Creative Coloring Techniques - Tapa blanda

Take your coloring techniques to the next level.
There’s more to coloring than just staying inside the lines! Creative Coloring Techniques offers a wealth of artistic possibilities, with tips on everything from mixing and pairing hues to pattern blending, creating texture, crosshatching, and contouring. Each technique is introduced with inspirational suggestions and swatches, followed by beautiful pictures where you can try out your newfound skills. Fans will learn how to make the most of their coloring books—and all artists, not just coloring book enthusiasts, will benefit from these expert, imaginative ideas.

Cindy Wilde uses bold graphic shapes and blocks of flat color in her work, combined with areas of intricate pattern. All the elements are made by hand, using acrylic paint, India ink, and simple print techniques, which are cut and reassembled to create the final piece. She is the illustrator of Beautiful Copycat Coloring [Barron’s] and has co-illustrated numerous books, including Beautiful Coloring [Sterling].
 
With decades of experience, Sally Moret digitally renders hand-drawn artwork to produce a more unique and complete design style. She specializes in repeat patterns, animals, birds, flowers, shoes, cupcakes, and all things cute. She has illustrated several books, including Fabulous Copycat Coloring [Barron’s].
 
Felicity French’s unique style is a fusion of watercolor and black fine-line pen detail. She has worked on books, greeting cards, and acrylic paintings based on well-known film characters, and has illustrated and co-illustrated numerous books, including Beautiful Coloring [Sterling].
 
Lauren Farnsworth graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She is a senior editor and illustrator at Buster Books in Clapham, and has worked on a variety of highly successful children’s books over the course of her career. She lives in London.