Hi Karen, I've finally found the most brilliant, straight forward way to organize my coloured pencils, thank you sooo much. I am 75 yrs old and 'found' Adult Colouring' during Covid, where here in Melbourne Australia we were locked down on and off for nearly 18 months !!! My brain is not as quick as it used to be and trying to find the pencil I was looking for had me so frustrated. Now, thanks to your marvellous brain I am starting right now, to organize my pencils properly. I cant thank you enough for putting so much time into sharing and explaining this. God Bless xo
Using this numbering system for your pencils has got to be so much easier to find the color your looking for, and too put them back in the right spot, I just need to find the labels. I will be numbering mine!
Also, if you did a hole punch in each swatch, you could actually hold over and line each colour over another or beside it a lot easier than against a huge page just sitting at the side .... just a helpful hint maybe 🤗🤗
I don't have Facebook, but this was very helpful. I rearranged my pencils and need to make swatch sheets. Thanks for sharing your system. I keep a seatchbook that I bring when I go shopping in case I see a sale, and I can see what colors I still need. Have a great day.
I’m glad you found it helpful! If you go to one of my latest video and open the description box there is a link to my ko-fi page where you can download the chart for free from there. 😊
I like your system...looks like I will be remaking my swatch charts. Please send me a PDF of your blank chart so I can get my a. in gear and do this.....Not really looking forward to it but just pulling the pencils yesterday to color faces with polys has made it imperative if I am to remain sane......love you and all that you do, you are truly an inspiration.
I'm not that organized. I'm very haphazard in my method. There's madness to my method. I grab a color and run with it. However, I am not nearly as artistic as you. Your art is beautiful. I did try to organize my pencils by color. I managed that much. I printed out a swatch chart, filled it out, and used someone else's system. It seems to work better than my own. I do admire your organizational skills.
I’m so happy that I stumbled across a video of yours earlier today ~ I’ve been watching your videos on and off all day!😊 This is my favourite one so far because I have a helluva hard time choosing all the colours for a page, like you I start with the one object then go from there to choose the next colours. And I’m stuck. GRRR I’m going to start using your method of using your swatch charts and I think it’s going to help! (That is, after I do one big book-type swatch chart like you showed us.) I also have many different sets and I’ve swatched them all separately but the charts all got separated from the pencils somehow (and it has absolutely NOTHING TO DO with my clutter, lack of organisation and overall messiness.) 😇 I’ve never thought to combine them all with each other and it makes perfect sense! Why not have ALL THE COLOURS grouped together so we can try new combinations, get more creative with the color palettes we put together and stare dreamily at all the beautiful colours. ❤Thank you for your hard work and time that you put into your RUclips channel. I love everything about it, especially the way you speak to us (your viewers). It’s more like listening to a friend explain something to you in a way you can understand easily. Thank you, again!
It's interesting to me how you pick your colors! I liked your swatching notebook -- I am an elementary teacher librarian, and love to organize all my coloring supplies too! I'm a bit over the top. I hope this picture becomes a video! Beatutiful job :)
Hi sweetheart. I definitely need to organise my pencils. I need to follow your example. Mine are a, shambles. lol. They seriously need to be put in order. I keep meaning too, no more excuses. I will get on it. x😘😘😘
Hi Karen!! ❤️🥰 Now I get what you did, I do agree the order of the Prismacolor pencils are not very well placed when you get them, not too many other brands are either. Hydrangeas are my very favorite flower and we cannot grow them here, in California where I live in the desert, sand and clay is our soil, and it seems so unfair, lol. Showing us that gorgeous picture, towards the end of the video, was that a hint that you are going to put it up for us to follow along to, lol. Thank you Karen! ❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately no, Keni. It was just one I had available that I was working on. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get the flowers right so I didn’t film it. 😜
I think this is definitely a personality trait thing :) I don't swatch but I do think I've built up a good eye for colour over a lot of years both back in school when I did Art and Sculpture and also now since I've gone back to doing drawing/adult colouring. I do use colour wheels a lot and I have multiple different types, I find they're a huge help. I don't renumber my pencils though, they're in manufacturer order where that makes sense (Polychromos) or colour order when the manufacturer layout doesn't make sense!
Karen I’m new to your channel have a ? When you say you got a pic off ESTY what paper do you use for colored pencils and you just buy a file PDF , and print it out? You have mentioned recollections is it the heavier one, and does Michaels carry it? Printing on an inkjet is ok? Just ordered a coloring book just to see if I would like it, I make cards now. Love the images you pick, I actually have made shirts with vinyl with the same images didn’t think I could print them out lol Thank you for any help
Hi Norine! I. So happy you like my channel. Thank you. 😊 I have 3 different papers that I prefer to print my pdf purchases from Etsy. Recollections 110lb cardstock from Michaels is one of them. Although I had to purchase a straight feed printer to print on heavy cardstock. It’s not a good paper if you like a lot of tooth, but as I like smoother papers it’s perfect for me. Then I discovered the tan cardstock from Neenah that I use and I fell in love. Lots of colorists and artists use Strathmore toned tan because it makes light colors just pop off the page, but it’s too toothy for me. The Neenah paper is perfect. Lastly I found a paper that bridges the gap. Springhill digital makes a white cardstock that has similar tooth to the Neenah. I use it in my latest video series. But are links to all the papers I use in the description boxes under the videos. Especially the ones I’ve done over the last 6 months. I hope that helps!❤️❤️❤️
@@ArtbyKarenValentine I thought you needed tooth for the pencils. I use neehan 80 lb for my copics and love that paper so smooth, funny was going to try the desert storm Will check out all your recommendations thank you so much
@@norinemueller4588 You do need some amount of tooth. It’s a preference thing. Some people like smooth, some more textured. I think it depends on your coloring style. 😊
Oh my goodness Karen, your colouring is gorgeous! I subbed to you after seeing you on Sammie's stream yesterday - I really admire your organisation, I do have all my pencils swatched, but they are only small circles of colour and fit on one double spread in my notebook. Luckily, I know most of my pencils so some of the time it doesn't matter! I do need to create better swatches at some point, but I know it's going to take ages! I absolutely loved this video, would you consider doing a Colouring Book Collection/Completed Pages video? I would love to see more! Take care, Imogen 😊💕
Hi Imogen!! Thank you so much for visiting and subscribing! I really appreciate it!! ❤️❤️❤️ yes, I would definitely consider doing a video like that! It would be fun!!
HI, great video. The link to your FB page is not working. Could you please send me a copy of the blank color charts. I'd truly appreciate it very much. Thx in advance.
Talk about Art Supply envy Karen 😲😲😲 I just keep my pencils in the original box, which is great until you drop it, which I have done 🤦🏻♀️😱😭 I admire you perfectionism Karen 😊
@@ArtbyKarenValentine Awesome, ty for answering! I obsessively swatch (in colour order often too).... (I only swatch ‘cos I can’t draw, I just buy art supplies ‘cos they’re addictive), and that detail of adding in would bug me... and thrill me that I had to recreate my whole swatch each time haha
@@cazkiwinz4300 sooo than you would totally understand if I told you I have been known to completely re swatch a set of pencils because I didn’t like the order, or had made 1 too many mistakes?😂 It’s a sickness!
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Thank you Karen. This makes such good sense to me now.
Hi Karen, I've finally found the most brilliant, straight forward way to organize my coloured pencils, thank you sooo much. I am 75 yrs old and 'found' Adult Colouring' during Covid, where here in Melbourne Australia we were locked down on and off for nearly 18 months !!! My brain is not as quick as it used to be and trying to find the pencil I was looking for had me so frustrated. Now, thanks to your marvellous brain I am starting right now, to organize my pencils properly. I cant thank you enough for putting so much time into sharing and explaining this. God Bless xo
This makes me so happy Elise! I’m thrilled it’s going to work for you! I would be lost without my numbers!❤️❤️❤️
Using this numbering system for your pencils has got to be so much easier to find the color your looking for, and too put them back in the right spot, I just need to find the labels. I will be numbering mine!
Oh gosh yes Pamela!! It’s the best thing I ever did! ( coloring related🤣) it’s not fun to do, but it is soooo worth it!!
Brilliant!
Glad you liked it!😁
I like the idea of numbering the pencils. My eyes arent great anymore and would help me. I cant hardly read that metallic print they use.
@@TravisBrady-wn8fr I agree! It’s been a huge help!❤️
Also, if you did a hole punch in each swatch, you could actually hold over and line each colour over another or beside it a lot easier than against a huge page just sitting at the side .... just a helpful hint maybe 🤗🤗
I don't have Facebook, but this was very helpful. I rearranged my pencils and need to make swatch sheets. Thanks for sharing your system.
I keep a seatchbook that I bring when I go shopping in case I see a sale, and I can see what colors I still need. Have a great day.
I’m glad you found it helpful! If you go to one of my latest video and open the description box there is a link to my ko-fi page where you can download the chart for free from there. 😊
I have put my own numbers on some of my sets too 😄. Your pic is fab!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! Great minds think alike!! Lol. It’s so much easier to find the right pencil, don’t you think?? 🥰
Coloring Art by Karen Valentine yes. Especially the black widows. So hard to tell them apart 🤣
I like your system...looks like I will be remaking my swatch charts. Please send me a PDF of your blank chart so I can get my a. in gear and do this.....Not really looking forward to it but just pulling the pencils yesterday to color faces with polys has made it imperative if I am to remain sane......love you and all that you do, you are truly an inspiration.
Thank you Mickey! I love my big swatch charts! Ill try and send through FB. If i cant i may need your email.
I'm not that organized. I'm very haphazard in my method. There's madness to my method.
I grab a color and run with it. However, I am not nearly as artistic as you. Your art is beautiful.
I did try to organize my pencils by color. I managed that much. I printed out a swatch chart, filled it out, and used someone else's system. It seems to work better than my own.
I do admire your organizational skills.
Your method is perfectly acceptable too Barbara! ❤️ We should all do what works best for us.
This is a wonderful system, Karen, and has given me lots of good ideas to adapt my system. Thank you for this video!
You are so welcome Roslyn! I’m glad you found it helpful!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so happy that I stumbled across a video of yours earlier today ~ I’ve been watching your videos on and off all day!😊 This is my favourite one so far because I have a helluva hard time choosing all the colours for a page, like you I start with the one object then go from there to choose the next colours. And I’m stuck. GRRR I’m going to start using your method of using your swatch charts and I think it’s going to help! (That is, after I do one big book-type swatch chart like you showed us.) I also have many different sets and I’ve swatched them all separately but the charts all got separated from the pencils somehow (and it has absolutely NOTHING TO DO with my clutter, lack of organisation and overall messiness.) 😇 I’ve never thought to combine them all with each other and it makes perfect sense! Why not have ALL THE COLOURS grouped together so we can try new combinations, get more creative with the color palettes we put together and stare dreamily at all the beautiful colours. ❤Thank you for your hard work and time that you put into your RUclips channel. I love everything about it, especially the way you speak to us (your viewers). It’s more like listening to a friend explain something to you in a way you can understand easily. Thank you, again!
This exactly what I have done..cannot color w/o my chart. If you know color, then this is what we do. ❤
It's interesting to me how you pick your colors! I liked your swatching notebook -- I am an elementary teacher librarian, and love to organize all my coloring supplies too! I'm a bit over the top. I hope this picture becomes a video! Beatutiful job :)
Thank you Annie! Unfortunately this one did not get filmed. It’s the one I worked on between other things.
@@ArtbyKarenValentine Well darn it! She's a beauty.
Thank you Annie. I’m going to start on the next video today. 😊
Hi sweetheart. I definitely need to organise my pencils. I need to follow your example. Mine are a, shambles. lol. They seriously need to be put in order. I keep meaning too, no more excuses. I will get on it. x😘😘😘
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2:14 Those “tabby thingies” are called brads 🤗
We call them Duo-tangs😊
great video, tfs. where did you get the hair swatch sheet in your prismacolor section? i think thats a great idea
Thank you Kris! I just found the little image on line and duplicated it on my computer. 😊
@@ArtbyKarenValentine great, thanks for the info
Another great video. 💙💙
Thank you Rebel. 🥰 It was just a quick one until I can get another color along done.
Hi Karen!! ❤️🥰 Now I get what you did, I do agree the order of the Prismacolor pencils are not very well placed when you get them, not too many other brands are either. Hydrangeas are my very favorite flower and we cannot grow them here, in California where I live in the desert, sand and clay is our soil, and it seems so unfair, lol. Showing us that gorgeous picture, towards the end of the video, was that a hint that you are going to put it up for us to follow along to, lol. Thank you Karen! ❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately no, Keni. It was just one I had available that I was working on. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get the flowers right so I didn’t film it. 😜
Coloring Art by Karen Valentine no worries Karen, I still loved it! ❤️🤧
Hi Karen, Such great organization! I will go to your Facebook page to get this swatch sheet. When making your swatches do you press hard or shade ?
You can do either Denise! I sent you one with the boxes divided in half, so you could do one side light and the other aside dark of the same color. 😊
@@ArtbyKarenValentine perfect, thank you!
I think this is definitely a personality trait thing :)
I don't swatch but I do think I've built up a good eye for colour over a lot of years both back in school when I did Art and Sculpture and also now since I've gone back to doing drawing/adult colouring. I do use colour wheels a lot and I have multiple different types, I find they're a huge help.
I don't renumber my pencils though, they're in manufacturer order where that makes sense (Polychromos) or colour order when the manufacturer layout doesn't make sense!
Karen I’m new to your channel have a ?
When you say you got a pic off ESTY what paper do you use for colored pencils and you just buy a file PDF , and print it out? You have mentioned recollections is it the heavier one, and does Michaels carry it?
Printing on an inkjet is ok?
Just ordered a coloring book just to see if I would like it, I make cards now. Love the images you pick, I actually have made shirts with vinyl with the same images didn’t think I could print them out lol
Thank you for any help
Hi Norine! I. So happy you like my channel. Thank you. 😊 I have 3 different papers that I prefer to print my pdf purchases from Etsy. Recollections 110lb cardstock from Michaels is one of them. Although I had to purchase a straight feed printer to print on heavy cardstock. It’s not a good paper if you like a lot of tooth, but as I like smoother papers it’s perfect for me. Then I discovered the tan cardstock from Neenah that I use and I fell in love. Lots of colorists and artists use Strathmore toned tan because it makes light colors just pop off the page, but it’s too toothy for me. The Neenah paper is perfect. Lastly I found a paper that bridges the gap. Springhill digital makes a white cardstock that has similar tooth to the Neenah. I use it in my latest video series. But are links to all the papers I use in the description boxes under the videos. Especially the ones I’ve done over the last 6 months. I hope that helps!❤️❤️❤️
@@ArtbyKarenValentine I thought you needed tooth for the pencils. I use neehan 80 lb for my copics and love that paper so smooth, funny was going to try the desert storm Will check out all your recommendations thank you so much
@@norinemueller4588 You do need some amount of tooth. It’s a preference thing. Some people like smooth, some more textured. I think it depends on your coloring style. 😊
@@ArtbyKarenValentine thank you now to figure out my style lol
what a great number system, I don't understand why the art makers cant be kinder to the colourists using the products
I don’t understand either Pam! 😜
Oh my goodness Karen, your colouring is gorgeous! I subbed to you after seeing you on Sammie's stream yesterday - I really admire your organisation, I do have all my pencils swatched, but they are only small circles of colour and fit on one double spread in my notebook. Luckily, I know most of my pencils so some of the time it doesn't matter! I do need to create better swatches at some point, but I know it's going to take ages! I absolutely loved this video, would you consider doing a Colouring Book Collection/Completed Pages video? I would love to see more! Take care, Imogen 😊💕
Hi Imogen!! Thank you so much for visiting and subscribing! I really appreciate it!! ❤️❤️❤️ yes, I would definitely consider doing a video like that! It would be fun!!
Great, you're welcome, looking forward to seeing more! 💕
HI, great video. The link to your FB page is not working. Could you please send me a copy of the blank color charts. I'd truly appreciate it very much. Thx in advance.
Talk about Art Supply envy Karen 😲😲😲 I just keep my pencils in the original box, which is great until you drop it, which I have done 🤦🏻♀️😱😭 I admire you perfectionism Karen 😊
Thanks Tracy! Knowing me that would be a regular occurrence!!! 🤣
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What happens when you buy new pencils tho? A, b and c?
Most times I purchase full sets. But there have been cases when I have done 12A 12B etc. It still works well for me. 😊
@@ArtbyKarenValentine Awesome, ty for answering! I obsessively swatch (in colour order often too).... (I only swatch ‘cos I can’t draw, I just buy art supplies ‘cos they’re addictive), and that detail of adding in would bug me... and thrill me that I had to recreate my whole swatch each time haha
@@cazkiwinz4300 sooo than you would totally understand if I told you I have been known to completely re swatch a set of pencils because I didn’t like the order, or had made 1 too many mistakes?😂 It’s a sickness!
I think we might be twins....
My hubby would say twits.... but I think I’m right in that “twins” is the correct term 😂😂😂
I would love to know the actual color order for your Prismacolor pencils please
My pencils are organized but I can't put stickers on my pencils. ADD here😊
There's another RUclipsr who puts numbers on her pencils.
I think a lot of people do! ❤️😄❤️
Method is unnecessarily complicated.
Then you are free to not use it. This is my method and it works for me and many others. But thank you for sharing your opinion ❤️