How I Colour Backgrounds in Johanna Basford Books (adult coloring)

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

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[@emmatrigg9855]

My jaw literally dropped looking at these. 😮

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you

[@nanditaGH]

Wooowwww! Amazing background bkending you did. Just love love loved it, all of them, honestly.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you

[@lizaomara5657]

Thank you for so many inspiring and terrific ideas

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Glad you like them!

[@redgeminiarts3674]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thanks for watching!

[@nancyhappily9503]

Great background ideas. Probably my weakest point. I hope to find you doing tutorials for backgrounds

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you, I do have a few in a playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLewgurQ60fdi9Wna_4ZRzQN-di0BOCeUe

[@malarshan5224]

You Wowwed me. So many ideas

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you - so glad it was helpful

[@sudhakrishnan5141]

Awesome background ideas..each one more exciting than the other..love the themes.. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you very much x

[@cindyvisser4088]

Hello Rachel these are beautiful backgrounds.😊

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you so much. I have not done many in the new book!

[@marybuie5538]

🎉🎉🎉So very helpful!!!

[@bridgetcampbell6629]

I just love this! The video was beautiful to look at, and my head is popping with new ideas and inspiration. Thank you so much for this!

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you, I am so glad that you found it helpful.

[@sapphireice1409]

Your work is gorgeous! The birds on branches pic on the other side of the scarecrow picture is particularly striking. Beautiful colour palette and feels like a spring day.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you so much

[@marie-colouringmehappy]

Wow! You've inspired me today, thank you so much, your backgrounds (and foregrounds!) are wonderful 😊

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you so much, it is so lovely to hear that you are finding the videos helpful. My aim is to spread the joy of colouring and so it is so lovely to know that it is working.

[@juliamclaughlin6550]

Really helpful tks

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Glad it helped

[@marinacarolussonskoldeskog6254]

Hi Rachel! have you made a video when you color the sky so beautifully with the branches, the one next to the clown? Best regards, Marina 🇸🇪

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Yes I have, it is here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r32VhGuVpcxoha8

[@crazy8adventures553]

Beautiful work...thank your for sharing!!!

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you

[@annamatthews5926]

Hi, i have just found you on youtube and im very pleased! backgrounds are my worry but you have given me some great ideas. thank you.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

that is great, thank you so much

[@reneekennedy38]

Hey Rachel, do you have tutorials on some of your backgrounds!

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Hi, yes I do. there is a playlist with some in - they are probably different to the ones in that video though! - kzbin.info/aero/PLewgurQ60fdi9Wna_4ZRzQN-di0BOCeUe

[@audreyadams3239]

Thank you. I loved watching this with so many new ideas.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@jocelynemessier2295]

Very very nice , thank you 🌹

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you so much

[@panther5031]

💙Thank you for this. It's It's very inspiring.💙

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

I am so pleased. Hope you get lots of colouring done this year - Happy New Year.

[@panther5031]

@@RachelHendersonColouring Happy New Year to you too. I've just discovered you and look forward to seeing more of your art in 2021.

[@marinacarolussonskoldeskog6254]

apologies, the scarecrow meant 🙊 Marina🇸🇪

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

no worries!

[@Sullykitten555]

Beautiful backgrounds! Which workable fixative do you use for your pastels?

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you. I use Loxley spray fixative most of the time, but it smells so much it has to be used outside.

[@missstarbuck]

thanks for this video ! :D I am always afraid that i mess up the background . I actually still have a background which looks horable ...and i really hope i can fix it haha. I am trying to do that background with chalk pastels ... but oh dear. I think coloring pencils are better i guess? Although it seems indeed like a lot of work hihi.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you. I have saved a messy pastel background with pencils, it is possible, but yes it will take time!

[@missstarbuck]

@@RachelHendersonColouring ooh cool.... so you can colour over chalk pastels with pencils. I might give it a try some day. Hope it works. Yeah i guess it will take some time indeed.

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

@@missstarbuck yes you can, you can also erase pastel with a normal eraser if that helps....Good luck

[@missstarbuck]

@@RachelHendersonColouring :O oooh you can erase it as well !!? :O Wauw ! Thanks so much.. this helps a lot. Now i have a few other options! Thanks again !! :D

[@friedadewerker1899]

🙏🏻❤️

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

thank you

[@pattyshobbyworld2851]

Backgrounds are elementary at best for me... But yours are inspiring

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

aww thank you. They take a long time and so sometimes I just do not bother!!!

[@gillianatkinson6858]

Hi Rachel, your pieces are stunning! May I ask which workable fixative you use please. Which one d'yu find is the best, and available in England?

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Hi, sorry for the late response! I use Loxley Spray Fixative which is the only one I have tried. It works well but does smell so much you need to use it outside. I got it from an independent art shop in the UK which has closed down. You can get it on Amazon - amzn.to/3k2dfhe

[@sarahwall600]

Your backgrounds are beautiful, BUT this video doesn’t show/teach me how to do this 😒 For example, did you do the backgrounds first?

[@RachelHendersonColouring]

Thank you. I do have a few background tutorial videos. Whether I do the background first depends on the picture. I always decide if I am doing one first and then decide on the media I will use (pastels or pencil) and then depending on the intricacy of the picture and my mood, I will then decide whether to do it first or last and sometimes do it as I go along.