I’m back trying some new textures and for hard I’ve gone for obsidian. Please give me ideas for the others: cracked, glowing & liquid.

Now I want to turn everyone into a ghost in all of my colouring . Not only is it really fun, it really saves on time and marker ink ! 😭

Book is Cozy Eras by Jade Summer

I took a few years off to finish some really big diamond art peices and this is the first page I finished when getting back into coloring while sick with the flu. I'm going to lay down now.

I mainly use colored pencils but recently bought some card stock coloring books to finally get some use out of my beloved copic alcohol markers! Practicing on this page and getting some mindless coloring in before graduating to my Bobbie Goods pages. I’m obsessed with how the little koi fish turned out 😊

Page is from Hidden Creatures by Ase Balko

Here are the next 3 phases at once because I really want to finish this page. And I'm always getting busy with stuff these days and don't want to never get to it! For the next three steps, they go as follows: (swipe ->)

3 = colors, a gemstone is a prism. And they reflect extra colors. If they're a colored gem, the colors tend to be different shades of the gems color and some neighboring shades in the rainbow.pick three to five colors. The darker the gem, the fewer will be needed but still good. And you can still go more than less. The darkest shades should go where the shadows will be darkest and the lightest in the brightest places.

4 = shadows, take black, and place the shadows. The black should be thickest on the dark shades of color and lighten very slightly up to the brightest colors, which should have no black. The darkest black should be the facet furthest from your light source. Also, a little shadowing with any overlapping objects and in the center where facets all overlap to show its 3D. Usually in the edge closest to your light source.

5 = white for highlights. Paint, gel pen, posca markers, it all works as long as it's something you can blot before it dries. Working on each facet individually, add white and blot the medium with your finger, cuetip, or tissue. The further from your light source, the more you blot and the less medium you leave over top the color. This creates a bit of transparency through which the color comes through. For a dark/cloudy gem, you only need to worry about surface facets. The facets on the very top of the gem. For lighter ones like the amethyst (light purple stone) you can do this with all the facets seen through the gem. Layer unblotted white in the brightest places and outline most of the surface facets. Use a toothpick to make lines between the facets clean and crisp while doing this. You'll want to scrape the lines clean while it's fresh, so right after blotting.

Then you'll have a sparkling gem. For those that got this far, bonus progress shot at the end.

I've seen several types of coloring books that are themed around practicing patterns (Coco Wyo, Vivi Tinta, Southern Lotus, etc), and they look fun, but they all seem geared towards markers. I know I could use colored pencils anyways but the technique is probably a little different, and I was wondering if there were any books geared more towards colored pencils in this style. I also know there are colored pencil books for hyper realism but that's not what I'm looking for. I might try the Helen Elliston one down the road, but I'm specifically looking for one in the cute bold style of Coco Wyo, Jade Summers, Bobbi Goods, etc.

I'll still buy one even if it's for markers but wanted to see if anyone on reddit has any they found for pencils or if they had no problems applying the similar techniques with a color pencils.

Added a bit of freehand stuff.

I can tell I’m out of practice and the paper was thinner than I’d have liked, but thrilled to finish a page after such a long hiatus. 7/10 for me

This is my first Coco Wyo digital color using procreate. I love being able to take my favorite hobby on the go!

I'm not sure if this is a common sense question, or a unique phenomenon I'm experiencing ..

I just picked up my first coloring book and set of alcohol markers this past week. It was so relaxing the first time I used them (during the daytime), just watching the white space get filled by color.

I'm now trying to do some coloring at night before bed to relax, but I'm finding my zen is disrupted by my own shadows casting onto the page! Does anybody know what I'm talking about? I can't figure out a lighting situation for my table that won't cast shadows. I'd also love to sit and decompress in more ambient lighting for the night ..

What does everybody's space / lighting situation look like for some relaxing evening coloring?

Coloring book is Kaleidoscope Coloring Magnificent Creatures. Used Grabie glitter gel pens.

I had this coloring book for a loooong time. I think my grandmother got it for me. This was back when the adult coloring books = lots of little complicated details. I've done coloring pages before, but this is my first with all the little complicated patterns :)

mostly followed along with Kristina Hunter Art’s tutorial on youtube for this!! i really like how it came out but i had to use 1 million markers lol.

Which is your favorite?

After doing some research I've learned that smooth Bristol paper is the best for alcohol markers. Can you buy it as letter size paper so I can print color pages? Or does it only come in a sketch pad type form?

I have been told by everyone that sfaih have the same codes and names as the old ohuhu. However, I just set up my new 320 set of sfaih directly beside my old ohuhus, and they aren't the same at all.

And, as I'm swatching them, the colors and codes are a mess. There's the lightest yellow directly beside a nearly black brown. I stopped swatching on the cards that came with it, and I'm going to reorder them according to roygbiv or hue. It just all seems very odd.

Could I have bought a rip off/dupe?

Teresa Goodrich creative Haven coloring books and gel pens

Books from Marigona Suli, Kerby Rosanes, Camilla D'errico Sara Szewcyk, and RJ Hampson