COLOURING BOOK REVIEW

The lovely Prue of Colouring Book Reviews by Prue has reviewed my last release, Celtic Nature Designs. You can read the full review here! A special shout out to Helen Phare who did the colouring for Prue’s review. Visit her website below for more colouring book reviews and product reviews!

Below you’ll find sample pages from the book.

COLOUR SCHEME TIPS 1-4

Ug. Colour selection. Sometimes you just get stumped!! Some designs scream a colour theme and it all comes so easily and naturally… and then others it’s like pulling teeth. When I hit that wall I usually I take my inspiration from nature… a pretty flower (some of those tropical flowers come in beautiful colour combinations… check out a hibiscus, tulip or iris) or birds (hummingbirds? parrots?) are a great source of lovely colour combinations and themes.

Or have you ever been working on a piece and you like the colours but feel like it’s just not working? OMG I hit this point with pretty much every piece of art I create. It drives me crazy. Sometimes you can get a second opinion from a friend, but with my publishing schedule usually I just have to guts it out and find a solution right there and then. And one thing always works – remove some colours.

I don’t mean take all your colours out completely, I mean just take a few and make them tones or shades of other colours that are already in there. I find this is a great way to simplify the piece and bring it all into focus. Try bringing your colour palette down to 2 or 3 main colours (shades of each is allowed), and only 1 or 2 accent colours.

But when you reach the end of your rope yet you really really want to colour that particular design, I’ve made a collection here of 4 fun colour themes to jump start your imagination. Enjoy!

Download colour schemes 1-4