyway thanks for sharing your progress with all of us😘
Absolutely beautiful ! You are so very artistic already but the second time round the images are so much more mature and skilful! Really inspiring thank you for sharing ❤!
Thank you Rachel your video was very interesting. I'm new to colouring and seeing your work has inspired me to persevere even though I'm not very confident.
I am so pleased. Do keep going it is so worthwhile and practice makes such a big difference. Be careful comparing yourself to others, we are all different and start in different places and have different amounts of time to practice and learn. It should be about having fun and enjoying yourself and improvements will come naturally.
I really enjoyed this video Rachel,Ive got a few of Johanna Basford's books,but I always found them a bit intimidating,probably because I've seen so many of them beautifully done and completed,like yours are,and think I could never achieve the same,but Ive dug them back out,and got a batch of new books over the past 3 days,3 by Kerby Rosanes,,and the Disney one by Thomas Kincade,which is stunning and I'm terrified to go near it in case I ruin it lol I need to be braver :) The Kerby ones are amazing,the artwork is gorgeous and I'm a bit scared of them too,just don't want to ruin such beautiful books,but I will have a go and hopefully produce something halfway decent :) Looking forward to seeing more of your work :),thanks for the inspiration :)
Thank you, try to be brave with your books. Remember the artist wants you to colour them in and you can always buy another copy of you don't like what you did in it! I have flip throughs of most of Johanna's books that I have completed, so if you need more inspiration so take a look. Hope you have fun with your books
Loved this!! Forget Book Club. I need a Color Club. I am trying to determine what you used in a lot of these. I'm a newbie and am missing what you're identifying
Thank you very much. I am hoping to finish my second copy of Enchanted Forest soon and do another similar video as I found it so interesting to do myself! I think I have about 40 pages to go though!
@@RachelHendersonColouring that’s fabulous….I used to draw and colour a lot but then had a break of several years, just getting back into it now and love it again!
@@RachelHendersonColouring thankyou. I have other colours but not gold, but I have never tried doing a background with them. I might have to try this but will need bigger nibs, as I only have fine line ones. Im just starting out in this colouring world.
The colouring in both books is just delightful to see! I have a question though: you refer to the “artist’s edition” of the books. Would you mind explaining what that is please? Thanks!
thank you. For Secret Garden, Enchanted Forest and Lost Ocean there was an Artist's Edition published. This was a slightly bigger book, with a smaller selection of pictures on one side of the page only and on thicker paper. They were designed so that you could complete pictures in alcohol markers, paint etc which could potentially soak through the paper without spoiling a picture on the back. They were also perforated so they could easily be removed for framing.
I used a PC-1MR and they do not bleed through as long as you use a book which has been printed in the last few years as the paper has changed, I did not layer it up.
Both books are absolutely beautiful - I wonder if your style in the first book would have been different if you'd used the Derwent pencils to start with. You've clearly developed a lot more confidence - what an amazing achievement. I was going to avoid this book because of the text instructions, which I find too distracting, but you mentioned whiting it out? I may have to try that on one of her other books to see if it works for me.
Lol, I did not realise I said it that often!!!! I used white gel pen or posca pen to erase the text. It doesn't give a perfect result but works well enough for me!
2 questions: 1, where do you get your colouring challenges? It sounds fun, I want to join! 2, on the page opposite the scarecrow, what was the technique for the blue background (around the branches)? Thanks!
Colouring challenges are from Facebook groups I am in 'Johanna Basford Your Pages' is the one I belong to that is running lots at the moment. The blue sky around the branches was just lots of blending with different shades of pencil. I used several Derwent Lightfast pencils which are really soft and are easier to blend than some other brands. I basically applied a darker shade (either pink or blue) then faded it out a bit with a lighter one and then used a very pale shade to blend over it, mix them together and spread them out more. I hope that helps!
I have got a video showing some tracing - ruclips.net/video/-sLCvCp4wFc/видео.html However if there was something more specific that you had in mind please let me know and I will see what I can do!
I have an old copy of Secret Garden and the paper is really rough, its really hard to layer pencils on before the paper starts to ‘splinter’ (can’t think of a better word for it, literally little paper splinters break away). Is the paper in the newer books smoother / better? I have totally avoided all Johanna’s subsequent books due to how bad the paper is in Secret Garden
The paper has really changed over the years. The first printing was not good but it improved on the second printing and has been changed a few times. Johanna now picks her own paper so it is now thicker and smoother and can take lots of layers of pencil.
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I didn't think I'd sit thru your video, but it was really interesting! I feel encouraged, even excited to complete the book myself, thank you! Right now I'm still learning to color individual items such that completing whole pages seems a long ways off but Im getting there. God bless you! And you did great on those two copies!
So glad you enjoyed the video. Individual items is a good way to tackle a page, sometimes it can be daunting otherwise!
Seeing your two versions was absolutely fascinating! Your progression as an artist is clearly seen, as is your confidence. I'm a beginner and my pages show that I am a new colorist; but your two versions give me hope. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you, I colour every day and it makes a big difference
Loved seeing your artistic progression! I’ve never completely finished one book completely much less the same book twice. What an achievement!
Thank you so much
It really is, come to think of it. I really like one of her books but I don't use colored pencils so found that the paper made it difficult for what i wanted and putting it in a home copier wasn't working. I finally started putting velum over the prints i liked most and traced them so I would essentially have a print of my own to do with a thousand ways. Then said fuck it, finally just went ahead and cut the page out and now i I find the pages sweet spot (because even tho the pages are larger the print itself isn't even quite 8.5x11 in actual size) so now I'm gonna try some of the challenges you've mentioned trying yourself and see if I can't force myself into something new while still discovering what it is i like
First of all - I am super impressed that you have actually finished BOTH copies! Wow - what an achievement! I lapped up looking at each comparison - so interesting to see how you coloured in each version and all of them an inspiration.
Thank you. I am now working through my second copy of Enchanted Forest but as one double page spread took me two weeks it could be a long while until I can do another comparison video!! Especially with Johanna bringing out a new book in April!
It is great to see your colouring transformation. I love the way you added some background and they are quite lovely. I am a beginner, and my stage is at your first book. Need to hone my skills, my patience and my hand stroke. Your video gives me hope towards that aim. so thank you!!
Thank you. I colour every day even if just for five minutes and that has really helped!
The bottom one, omg, such vibrant colors, so inspiring!
thank you
Absolutely stunning work! I’m trying to complete the book right now myself and I think you’ve inspired me to buy a second one. What a fantastic way to sharpen your skills, eh? Absolutely gorgeous work. Love seeing your progress.
Thank you so much
I've been coloring for years, but picked up many things that will improve my art. Particularly you techniques of shading, highlighting, and creating depth. Thanks for being such a giving person.
thank you so much for the lovely feedback x
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Love these sort of comparison videos. Its really interesting to see how your colouring has changed. Xxx
I find it fascinating too! I am a long way form completing a second copy of any other books, so will be a while before I do any more!
Beautiful work! It's amazing that you've completed both books. Comparing the two, it's evident that you've made significant progress-the newer pieces are richer in color and detail. I also see how well-coordinated the colors are in your new book; they complement each other beautifully. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you very much!
Wow! I really love the page with the sunset background and black flowers.
thank you
Wow. You just turned up as a recommended video, and I was absolutely riveted the entire time. I'm a beginning colourist and there are some lovely ideas in both the 2013 and the 2020 versions for colours and approaches. This is wonderful. Thank you so much. Now I'm off to investigate your other videos.
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed the video x
What a beautiful accomplishment to color 2 books completely. Your evolving style and skills are very encouraging to a beginner like me. Thanks for being such a positive influence.
Thank you, so glad it is encouraging.
Absolutely beautiful 🥰❤️ it's a great feeling when I finished my first adult coloring book. Haven't finished any of the others yet. Enchanted forest was the one I finished. I loved it so much. I bought a second one. Happy coloring to you and have a wonderful Saturday! ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌺🌼🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄
Thank you so much. Enchanted Forest is one of my favourites, I am working on the miniature one now after completing two copies!
That was fascinating Rachel. Both books are lovely but you can really see how your style and confidence has grown - gives me hope!
Thank you. I am glad it has inspired you - it is just a matter of practice and getting inspiration from others.
Gives me hope too.
@@CubNan I am glad, keep enjoying it - that is the main thing to concentrate on!
So encouraging and especially well demonstrated for changes in colors skills and supplies used.
thank you x
Wow, like others here, I am floored that you have completed two of the same book! Absolutely love seeing the differences on each page. Sometimes I like the first book best, other times I prefer the second😀 It is a great reference for someone like me who relies heavily on You tube for inspiration🙂
Thank you and I agree that there are some I prefer from the first and some from the second. So glad to inspire, enjoy your colouring!
Rachel, it is simply astonishing how much more vibrant your colors have become in a few years !!!! First time I see anything like it ! You are amazing! Congratulations! 🦋😉😎
thank you so much
Am so happy I found you notinte totally but by chance..Just love what did with the 2 books, same but yet so different...I will not copy, ofcourse, but just get many ideas on how to color my new book...Thanks for sharing your Beautiful work...Lovely, Lovely👍👍👍😇
Thank you so much, feel free to take inspiration and even copy, just tag me if you post them so I can take a look!!
I actually bought this book a long time ago hadn't colored it and then I just so happen to come across this video .. I'm excited to color it
I hope you have fun x
Love watching it! Your colorings are so inspiring! And it was quite interesting to see the changes, and how you became more bold, trying out different things - even drawing! I'm glad RUclips popped your video up in my timeline! 💖
thank you so much - I am glad others found it so interesting to compare the books as I did!!
Wow you love colouring I didn't do it for about a year but I had hand surgery and am back in my colouring books😊
so glad you are back to colouring
I really enjoyed seeing how your coloring has progressed. I am still in the beginner stage.
So glad you enjoyed it. We are all learning, I wonder how much I will progress by the time I finish my third copy....!
Comparison was wonderful to see. I’ve only recently started this colouring book and I love it
Thank you. So glad you are enjoying your copy x
BOTH BOOKS ARE BEAUTIFULLY COLORED....STUNNING X
thank you
Great video! I enjoyed it very much. I didn’t finish even one coloring book, and u finished two same ones😀 That’s impressive. I must be the slowest colorist ever🙈 I’m trying to finish Secret Garden postcards, so hopefully soon..🤞🏻 Anyway thanks for sharing your progress with all of us😘
Thank you. It isn't a race just enjoy it! I colour everyday and so seem to get through pictures pretty quickly!
You have become an excellent colourist! Even love your first attempt at Secret Garden
Thank you, that is very kind of you
Love seeing the comparison! Both books are amazing! Great to see your progress and difference of each page
Thank you very much.
wow. I can't believe you did two books already. I bought this book years ago and I've only coloured a few pages.
I colour every day and was working part time so had lots of time to colour. I am now working full time so I suspect progress will be slower!
How fabulous to see the difference in your colouring... you are inspiring.
Thank you so much.
Wow!!! Both books are wonderful and beautifully colored thanks for sharing this video it is very much inspiring 😊
Thank you, so glad it was inspiring.
Absolutely beautiful ! You are so very artistic already but the second time round the images are so much more mature and skilful! Really inspiring thank you for sharing ❤!
Thank you so much!
Thank you Rachel your video was very interesting. I'm new to colouring and seeing your work has inspired me to persevere even though I'm not very confident.
I am so pleased. Do keep going it is so worthwhile and practice makes such a big difference. Be careful comparing yourself to others, we are all different and start in different places and have different amounts of time to practice and learn. It should be about having fun and enjoying yourself and improvements will come naturally.
Loved it, gives me the push to continue on the coloring trip. Thank you!
Thank you - I am glad it encouraged you - that is the idea of the videos to get more people enjoying colouring!
I'm against having backgrounds but you make them work and look really nice 👍
thank you, I do not think they are always necessary, depends on the picture
I really enjoyed this video Rachel,Ive got a few of Johanna Basford's books,but I always found them a bit intimidating,probably because I've seen so many of them beautifully done and completed,like yours are,and think I could never achieve the same,but Ive dug them back out,and got a batch of new books over the past 3 days,3 by Kerby Rosanes,,and the Disney one by Thomas Kincade,which is stunning and I'm terrified to go near it in case I ruin it lol I need to be braver :) The Kerby ones are amazing,the artwork is gorgeous and I'm a bit scared of them too,just don't want to ruin such beautiful books,but I will have a go and hopefully produce something halfway decent :) Looking forward to seeing more of your work :),thanks for the inspiration :)
Thank you, try to be brave with your books. Remember the artist wants you to colour them in and you can always buy another copy of you don't like what you did in it! I have flip throughs of most of Johanna's books that I have completed, so if you need more inspiration so take a look. Hope you have fun with your books
Loved this!! Forget Book Club. I need a Color Club.
I am trying to determine what you used in a lot of these. I'm a newbie and am missing what you're identifying
Thank you I mainly use faber castell polychromos and staedtler ergosoft pencils in those two books,.
Hi Rachel both books are wonderful can really see how you have progressed.
Thank you
Lovely video ! I loved the lateset book.I have started colouring and your style is so inspiring ❤❤❤
Thank you so much x
Very interesting to look at how you developed... And very inspiring too.
Thank you very much. I am hoping to finish my second copy of Enchanted Forest soon and do another similar video as I found it so interesting to do myself! I think I have about 40 pages to go though!
Interesting to see the differences and the similarities! You have done an amazing amount of colouring!
I love colouring and have been doing it daily since 2013!
@@RachelHendersonColouring that’s fabulous….I used to draw and colour a lot but then had a break of several years, just getting back into it now and love it again!
@@spare_room_studio that's great to hear!
This was such a great video! I loved seeing the differences (and sometimes similarities) between the two books.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a beginner and this video is very helpful and beautiful i love your art ♥️
Thank you so much, I am so glad it was helpful.
Thank you for sharing. I found this video quite interesting.
you are welcome x
You’ve really inspired me! I’m new to colouring to help me with chronic pain. You’ve given me so many ideas Thankyou. What are your favourite pencils?
Thank you, I am so glad you are using colouring in such a positive way. My favourite pencils are probably Faber Castell Polychromos.
Wow great comparison. Can I ask what gold pen you used for the background of the two birds in your 2nd book. Thanks
Thank you. I think it was a Posca pen.
@@RachelHendersonColouring thankyou. I have other colours but not gold, but I have never tried doing a background with them. I might have to try this but will need bigger nibs, as I only have fine line ones. Im just starting out in this colouring world.
@@MJ-oh6wv I tend to use the fine nibs - PC1MR but it does take a long time with the fine ones.
I love the copper kettle!
thank you!
The colouring in both books is just delightful to see! I have a question though: you refer to the “artist’s edition” of the books. Would you mind explaining what that is please? Thanks!
thank you. For Secret Garden, Enchanted Forest and Lost Ocean there was an Artist's Edition published. This was a slightly bigger book, with a smaller selection of pictures on one side of the page only and on thicker paper. They were designed so that you could complete pictures in alcohol markers, paint etc which could potentially soak through the paper without spoiling a picture on the back. They were also perforated so they could easily be removed for framing.
You can see how much bolder and more confidently you are now colouring in the second book, although there are a few I prefer in the first one.
thank you, I prefer some in the first one too!
I kinda like your blue picture. Sorta spooky. 😂
thank you!
What type of black posca pen did you use? Did you layer? Did it bleed through? Thanks.
I used a PC-1MR and they do not bleed through as long as you use a book which has been printed in the last few years as the paper has changed, I did not layer it up.
This is my favorite Johanna book ever…!
It was my first so will always be special, but I find it so hard to choose a favourite!
THE LOWER BOOK I LIKE IT!!~~~~~~
thank you
Drink for every time you say 'interesting' :-D
Both books are absolutely beautiful - I wonder if your style in the first book would have been different if you'd used the Derwent pencils to start with. You've clearly developed a lot more confidence - what an amazing achievement. I was going to avoid this book because of the text instructions, which I find too distracting, but you mentioned whiting it out? I may have to try that on one of her other books to see if it works for me.
Lol, I did not realise I said it that often!!!! I used white gel pen or posca pen to erase the text. It doesn't give a perfect result but works well enough for me!
@@RachelHendersonColouring Thanks, I'll give that a go! xx
This is a fun video! Both of them are fabulous!
thank you so much x
I love your backgrounds! Are you mostly using pastels?
Thank you, I use them for backgrounds at times as well as pencils. Depends on the picture.
Very unique video. Thanks
thank you
Fascinating, Rachel!!!
thank you
Great look at improvements.
Thank you, I enjoyed comparing them too!
Great comparison share, thank you ☺️
thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Wow! Awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you
2 questions: 1, where do you get your colouring challenges? It sounds fun, I want to join! 2, on the page opposite the scarecrow, what was the technique for the blue background (around the branches)? Thanks!
Colouring challenges are from Facebook groups I am in 'Johanna Basford Your Pages' is the one I belong to that is running lots at the moment. The blue sky around the branches was just lots of blending with different shades of pencil. I used several Derwent Lightfast pencils which are really soft and are easier to blend than some other brands. I basically applied a darker shade (either pink or blue) then faded it out a bit with a lighter one and then used a very pale shade to blend over it, mix them together and spread them out more. I hope that helps!
@@RachelHendersonColouring thank you!
What a fun comparison.
Thank you
Actually I think the blue page you were upset about is beautiful!
Thank you
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I have that mine little one like post cards
Do you have the miniature version? I have that too, it is very cute.
@@RachelHendersonColouring yes
This is amazing!!!!!!!
Thank you very much x
It's really amazing!))
Thank you
Super nice💓💓💓💓
Thank you so much
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Thank you for subscribing, hope you enjoy colouring, it is so much fun!
Very interesting the way you coloured the other book xx 😊🫠❤️💜💙🧡🦋🌟
Thank you 🤗
😍❣️😍 Thanks for sharing ☺️
You are welcome
Can you show how you do your tracing?
I have got a video showing some tracing - ruclips.net/video/-sLCvCp4wFc/видео.html However if there was something more specific that you had in mind please let me know and I will see what I can do!
@@RachelHendersonColouring thanks, I’ll check that one out.
Great Video
thank you
Oh big fan
thank you
I have an old copy of Secret Garden and the paper is really rough, its really hard to layer pencils on before the paper starts to ‘splinter’ (can’t think of a better word for it, literally little paper splinters break away). Is the paper in the newer books smoother / better? I have totally avoided all Johanna’s subsequent books due to how bad the paper is in Secret Garden
The paper has really changed over the years. The first printing was not good but it improved on the second printing and has been changed a few times. Johanna now picks her own paper so it is now thicker and smoother and can take lots of layers of pencil.
@@RachelHendersonColouring that’s great to hear, I might buy a new copy!
@@ArtJourneyUK all of her books are really lovely and have the same lovely paper now - as long as you get recently printed versions.
@@RachelHendersonColouring I just bought the World of Flowers and the paper is soooo much better! Thanks!
@@ArtJourneyUK I am so pleased, I do hope you enjoy it, it is a lovely book
Looooveee it :)
thank you
Less is more. I prefer the 2013 edition. With more blanks.
In some ways, so do I