Ohh thank you. I completely agree. I’m still so proud and appreciative of my earlier work, I had so much fun while I was colouring and learned along the way. ❤️
Wow! That was great! I loved seeing you’re work, it’s so beautiful 😊 I have just found your channel today and I am enjoying your content very much. Love the accent. Could listen to your voice for hours! I am in Ontario, Canada.
Hi nice to find a fellow Aussie colouring I have only come across overseas so far. ❤️🇦🇺. I love your earlier work so coloutful. You are so cheerful and love that you show appreciation of the gorgeous work you have done. Really look forward to watching more of your videos they are so uplifting to watch.
Thank you Michelle, it feels like ages since I picked up that book, except for finishing the WIP. There’s definitely so much more I need to colour in it 🥰
Loved seeing the evolution of your style and also appreciated you noting what you like about your pages, especially your early ones. It’s so easy to be hard on ourselves when looking at our own pages. Your work is so impressive and many of us follow your tutorials, so it’s nice to see we all start with simple pages and there’s still something to appreciate about those. Thanks for sharing these.
Hi Wendy, thank you so much 🥰 It's so easy to be our own worst critic but I do try to enjoy all my creations and in another few years my colouring will likely have improved and evolved in style again (hopefully) but it won't stop me loving these pages. We learn each time we put colour to paper but the joy is the most important part ❤️
Totally agree her pictures are stunning and love that she can appreciate the awesome job she has done and likes her artwork. I get tired of self defacing people on colouring sites on FB . I love seeing other peoples artwork. ❤❤❤🎉🎉
Thanks Wendy! I love looking back at old work. We all have a starting point and it’s fun to look back and see what I was learning and attempting at the time and to appreciate the process and the enjoyment I got from the pages 🤗🤍
Hi Karen! Don’t feel too bad: I have 35(!) books I’ve not yet colored in. 🤷♀️….As you said, not much time, eh? Life is Busy! But no complaints….although I have QUITE a collection of books, hey there’s worse addictions! 😄 This year for me is my “Low-Buy” year(yeah….right, DawnMarie! What, I’ve already purchased 15+ just in January! )….but I MUST FINISH AT LEAST ONE. So, kudos for ACTUALLY finishing a book! Awesome coloring as always, so much skill and technique. You’re an Artist. Keep On Coloring! 💜
WOAH! Des heures et des heures de colos et des tonnes de partages. Merci tellement de nous partager ton talent. Chaque page est différente et un chef d'oeuvre en soi. Bravo !
My daughter bought me every copy of the Horror books a couple years ago for Christmas. Spending so much time coloring the gore actually started giving me nightmares so I had to throw them all out. I’m glad to see how the pages can look once colored. Your work is absolutely beautiful!
All your pages are beautiful. They are so vibrant I love the color palettes you choose. Thanks so much for sharing I really enjoyed watching. Take care happy coloring looking forward too future videos.
I just started my coloring journey- even though i had bought my first Secret Garden in Korean when it first came out. Your work is inspirational- it shows the potential these pages have! You are awesome!!!
Oh my gosh Karen! I adore even your first attempts of coloring! You're just so gifted for this🥰🤩 You mentioned a fixative for pencils? Does it keep your finished pages from smudging? If so, what do you use? I desperately need to do that. I've noticed that some of my finished pages have smudged over to the next page 🤦🏼♀️😬... Hopefully it will erase and I can still do those ones. 😆 Thank you for sharing all your STUNNING WORK! I'M IN LOVE with them ALL! LOL 🥰💜🤩
Thank you so much. Yes it's not completely foolproof but fixative definitely helps. I use Micador (Australian Brand) workable fixative matte. If you make sure to find one that says workable that way you can spray it as you go if needed and keep colouring. Matte because the other option is glossy and I prefer the matte look. I'm not sure if you can purchase the brand I use where you are, but there are some links in my Amazon stores to other brands 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Oh, wonderful! Thank you for the information! I will definitely have to give that a try. I'll be looking into your Amazon shop. 😉👍🏻
Vous êtes vraiment très douer. Les coloriages sont vraiment plus beaux les en plus que les autres. Vraiment en grand bravo à vous et merci pour ce magnifique partage
I really loved seeing this video. Because of your channel I ordered World within worlds. It was on my wishlist for a while together with fragile world . Thanks for sharing.
So love you mr colouring along with your accent. Love the way you say here. Hyah kind of. I have a Getty deer and close friend from Australia. She sends me voice messages and I found listen to o her voice forever.
Wow Wow Wow, these are amazing, very hard to pick a favourite as all done beautifully. New subscriber here after this video, will look forward to watching all previous and forth coming. Thank you for sharing, enjoyed every minute. 😍 Jey x
Wow so pretty 😍 I need to get the flowers one, im just starting and looks like it has a lot of simple enough images for me to start. Thank you for sharing ❤
it's amazing and very useful to see how you've progressed through the years! thank you for cheering me up, maybe there's hope for me still 😋 After seeing your Kappa I was convinced you're doing this for a living, it's truly mindblowing to learn it's just a hobby! I'm eager to see how far your talent can take you on this journey because it seems like it's just a beginning...
Oh thank you so much and I'm happy it cheered you up. Keep at it, the more we do something the more we see improvements. But the most important part is having fun and enjoying the process. So happy colouring, enjoy 😁
Hi I am new to your channel I love everyone videos and pictures I color for many years I did over 800 pictures right now this is my new phone so I only color 379 pictures on my new phone
Hi Karen, it is a great pleasure to watch your colouring journey that is not very long but has evolved so amazingly! I can’t believe that you started with those heavy handed and dark coloured works. Then your colour choice changed all of sudden! It reminded me of Van Gogh’s transition from dark heavy colours to bright colours later. How did you progressed to your current admiring colour choice and switched to brighter colour and start to add layering and blending skills all of sudden? Your early works and current ones do not look like to be coloured by one person!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your coloring "journey". As for the Skull page in World of Flowers, there are NO butterflies on the original page! ( you might be thinking of a Kerby pic that has tons of butterflies around a skull?)
Thanks Barbara, after I uploaded I realised I had a second copy in my hands the whole time I was trying to work it out and could have just checked lol 😂
I feel like I need to do a full Rita book colour along but I have Johanna and Kerby happening so I’m thinking the next journey book 😁 can’t wait for the new Klara too ❤️
All your pages are beautiful. love all the different pallets you used. I'm still waiting for my favorite page in Mythic World to be colored and that is Barong and Rangda. I hope you do more pages in Mythomorphia. I have a few sets of pencils but I only use my Prisma because none of them can put down color like Prisma can. Thank you for all your beautiful work.
Hi Barbara, I love that page in Mythic World too, I keep clicking to it so I’m sure it won’t be far away. I definitely need to do more in Mythomorphia as it’s one of my favourite books ❤️
You shouldn’t throw out your work. You’ll be able to look back on it and show your older kids or grandchildren. I know you can’t keep all of them. But some you should.
PS: At the moment, I am enjoying block coloring with my fineliners again….as I draw A LOT and paint in my art journals/on canvas, so at times I, too, just want to sit and “mindlessly” color without having to blend and layer etc etc…as you have said(and I firmly believe) : Coloring should be first and foremost FUN. 🙂
Thank you for this video. You are so so talented!!! I am going to do my WWW following your tutorials. But the results will be less spectacular, but I'm sure that I will have fun ☺
You are so welcome Greta. thank you for your kind comments. I'm sure your results will be amazing but as long as you enjoy the process and have fun 🥰❤️
Thank you so much for sharing all these! I would love to see some mini tutorials. Sometimes it can be so frustrating trying to find info on, say burnishing, or when/how/what fixative to use without the info being deep inside long tutorials (being general here, not you specifically!). I have watched your blending tutorial, but I can never get a smooth look….do you go over gradients with a burnishing pencil? Or stump? You mention early on in this video about using fixative….do you use that for all pages? How do you keep it from leaving spots on pages? And….I would love a tutorial on that “white out” effect you use on flower petals. Oh, and on distress inks, could you consider a demo of how you do the clouds ON A PICTURE. I watched that video and it’s easy enough on a rectangle of cardstock, but how exactly do you do an effect like that with a complicated foreground? (so many requests! but you are a great teacher and I love your work!) I really appreciate that you focus on quality over quantity in your collection. I get kind of turned off by people who have HUNDREDS of books because if I was REALLY honest with myself, I could pick out 24 books nd I’d probably never get that many colored in before I die! It’s nice to have options, but at a certain point, it just can be ridiculous. I do have about 20 or so untouched books and at this point, I will leave them alone and continue learning first.
Hi Tracy, thanks for the feedback and I’m definitely one who sometimes ends up hiding the info in long tutorials 😆 So I never use any blending tools, no liquids, no pencils and no stumps unless I show it and state it in a tutorial and I think I’ve done that maybe twice for a certain background effect. But I show it in the video. The only thing I do that you don’t see in the video is spray it with fixative at the end. I did do a tutorial on how to use it but yep it’s buried deep in a video and I couldn’t even tell you which one lol Getting a smooth look is easier when heavy handed and using wax pencils as in the end they just mush onto the page lol but you need to burnish it completely for that look, so no white paper and no tooth left at all. I do have quite a few colour alongs that have the cloud background so you can see me apply it directly to a picture, I don’t talk through the process though but it is basically the same as the card stock. Because I burnish my pictures I usually just go straight over the image with the ink… but I don’t recommend that in case you haven’t fully burnished. I will do a video using the masking fluid prior to applying a distress ink background as well. So that was a long response to basically say yes lol I can do some mini ‘how to’ tutorials 😁
I don’t see a complete fail on the mouse from here, but you’re so used to coloring a certain beautifully shadowed way . I do see a beautiful coloring besides what you see 😊🥰
I am Exhausted watching all the colouring you have done, LoL, just ordered a set of Brutfuner 180's and A Book, think i will give this Hobby a try, I have far too many Hobbies as it is. Slowly working through your colour along's, and wondering about my ONE Book coming from amazon. What i really want to know is how many books do you actually own ? I would like to try these so called Primacolor but i thought i would start off Cheap as i am British and a tight bugger :) and if i like it then who knows. Great channel keep up the amazing work.
Thanks hun. I wish I’d coloured it directly in Mythomorphia, now my book won’t be complete unless I colour it again lol 😂 I was actually surprised how many of my pictures I’d used polys on lol
Your colouring is simply beautiful...just stunning. Would you mind if I go through the books I have and do screen grabs, so I can use them as inspiration? I have one more of your videos to follow which I am looking forward to very much. xx
Hi Janette, of course you’re more than welcome too 😊 A lot of these pics are up on Instagram too, if you are on there you can click save and have the pics all saved to a folder. Saves some storage room on your phone 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Thank you.I am on Instagram, just not so good at using it, I will have a double check there. Look forward to your next colour along xx
Amazing video, so good to see where you started to where ya at now with ya colouring. I am slightly obsessed with Kerby as ya prob realised over last year or so. I’ve also got all his books but mainly only coloured WWW, it was your Apple page that got me started on my colouring journey in May 2021, I’ve set myself a challenge to complete WWW for New Years Eve, so need to colour 5 pages a month. Also I’ve challenged myself to colour 1 page from 3 of his books I haven’t coloured in yet. So I’m really looking forward to see you colouring in his other books. My favourite page outa all his books is Madussa, now although it’s my favourite I’ve still not coloured it, so as a request would you colour this page as a tutorial. Your amazing n very very talented colourist. I can already tell I’ve massively improved in my colouring and that’s from watching yaself n a few others and taking on board how yas actually put pencil to paper, it’s help with my anxiety and helps with my pain management as when I’m the colouring zone I’m only thinking about the page and colours. So a very special video you’ve shared today and a Special Thank You for introducing me personally to Colouring and Kerby. Keep your awsome tutorials coming as like many others, we love you and ya Channel xx Cheers Ness xx
Thank you for sharing your progress over the years in coloring! As far as I can see you were very talented from the beginning. I know you have a huge to-do-coloring-list but I would love to see some more color alongs in the books "Nature Mandalas" and "Circle of Life" from Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou. I love these books but honestly, they are overwhelming at first sight and there is so much going on there, I would really need your help. 😊
Both! Depends on the day and the picture Sue 😁 Sometimes I can see it clearly completed in my mind so I can have the whole thing mapped out. Other times I can see one element and I just dive in and work out the rest as we go.
I tend to tear apart my books that are single sided and soft cover, so I have no idea how many books I have anymore. I do that so that I can color the same picture multiple times, especially since sometimes I like to try other color combos. When I first started coloring I started with Selina Fenech books and I think I almost have all of them except for all of the faedorable ones and then a couple random others. I also have a florals coloring book from Amazon, a horror one from Francois Gautier, 2 Hannah Lynn books, a Maria Trolle book, 4 Hanna Karlzon books and 3 Cris Ortega books, however my Hannah Lynn and Cris Ortega books are all PDFs. I have a binder for all of my books I've torn up and my PDFs and I think one of them is mostly PDFs because I have an awful lot of those since I can print them on whatever paper I want. The only books I haven't ripped up are my Maria Trolle and Hanna Karlzon ones 😅. I'm actually thinking of expanding my collection of books I keep as books because sometimes I don't want to have to print what I want to color and fight with my printer bc it hates me for some reason lol. Johanna Basford and Kerby Rosanes are probaby the main two I've been looking at for that. I love your completed pages, your coloring is always so beautiful. I struggle the most with backgrounds and choosing colors. I have a background in art but with coloring pages I tend to get carried away sometimes and pick a color or two that just doesn't go. I know the whole point is for it to be more relaxing but I really like to put more thought into it and make it something pretty that I want to show others. I'll have to work on that lol.
Hi Desiree unfortunately I don’t have any colour alongs for Ivy and the Inky butterfly as all but the recently completed WIP were from when I first started colouring, before my channel. I’ve added this book to my list for colour alongs though 🥰
Ohh thank you Jessica, that’s very kind of you 🤗 if you have a look at my very first full completed pages video, you’ll see my very first work. It’s all a learning curve ❤️
There's nothing really wrong with the "flat" early pen pages in INKY. It's just a different style. I like that graphic style for some pages, as long as the color combos are pleasing & the technique is good, like we see here. Beautiful pages. Thanks.
Don't you think it's about time you let us know where you purchased the "magic pencils?" It's nice of you to share your perfect tips, tricks and other tutorials but I still want the "magic pencils". At least the recipe for the fairy dust you surely have. I am going to watch this video again. Frame some of these! Said this bossy viewer. Smiles 😊 again.
Do you use your phone to record your videos? Anything else? I’ve never rd order because I’m afraid of all the equipment required and I don’t have the funds.
I sure do. I just use my phone to record and a phone holder from Amazon. No real equipment necessary, try to film during the day under a window or you may need to purchase some lights for your desk 🤗
I love your artistic style and you have a lot of knowledge. 40:05 Do you do other genres of art? I appreciate your choice of artists, they are the same as my preference as well 😊. Keep up the stunning work!
Quick question. What metallic paints are you using? Sorry, I couldn’t make out the brand name (obvious give away that I’m a Canadian when I lead with an apology 🙄😆).
Hi Patricia, for which page? I’ve mentioned a couple there’s coliro metallic paints, KJDesigbsbyKaren (aka Indigo Art GB) also CSY Art. CSY are a more budget friendly option and are sold on Amazon but seem to be out of stock lately. Coliro are mid-high quality and are also on Amazon. Karen’s paints are high quality and they can be found on Etsy 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Thank you so much for this information. I really appreciate that you took the time to respond. I don’t know how you have enough hours in a day to do everything you do!
I love that you don't speak too harshly about your past self. We all start somewhere and it's important to acknowledge how far we've come. :)
Ohh thank you. I completely agree. I’m still so proud and appreciative of my earlier work, I had so much fun while I was colouring and learned along the way. ❤️
I love all the colors you choose but I really love the muted colors the best.
Thank you so much 🤗
So fun to see - you’re very talented! (And I’d love to see an Eriy color along! 😊)
Thank you so much Marjorie 🥰 I have added Romantic Country to my colour along list 😁
Wow! That was great! I loved seeing you’re work, it’s so beautiful 😊
I have just found your channel today and I am enjoying your content very much. Love the accent. Could listen to your voice for hours! I am in Ontario, Canada.
Ohh thanks so much Valarie for your kind words, much appreciated 🤗🥰🎨🤍
Birch Trees are such a nice touch! Very cool. I love so, so many of these, I could write a book of 💥compliments! 💥
Nawww thanks so much Cat 🤗🥰
Hi nice to find a fellow Aussie colouring I have only come across overseas so far. ❤️🇦🇺. I love your earlier work so coloutful. You are so cheerful and love that you show appreciation of the gorgeous work you have done. Really look forward to watching more of your videos they are so uplifting to watch.
Oh thank you so much for your lovely words Wendy, I really appreciate it 🥰
love your coloring style, all pages are beautiful and the color combination also gorgeous 😍😍😍
Thank you so much! I appreciate it 🥰
I wish you could do a tutorial on the johanna basford ivy and the inky butterfly please this pages are beautiful
Thank you Michelle, it feels like ages since I picked up that book, except for finishing the WIP. There’s definitely so much more I need to colour in it 🥰
Loved seeing the evolution of your style and also appreciated you noting what you like about your pages, especially your early ones. It’s so easy to be hard on ourselves when looking at our own pages. Your work is so impressive and many of us follow your tutorials, so it’s nice to see we all start with simple pages and there’s still something to appreciate about those. Thanks for sharing these.
Hi Wendy, thank you so much 🥰 It's so easy to be our own worst critic but I do try to enjoy all my creations and in another few years my colouring will likely have improved and evolved in style again (hopefully) but it won't stop me loving these pages. We learn each time we put colour to paper but the joy is the most important part ❤️
You Are Amazing So Talented
Thank You For Showing x
Oh thanks so much Deb, I appreciate it 🥰🤗
@@MyColourfulCountryLife❤
Stunning 🥰🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣
Thank you 😁
Totally agree her pictures are stunning and love that she can appreciate the awesome job she has done and likes her artwork. I get tired of self defacing people on colouring sites on FB . I love seeing other peoples artwork. ❤❤❤🎉🎉
Thanks Wendy! I love looking back at old work. We all have a starting point and it’s fun to look back and see what I was learning and attempting at the time and to appreciate the process and the enjoyment I got from the pages 🤗🤍
Hi Karen! Don’t feel too bad: I have 35(!) books I’ve not yet colored in. 🤷♀️….As you said, not much time, eh? Life is Busy! But no complaints….although I have QUITE a collection of books, hey there’s worse addictions! 😄 This year for me is my “Low-Buy” year(yeah….right, DawnMarie! What, I’ve already purchased 15+ just in January! )….but I MUST FINISH AT LEAST ONE. So, kudos for ACTUALLY finishing a book! Awesome coloring as always, so much skill and technique. You’re an Artist. Keep On Coloring! 💜
WOAH! Des heures et des heures de colos et des tonnes de partages. Merci tellement de nous partager ton talent. Chaque page est différente et un chef d'oeuvre en soi. Bravo !
Aww thank you so much Joan 🥰
My daughter bought me every copy of the Horror books a couple years ago for Christmas. Spending so much time coloring the gore actually started giving me nightmares so I had to throw them all out. I’m glad to see how the pages can look once colored. Your work is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much. I usually try to make them look pretty haha but one or two of these books is enough for me.
@@MyColourfulCountryLife You make them beautiful and I appreciate your work so much.
Your pages are just such and inspiration for me. Love your tutorials and watch them over and over.
Thank you so much Jana! I'm glad you like them lovely 🥰
All your pages are beautiful. They are so vibrant I love the color palettes you choose. Thanks so much for sharing I really enjoyed watching. Take care happy coloring looking forward too future videos.
Thank you so much Vanessa! 🥰❤️
I just started my coloring journey- even though i had bought my first Secret Garden in Korean when it first came out. Your work is inspirational- it shows the potential these pages have! You are awesome!!!
Ohh thanks so much for your lovely words, I appreciate it ☺️
Loved watching your first coloring and seeing how much you have grown and how beautiful all your coloring pages are.
Thank you so much 🥰🤗
Oh my gosh Karen! I adore even your first attempts of coloring! You're just so gifted for this🥰🤩
You mentioned a fixative for pencils? Does it keep your finished pages from smudging? If so, what do you use? I desperately need to do that. I've noticed that some of my finished pages have smudged over to the next page 🤦🏼♀️😬... Hopefully it will erase and I can still do those ones. 😆
Thank you for sharing all your STUNNING WORK! I'M IN LOVE with them ALL! LOL 🥰💜🤩
Thank you so much. Yes it's not completely foolproof but fixative definitely helps. I use Micador (Australian Brand) workable fixative matte. If you make sure to find one that says workable that way you can spray it as you go if needed and keep colouring. Matte because the other option is glossy and I prefer the matte look. I'm not sure if you can purchase the brand I use where you are, but there are some links in my Amazon stores to other brands 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Oh, wonderful! Thank you for the information! I will definitely have to give that a try. I'll be looking into your Amazon shop. 😉👍🏻
OMG! Your colorings are fantastik!! 5 thumbs up! I'm so jealous
Aww thank you so much Patti ❤️🥰🤗
Such beautiful colouring!!! A real treat for the eyes and an inspiration as well.
Thank you so much 🥰❤️
Vous êtes vraiment très douer. Les coloriages sont vraiment plus beaux les en plus que les autres. Vraiment en grand bravo à vous et merci pour ce magnifique partage
Oh thank you so much Dominique 🥰 I really appreciate it 🥰
Everything is gorgeous! I wish I had a quarter of your talent! ♥️
Aww Thank you so much Kendra 🥰
@@MyColourfulCountryLife ♥️
Would also love to see color alongs with any of Eriy’s books! Thanks Karen!
No worries Kendra, I definitely need to colour in them more 🥰
❤️ all your artwork! You are very talented. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much 😀
Beautiful, beautiful pages!
Thank you so much ☺️
I really loved seeing this video. Because of your channel I ordered World within worlds. It was on my wishlist for a while together with fragile world . Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. Your pages are fabulous! I also love that you choose to use prismas a lot of the time. They are so bright.
Thank you so much Carole 🥰
Every single one of these was beautiful
Thank you, I appreciate it 🤗
This was so helpful for helping me choose which books I’d like to buy to try out. Thanks 😍 all ur colouring is gorgeous too xx
Thank you for sharing all of your beautiful pictures, they are amazing! If you have time, I would love to see a color-along in one of Eiry’s books.
Thank you so much. I’ve had a few requests for Eriy so I’ve added it to my video ideas list 😁
This was so fun to watch Karen! You are so talented, even in the beginning.
Thank you so much Kori 🤗🥰
I've loved watching this thank you so much for sharing xx
Thank you Amy 🤗
So love you mr colouring along with your accent. Love the way you say here. Hyah kind of.
I have a Getty deer and close friend from Australia. She sends me voice messages and I found listen to o her voice forever.
Oh hahaha thank you 🤗
Karen - thank you so much for sharing your completed pages! These are truly treasures! Just subbed!❤
Oh thank you so much, appreciate it 🤗❤️
Beautiful pages! Can’t wait to follow along with you in the new JB book. Would love to see a color along in the first romantic country book.
Thank you Casey. I have a colour along in the third tale coming out tomorrow but I will definitely be doing more 🤗
Your pages are beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed these…
You’re welcome Maureen 🤗 and thank you so much 🥰
Loved watching this video. You are extremely talented. YES, please do the some colour alongs in Romantic County, the first book.
Hi Patricia, thank you and I’ve added RC 1st tale to my colour along list 😁
That’s a lot of books! You should be proud of yourself, beautiful work! Thanks for all your videos 😍💖
Thank you so much Eileen 🤍🤍
Wow Wow Wow, these are amazing, very hard to pick a favourite as all done beautifully. New subscriber here after this video, will look forward to watching all previous and forth coming. Thank you for sharing, enjoyed every minute. 😍 Jey x
Thank you so much Jey, I appreciate it 🤗❤️
I’d like to see your untouched books. I love the videos that show the books, even if I HAVE the book. Weird I know. :)
Thank you 😁
Absolutely gorgeous pages! Loved watching this video.❤️
Thank you so much Christine 🥰
Your coloring - and drawing - skills are fantastic !
Thank you so much Jane😀
Wow so pretty 😍 I need to get the flowers one, im just starting and looks like it has a lot of simple enough images for me to start. Thank you for sharing ❤
Is that World of Flowers by Johanna Basford? That’s a perfect book to start with. It’s my first book that I coloured with pencils 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife i need to watch again i think it was luna
Ahh ok. Another awesome book 🤗
@@MyColourfulCountryLife it was twilight garden love the black background
So excited to watch this. Thank you for sharing :-)
Hope you enjoy it! 😁
I did. Watched it on home TV 📺 to enjoy more. Your colouring is gorgeous and seeing the growth is very helpful :-)
Thank you 🤗
it's amazing and very useful to see how you've progressed through the years! thank you for cheering me up, maybe there's hope for me still 😋
After seeing your Kappa I was convinced you're doing this for a living, it's truly mindblowing to learn it's just a hobby!
I'm eager to see how far your talent can take you on this journey because it seems like it's just a beginning...
Oh thank you so much and I'm happy it cheered you up. Keep at it, the more we do something the more we see improvements. But the most important part is having fun and enjoying the process. So happy colouring, enjoy 😁
Just watched your video. You really have an eye for colour and your blending is amazing!
Thank you so much Andrew 🤗
Hi I am new to your channel I love everyone videos and pictures I color for many years I did over 800 pictures right now this is my new phone so I only color 379 pictures on my new phone
Hi Francesca! Thank you 🤗
Beautiful pages, love'em!!
Thank you so much 🤍
These are stunning pictures xxx
Thank you Wendy 🥰
Hi Karen, it is a great pleasure to watch your colouring journey that is not very long but has evolved so amazingly! I can’t believe that you started with those heavy handed and dark coloured works. Then your colour choice changed all of sudden! It reminded me of Van Gogh’s transition from dark heavy colours to bright colours later. How did you progressed to your current admiring colour choice and switched to brighter colour and start to add layering and blending skills all of sudden? Your early works and current ones do not look like to be coloured by one person!
Thank you Nina. The early work is with fineliners, then I saw pictures with pencil work and decided to try to do it myself 😁
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your coloring "journey". As for the Skull page in World of Flowers, there are NO butterflies on the original page! ( you might be thinking of a Kerby pic that has tons of butterflies around a skull?)
Thanks Barbara, after I uploaded I realised I had a second copy in my hands the whole time I was trying to work it out and could have just checked lol 😂
They are beautiful you have come a long way with your colouring in
Thanks hun😊
I really would like to see Klara Markova colour along Rita and Johanna colour alongs
I feel like I need to do a full Rita book colour along but I have Johanna and Kerby happening so I’m thinking the next journey book 😁 can’t wait for the new Klara too ❤️
@@MyColourfulCountryLife the same too I really can’t wait for Klaras new book 📕
All your pages are beautiful. love all the different pallets you used. I'm still waiting for my favorite page in Mythic World to be colored and that is Barong and Rangda. I hope you do more pages in Mythomorphia. I have a few sets of pencils but I only use my Prisma because none of them can put down color like Prisma can. Thank you for all your beautiful work.
Hi Barbara, I love that page in Mythic World too, I keep clicking to it so I’m sure it won’t be far away. I definitely need to do more in Mythomorphia as it’s one of my favourite books ❤️
GREAT collection!
Thank you 😊
Wow, your art is gorgeous!
Thank you so much 🥰❤️
Lovely pages! I just got Romantic country 1 and Tales from the forest kingdom, I'd love to see color alongs in those! ☺️
Thank you so much Johanna, I’ll add them to my list 🤗
Yes full Collection
Thanks 😊
You shouldn’t throw out your work. You’ll be able to look back on it and show your older kids or grandchildren. I know you can’t keep all of them. But some you should.
Ohh I keep all of them! My kids will need to find somewhere to store them one day haha
Look at all those pages!
Thank you lovely 🥰
Your page's are gorgeous 😍 ✨️ 💕
Thank you so much ☺️
Superbes réalisations ! Bravo
Thank you lovely 🥰
PS: At the moment, I am enjoying block coloring with my fineliners again….as I draw A LOT and paint in my art journals/on canvas, so at times I, too, just want to sit and “mindlessly” color without having to blend and layer etc etc…as you have said(and I firmly believe) : Coloring should be first and foremost FUN. 🙂
Yes! Sometimes it’s just enough putting colour to paper. It’s so relaxing to not have to think. The beauty of fineliners and gel pens 🥰
I'd love to see more from romantic country 2!!
Thank you for this video. You are so so talented!!! I am going to do my WWW following your tutorials. But the results will be less spectacular, but I'm sure that I will have fun ☺
You are so welcome Greta. thank you for your kind comments. I'm sure your results will be amazing but as long as you enjoy the process and have fun 🥰❤️
Thank you so much for sharing all these! I would love to see some mini tutorials. Sometimes it can be so frustrating trying to find info on, say burnishing, or when/how/what fixative to use without the info being deep inside long tutorials (being general here, not you specifically!). I have watched your blending tutorial, but I can never get a smooth look….do you go over gradients with a burnishing pencil? Or stump? You mention early on in this video about using fixative….do you use that for all pages? How do you keep it from leaving spots on pages? And….I would love a tutorial on that “white out” effect you use on flower petals. Oh, and on distress inks, could you consider a demo of how you do the clouds ON A PICTURE. I watched that video and it’s easy enough on a rectangle of cardstock, but how exactly do you do an effect like that with a complicated foreground? (so many requests! but you are a great teacher and I love your work!) I really appreciate that you focus on quality over quantity in your collection. I get kind of turned off by people who have HUNDREDS of books because if I was REALLY honest with myself, I could pick out 24 books nd I’d probably never get that many colored in before I die! It’s nice to have options, but at a certain point, it just can be ridiculous. I do have about 20 or so untouched books and at this point, I will leave them alone and continue learning first.
Hi Tracy, thanks for the feedback and I’m definitely one who sometimes ends up hiding the info in long tutorials 😆 So I never use any blending tools, no liquids, no pencils and no stumps unless I show it and state it in a tutorial and I think I’ve done that maybe twice for a certain background effect. But I show it in the video. The only thing I do that you don’t see in the video is spray it with fixative at the end. I did do a tutorial on how to use it but yep it’s buried deep in a video and I couldn’t even tell you which one lol
Getting a smooth look is easier when heavy handed and using wax pencils as in the end they just mush onto the page lol but you need to burnish it completely for that look, so no white paper and no tooth left at all.
I do have quite a few colour alongs that have the cloud background so you can see me apply it directly to a picture, I don’t talk through the process though but it is basically the same as the card stock. Because I burnish my pictures I usually just go straight over the image with the ink… but I don’t recommend that in case you haven’t fully burnished. I will do a video using the masking fluid prior to applying a distress ink background as well.
So that was a long response to basically say yes lol I can do some mini ‘how to’ tutorials 😁
I don’t see a complete fail on the mouse from here, but you’re so used to coloring a certain beautifully shadowed way . I do see a beautiful coloring besides what you see 😊🥰
Ohh thank you so much 🥰
I am Exhausted watching all the colouring you have done, LoL, just ordered a set of Brutfuner 180's and A Book, think i will give this Hobby a try, I have far too many Hobbies as it is. Slowly working through your colour along's, and wondering about my ONE Book coming from amazon. What i really want to know is how many books do you actually own ? I would like to try these so called Primacolor but i thought i would start off Cheap as i am British and a tight bugger :) and if i like it then who knows. Great channel keep up the amazing work.
Fantastic pages! But the Underwatercity in Colormorphia is stunning, also Polys, I wished we had a colouralong for that one
Thanks hun. I wish I’d coloured it directly in Mythomorphia, now my book won’t be complete unless I colour it again lol 😂 I was actually surprised how many of my pictures I’d used polys on lol
Beautiful as always ❤
Thank you so much ☺️
Your colouring is simply beautiful...just stunning. Would you mind if I go through the books I have and do screen grabs, so I can use them as inspiration? I have one more of your videos to follow which I am looking forward to very much. xx
Hi Janette, of course you’re more than welcome too 😊 A lot of these pics are up on Instagram too, if you are on there you can click save and have the pics all saved to a folder. Saves some storage room on your phone 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Thank you.I am on Instagram, just not so good at using it, I will have a double check there. Look forward to your next colour along xx
Amazing video, so good to see where you started to where ya at now with ya colouring. I am slightly obsessed with Kerby as ya prob realised over last year or so. I’ve also got all his books but mainly only coloured WWW, it was your Apple page that got me started on my colouring journey in May 2021, I’ve set myself a challenge to complete WWW for New Years Eve, so need to colour 5 pages a month. Also I’ve challenged myself to colour 1 page from 3 of his books I haven’t coloured in yet. So I’m really looking forward to see you colouring in his other books. My favourite page outa all his books is Madussa, now although it’s my favourite I’ve still not coloured it, so as a request would you colour this page as a tutorial. Your amazing n very very talented colourist. I can already tell I’ve massively improved in my colouring and that’s from watching yaself n a few others and taking on board how yas actually put pencil to paper, it’s help with my anxiety and helps with my pain management as when I’m the colouring zone I’m only thinking about the page and colours. So a very special video you’ve shared today and a Special Thank You for introducing me personally to Colouring and Kerby. Keep your awsome tutorials coming as like many others, we love you and ya Channel xx Cheers Ness xx
Thank you for sharing your progress over the years in coloring! As far as I can see you were very talented from the beginning. I know you have a huge to-do-coloring-list but I would love to see some more color alongs in the books "Nature Mandalas" and "Circle of Life" from Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou. I love these books but honestly, they are overwhelming at first sight and there is so much going on there, I would really need your help. 😊
Thank you so much Christine. I adore Circle of Life and will definitely add it to the list 💗
Love your coloring! I would like to see more color-alongs in Nightfall by Maria Trolle.
Thank you Sandra 😁
Loved seeing your coloured pages. Do you decide on the whole pallette before you start or make your mind up as you go? Thanks.
Both! Depends on the day and the picture Sue 😁 Sometimes I can see it clearly completed in my mind so I can have the whole thing mapped out. Other times I can see one element and I just dive in and work out the rest as we go.
I tend to tear apart my books that are single sided and soft cover, so I have no idea how many books I have anymore. I do that so that I can color the same picture multiple times, especially since sometimes I like to try other color combos. When I first started coloring I started with Selina Fenech books and I think I almost have all of them except for all of the faedorable ones and then a couple random others. I also have a florals coloring book from Amazon, a horror one from Francois Gautier, 2 Hannah Lynn books, a Maria Trolle book, 4 Hanna Karlzon books and 3 Cris Ortega books, however my Hannah Lynn and Cris Ortega books are all PDFs. I have a binder for all of my books I've torn up and my PDFs and I think one of them is mostly PDFs because I have an awful lot of those since I can print them on whatever paper I want. The only books I haven't ripped up are my Maria Trolle and Hanna Karlzon ones 😅. I'm actually thinking of expanding my collection of books I keep as books because sometimes I don't want to have to print what I want to color and fight with my printer bc it hates me for some reason lol. Johanna Basford and Kerby Rosanes are probaby the main two I've been looking at for that.
I love your completed pages, your coloring is always so beautiful. I struggle the most with backgrounds and choosing colors. I have a background in art but with coloring pages I tend to get carried away sometimes and pick a color or two that just doesn't go. I know the whole point is for it to be more relaxing but I really like to put more thought into it and make it something pretty that I want to show others. I'll have to work on that lol.
Thank you for sharing. Do you have a color along for the feast page in Ivy?
Hi Desiree unfortunately I don’t have any colour alongs for Ivy and the Inky butterfly as all but the recently completed WIP were from when I first started colouring, before my channel. I’ve added this book to my list for colour alongs though 🥰
You are really really talented wow I wish I was close to your level 🌸
Ohh thank you Jessica, that’s very kind of you 🤗 if you have a look at my very first full completed pages video, you’ll see my very first work. It’s all a learning curve ❤️
@@MyColourfulCountryLife I believe everyone will improve with time 💜, but I still believe you are on of the most talented colourists I know 😊
Ohh thank you 🥹🫶🏼
Super !!!!
Thank you ☺️
Coloridos lindíssimos. Parabéns. Muito obrigada.
Thank you so much 🥰
Btw: YES to a listing of the books (20?) that you’ve yet to color in! 🙂
Thank you, this reminds me that I still haven’t done that lol 😅
There's nothing really wrong with the "flat" early pen pages in INKY. It's just a different style. I like that graphic style for some pages, as long as the color combos are pleasing & the technique is good, like we see here. Beautiful pages. Thanks.
Yep nothing wrong with it at all and I had so much fun colouring like that at the time too. That’s the most important part the enjoyment 😁 thank you 🤍
Do you make a note if the coloured pencils you use so you can carry on with the right colours when you go back to the page to finish it or add to it.
I have a colour tracker up on my website which I use, but I will also usually finish a page before moving on to something else 🤗
From texas love them all.
Thank you so much Diann ❤️
This is dope af
Thank you 😁
Yes please
Don't you think it's about time you let us know where you purchased the "magic pencils?"
It's nice of you to share your perfect tips, tricks and other tutorials but I still want the "magic pencils". At least the recipe for the fairy dust you surely have.
I am going to watch this video again.
Frame some of these! Said this bossy viewer.
Smiles 😊 again.
😂😂
Magnifique bravo
Thank you 🥰
You are super talented, which pencils do you use please xxx
Thank you so much Wendy 🥰 I use lots of different pencils, but mostly I love my prismacolors 😁
Do you use your phone to record your videos? Anything else? I’ve never rd order because I’m afraid of all the equipment required and I don’t have the funds.
I sure do. I just use my phone to record and a phone holder from Amazon. No real equipment necessary, try to film during the day under a window or you may need to purchase some lights for your desk 🤗
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Thanks 🤗
I love your artistic style and you have a lot of knowledge. 40:05 Do you do other genres of art? I appreciate your choice of artists, they are the same as my preference as well 😊. Keep up the stunning work!
Thank you so much ❤️ No other real art genres. But I do love diamond painting, cross stitching, scrapbooking etc 😁
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thank you 🤍
which metallic paints do you use? I would like to purchase some. Colours too please.
Hi Karin, I use a few different brands. CSY Paints (sets are linked below in my Amazon store), KJDesignbyKaren (on Etsy) and Coliro paints. 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Hi and thank you for answering. If I use your Amazon store can I use it on Canadian Amazon?
Hi Karin, you can’t. But if you copy and paste the product name the same thing should hopefully pop up so you find the right one 😊
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Thank you, I was hoping to be able to give you some credit when I purchase. :)
Aw thank you Karin, that’s lovely. But as long as you find them that’s the main thing. I hope you found some and enjoy working with them ❤️
Eriy would be great to see
Thank you they’re on my list 😁
love colouring... but I hesitate to start..because I'm not as good as I want to be...
Quick question. What metallic paints are you using? Sorry, I couldn’t make out the brand name (obvious give away that I’m a Canadian when I lead with an apology 🙄😆).
KJ Designs are the metallic watercolors she used. They are amazing paints
@@janaeiche9003 Thanks Jane! One final question I promise 😊. Are they sold through Etsy and/or Amazon?
Hi Patricia, for which page? I’ve mentioned a couple there’s coliro metallic paints, KJDesigbsbyKaren (aka Indigo Art GB) also CSY Art.
CSY are a more budget friendly option and are sold on Amazon but seem to be out of stock lately. Coliro are mid-high quality and are also on Amazon. Karen’s paints are high quality and they can be found on Etsy 😁
@@MyColourfulCountryLife Thank you so much for this information. I really appreciate that you took the time to respond. I don’t know how you have enough hours in a day to do everything you do!
You’re welcome Patricia. I don’t know how I do it either, I could do with a few extra hours for my neglected books hahaha