'Johanna's Christmas' Colour Along!

9/12/2016

So many of my followers have been asking me to do a Colour Along for ages now, but I've never been confident enough to actually give it a go! I do video tutorials which people can take or leave, but to do a Colour Along where people will be following my every move down to the colours and techniques was really daunting! What if I fudge something up entirely? What if it turns out looking rubbish? What if I pick crap colours? In the end I had to put all these things aside and just get it done! So I created a poll to find out which book you'd all like to see the Colour Along in and Johanna's Christmas came out on top. I chose the fireplace scene and decided on Prismacolor pencils for their blending capabilities- but you can use any media you like.

I was initially going to do this as a video series but the memory on my camera only allows me to take fairly short clips and I really didn't want it going off halfway through! So I ended up creating a step-by-step PDF tutorial with photos and written directions that you can follow at your own pace. Click the button below to download the Colour Along:

'Johanna's Christmas' Colour Along

I *really* hope you all enjoy it as it took hours to put together! I'm giving it away as a free tutorial rather than sell it on Etsy as a lot of colouring tutorials are, purely because I want you all to be able to try it and hopefully learn some new techniques including how to colour marble and stone.

Please show me your WIP's and finished pages when complete, I'd LOVE to see them and it makes it all worthwhile :)

4 Comments

Karen ( andrea Karen Kine)

9/12/2016 10:37:02 am

is the picture shown the page for the color along? Just wondering.. cuz that was the second page I did in the book... which I will send you a pic of. :) I drew in my background... and I am working on the facing page. :) I had taken it off the internet, I didn' want anyone stealing my pic and usingn it as their own.. as I didn't have my name on it.. ( some people can't be trusted... sadly) ill send it in a pm

Stacey

9/12/2016 04:29:57 pm

This is super cool. I'm actually on a metered connection so I can't watch your videos, so this is like a christmas gift for me! But in all fairness, I think your tutorial is even more useful than a video, because it allows zooming in the smaller/complicated areas (like candles, or a carrot for instance), and get a better view. Also, mental note to myself: I *have* to get a white gel pen.

Season's greetings to everyone :)

Dannie Aasted

9/12/2016 07:40:33 pm

Thank you so much for this. Helps a lot. I will be trying your hints soon.

Lucy

11/1/2017 11:36:07 am

Your explanations were great! It is exactly what I needed. I have trouble with the concepts of shading and blending, as I'm new to coloring as an adult (never had art class as a kid, and so far have only block colored). I have watched videos on youtube and thought "if I could only find a video or instructions on blending and shading where they used an adult coloring book and gave a better explanation". My wish came true!! =) I'd love to see some color along videos, similar to what Peta Hewitt has done in the past, done by you. Keep up the great work.

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'Johanna's Christmas' Colour Along!

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