Advanced Blending - Johanna Basford Ivy & the Inky Butterfly

[@Lisa-eh1jd]

I absolutely love your videos, I've learned so much from you. Thank you, Claire!

[@gillianatkinson6858]

Another fab & easy to follow video Claire. x

[@ClaireHoloway]

Gillian Thanks honey xxx

[@sophietennyson4103]

wow, loved watching this

[@kassandar]

This is one of my favorite tutorials. Thank you so much. I’m going to try and apply the same principles to other color pallets!

[@adibengani2498]

BEYOND SUPERBLY DONE .. & EASILY UNDERSTOOD IT AS A VIEWER TOO .. THATS A DOUBLE WHAMMY !!☆☆

[@allisonboyle481]

Great video Claire, thanks ☺ xx

[@louisedimond9315]

Blown away watching this one thank you so inspiring 🙂

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

Beautiful colouring Claire! That page is absolutely stunning, & so colourful. You must have had such fun colouring that in! Thanks for sharing this lovely technique 💕 xx

[@peggypicasso8029]

I applaud your step by step explanation of how to blend on the petals ..you are so patient and calm as you give the viewers confidence in trying this blending ..I loved your use of the word "scrumble " with your accent ...thank you so much for the detailed info as to blending slowly and carefully to achieve the 4 pencils colors petal .

[@ClaireHoloway]

peggy Picasso Thankyou for taking the time to leave such wonderful feedback - it really makes my day. Especially when you’ve found it so useful 😍😍

[@lisawik7234]

Scrumble! Lol. Yes

[@sylviegerard7027]

Wow!!! Very nice and original.👍

[@hildaaybar9042]

Beautiful, my Daughter gave me this beautiful coloring book ,and I love it ❤️ , and am learning how to blend the colors , am getting better, at first I made a lot of mistakes,but am getting much better, I love ❤️ coloring,it relaxes me specially now with COVID-19.

[@juliexw2002]

That is so beautiful. I just love it and will try this very soon. 💕

[@kathybradley8315]

Thank you so much, Claire. As always, a wonderful and helpful tutorial!

[@soucky1]

Thank You Claire, wonderful colored Picture and great tutorial, love it and very handy as usual my Friend! xx

[@sharronadams7430]

Well done you! I am a novice, and this technique really adds a boost to my efforts.

[@sherryb6652]

Thank you, Claire. I always learn something new from your videos.

[@ClaireHoloway]

Sherry B you’re very welcome xxxx

[@screamingmimi90]

That is a great way to blend! I like that technique! I really like the colorless blenders, too. I use them for skin tones when I need to blend a larger range of colors.

[@kathiehoskins813]

Great tutorial. I enjoy watching you perform your magic on the page. I purchased a 120 set of polychromos and I wish I didn’t spend $200 on them. I keep coming back to my prismacolor pencils. They blend so beautifully.

[@ClaireHoloway]

Kathie Hoskins if you saw my set of polys against my Prismas you’d know which I use a lot more 🤣🤣🤣 hardly touched Vs stumps 😆😆😆😆

[@lizrenwick1180]

Lovely colours,thanks for a great tutorial😊

[@debbien.3315]

What a beautiful picture! Thanks for the tutorial. I love videos like this one where they can be applied to all sorts of things.

[@ClaireHoloway]

Debbie N. You’re very welcome xxx

[@KlassyKat45]

Love the blue, green and yellow flower near the bottom left.

[@MsFunambule]

That is lovely! Simple and inspiring. Thank you!

[@juliemdavis1391]

Thank you xxx I can plug into colour now

[@suegaines3714]

This is beautiful! It’s all about picking colors! Thank you so much for the help!❤️

[@ClaireHoloway]

Sue Gaines it is!!! As Simon Cowell would say - song choice is everything 🤣

[@lo3551]

Absolutely gorgeous Claire. Again a great tutorial.🙏🤗😍🌹

[@zarhlaing8950]

Thank you for teaching. Since I am the beginner, I don’t know how to blend it. This tutorial really helps me a lot.

[@teresacrawford7934]

Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@domyandre6601]

Colo magnifique. Merci pour ce tuto de dégradés. Bonne journée

[@haddockandbentley2903]

Ohhh Thanks you soooo much. Been looking for this kind of video because bleeding those colors is soooo hard!! Thanks!!

[@sandywilkie1671]

Another great video can't wait to try this thank you

[@sherimacnutt3660]

Very informative! Thank you so much. I live the colors.

[@tonyafromaz]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@bethcrawford4896]

That is an amazing technique! I love the color combinations. Could you consider zooming in much closer next time?

[@brandyf1985]

Awesome😍😍😍

[@angelaporch3986]

Wow love this. Great tutorial.

[@cathybennison7480]

Excellent demo.thank you .

[@deboraharnold1742]

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@janetdanes7945]

This looks amazing. Thank you!

[@liaknijnik1330]

Thank you so much!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@barbarabolton1768]

I’m loving this tutorial!

[@FERNANDAKT]

This is fantastic. Thank you so much.

[@camcab147]

Claire, I'm really enjoying your videos for these techniques which are definitely useful in preventing me from defaulting to my childhood style of colouring which was one solid colour in each space with no suggestion of light or darker areas. Now, I have a Johanna book which I think is the Enchanted Forest and other than look at the pages, I haven't coloured in there yet for two reasons. First is the thick black lines which is typical of lots of colouring books; I want them to disappear after colouring and I don't see how that's possible to make them do that and the second reason is that the pages are so full and busy that I feel intimidated. I think I need to start small, like a single focus item. I've done that with some realistic looking cherries I've drawn from a Craftsy class and they look superb (they're on my Instagram) but I'm still interested in these beautiful colouring books after seeing so many gorgeous way people complete them. Thank you for taking the time to share your techniques. Take care :)

[@ClaireHoloway]

camcab147 I’m so glad you like the tutorials!!! Have a look on Pinterest. You’ll find lots of examples where people colour over the lines - especially in white which makes a beautiful effect xxx

[@GadgetGirlsReviews]

So helpful, thank you, I love this technique.

[@AlissaAddingColor]

Thank you! This tutorial was great.

[@showorchid72]

Awesome as always! May I ask how or what inspires you to come up with such lovely combos? All the colors look happy and in synergy with each other!

[@ClaireHoloway]

Sing Gal hi!!!! I look at a lot of photo swatches and translate them to pencil 😍

[@lynettedalton-stitchinmyst7358]

This is super Claire, thank you

[@JMHaleSeattle]

Wonderful instruction, ty!

[@covid-19inthistogether96]

Very pretty! Thank you very much! Silly question here, do you ever use odorless mineral spirits for blending?

[@ClaireHoloway]

Craftin Kate I have some but don’t tend to use it :)

[@RebeccaMarrion]

Love this thanks so much 😍

[@annasantiago4343]

I love this book so I bought it n someone stole from me at school before I could even color in it . I was so happy cause I saved n got it myself ! Why do people steal from each other I would have shared

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

Anna Santiago oh bless your heart Anna. Unfortunately not everyone has an honest, kind heart in this world. Have you been able to get another copy Anna? Please keep an eye out on Black Friday deals if you haven’t been able to get another copy. They’ll be deals everywhere. Take care & best wishes x

[@maluridae_]

What sharpener would you recommend? I know a knife gets the best results but I don't trust myself to use one and my sharpeners are cheap ones that the leads get stuck in a lot and never end up that sharp from. Also, do you always recommend prismacolour pencils, or are polychromos also good? Any major difference? And my apologies for so many questions but I also wondered how large the set of pencils you use are, in order to get plenty of colours to blend with (so I notice you have three pinks but my current set doesn't really have three nicely seperated pinks like that).

[@ClaireHoloway]

Wow!! Ok let’s answer these one at a time 😆 Tepoinn auto sharpeners are great - not cheap, but they’ll last ages. I do use polys sometimes as they oil based and hard so can be good for things like stonework. Prismas are softer, wax based. I must admit I do usually buy the large sets as I colour a LOT!! But smaller sets are great if you want to try out other brands xxx

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

Hi Chive, I know you didn’t ask me the questions & Claire has answered everything wonderfully! However, I use polychromos, & have some loose prismas. Coming from a different perspective I thoroughly enjoy my polychromos compared to my prismas, I wouldn’t personally spend money on buying any sets of prismas as they’re too delicate, mine break easily (the led isn’t centred throughout the pencil which means it has a tendency to crumble / break regardless of the sharpener / knife I use) & causes too much wax bloom - so it stops me being able to layer as much as I’d like as I don’t get the desired effect (I also draw / colour as well as using colouring books so I’m coming from both perspectives I suppose!) With poly’s you can keep building up the colours & blending with little problem, & as Claire stated they’re a harder pencil (which I prefer to work with, prismas are lovely & smooth but are hard to keep a ‘point’ to!) I’ve purchased the pack of 72 polys from Amazon & that was on a Black Friday deal. I saved & saved, because they aren’t cheap but they last me such a long time! Plenty of colours to choose from too. They’re more expensive than prismas but not by too much in my opinion. My best advice would be to either get some open stock of both, or buy the smallest pack of both & try them out (depending on your budget). It’s totally a personal preference to what you end up preferring. Also, have a nosey at other reviews & colourists on KZbin & their opinions, that really helped me with making my final decision even though I had open stock of both prismas & poly’s :) Happy colouring! ❤️

[@maluridae_]

@@LauraBidingCitizen thank you very much, that really helped me get a better idea of them :D although, my name's not "Chive" haha it's "Chivell" illustration, and ironically, my name is actually Claire as well hahaha

[@anthonyfr7734]

I bet using cream Yellow color between the deco pinomand green would blend well without mud risk

[@kateloyola8310]

can i ask what did you use in your background????

[@ClaireHoloway]

Have a FUN ART with me hi! It’s Prismacolour pencil in Dark Green with grass and spring greens and yellows around the bee 🐝🐝🐝

[@kateloyola8310]

@@ClaireHoloway thanks

[@marshakaranasky6158]

Wow!!!

[@roslitajohn8551]

Thabk you. Very informative.

[@judydick1813]

I like that you don't lay down a base coat like some people do. Seems to me it takes longer doing that and it still needs to be blended and maybe not blended as well. Also you didn't use a blending pencil do you think it unnecessary as you blend so well. Would you do highlighting on this page or do you feel it unnecessary? Sometimes I can't decide which way the light is hitting to do highlighting. Just curious, thanks.

[@ClaireHoloway]

Judy Dick hi! I think with Prismas being wax based they blend well and vibrantly enough without a base colour - polys usually do need a base. I don’t often use a blender pencil because I apply a lot of colour and sometimes I think a blender pencil can remove colour. I’d only tend to add highlighting if there was a light source - which there isn’t here - although that doesn’t mean to say you can’t create one of your own :)