How To Develop An Artistic Style When Coloring In Adult Coloring Books

[@jeaninehogshead4710]

I KNEW it was New York accent I was hearing !!!!! I’m from Midwest the accents are different!! I’m the one who was sooooooooo into one of your sessions and you’re working on a leaf and there’s a middle vein in it and you say …. “Now I’m going to apply the…..” well this gal hears “pasta” !!!!!!!!! I know I know that’s how new I am I knew nothing about Posca markers!!! You made my day on a day I needed it….so I’m putting my story out there for the newbies!!!!

[@floralheart]

I so enjoy listening to your talking, there's always much to learn. As a retired florist I had to order a couple of the beautiful books from Leila Duly, can't wait for them to arrive. Your blue flowers are an inspiration for me as I always tend to go to pinks. I would say that those flowers are Peones, my favorite flower. New subscriber, thanks for all you do.

[@zdenabellal373]

I watched this video last night before I went to sleep. And I thought about it so much.. and your so right. I watch videos everyday I watch others colouring the same books pictures that I have.. and I think 🤔 why I can’t do this why can’t my picture look like this.. and than I think 🤔 I don’t need my pictures my books to look like this same colours copy because I have my own imagination and I can make my books my pictures look different like I feel like coloring them.. it’s nice looking at videos how others colour.. but the most important thing is to colour how you want and you feel with your own imagination because your own picture will represent just you.. so thank you darling. Because from now on I want my pictures to look how I want them to look even though I’ll make mistakes but they will be mine 💕💕😊😊 I love your videos 💕 thank you for inspiration 💕

[@brachameansblessing3127]

I love it when someone picks up the challenge of Leila Duly's Floribunda or The Flower Year. They are my favorite coloring books. I look to color realistic images whether they be people, places or things. Your instruction on how to color hair, fur, clothing texture, leaves, you name it are greatly appreciated. I love Chris Cheng too - she's incredible. I await the day she returns to her Flower Year for another picture. I'm so happy you demo using Prismas. When I started watching coloring on KZbin it was all Polychromos. Prismas were bad and to be shunned. Then Prismas became very inexpensive and suddenly everyone was using them. I'm over 70 and on a very fixed income. I don't dream of Luminance or Holbein. I dream of turning out good work with what I have. Mastering the craft of being a colorist to an artist's black and white image.🎨♿👵 Bracha

[@Coloryourheartout]

Thank you for this advice. Makes me think of my coloring in a whole new way.

[@wilsonwatt9283]

This is a wonderful video which I found very helpful in seeing how I have grown as a colorist and how to continue my growth. I am especially pleased with the great educational value here [I am a retired professor] in encouraging how to think about what the colorist wants to do. One of the most difficult things for any teacher is to find a way to encourage the student to find a personal way to use the knowledge that is available. You do that superbly.

[@lunawolf2151]

You have the most helpful videos on here because you talk about things most do not even think about. I watch the channels you are talking about and get so frustrated because I'm not anything like them so thank you so much. Love your channel!

[@leesanchez8432]

Lori, that was a wonderful pep talk you gave here. To all those who feel the desire to go beyond wherever they are with artistic practice, I say, Go For It!

[@itsgottobe17]

Great video! I remember when I first started coloring how I was ready to give up because I couldn't color like other people... But your so right it's just a matter of sticking with it and figure out what you like and what works best for you.

[@kenivrataric9783]

When you were trying to figure out what color the cerulean blue was, reminded me of Dede Willingham, when she grabs one of her Prisma pencils she doesn’t, really, know what the color is she is picking, when she is grabbing it, she is just choosing the color she wants. Only when someone asks her what color is it, does she look at it. I love your videos, everything about them, especially this new format, yes, I enjoyed them when you would just do a video of coloring a picture, but these new videos are so much more informative now, you are a great teacher on everything color, and you always leave us wanting more, just like I can’t wait for the next installment of this series. Thank you Lori!

[@marlenaamalfitano1558]

I am more familiar with other media, and am new to coloring, but many times I'll just look at a picture and say, that's mostly red with silver and pink and silver in the clouds for example, a dragon. Lovely coloring. and great advice

[@leyendaos1873]

That happens to me, I can't find my own colouring style so I try to copy another's styles and that is frustrating because I forget I'm not an artist, I'm just a beginner, a simple colourist. Thank you for your video 😊

[@Welcome_to_colour_time]

Love how you said that you do you and that's how you find your colour. ❤

[@dottiemathews6853]

i understand exactly what you are talking about. you look at this picture you are about to color. you close your eyes and "see the picture colored" in other words, as you see this picture, it "tells you what colors to use". in your picture, i see the large flower a dark pink around the tips of the petals then it's blended to a soft shade of pink down to a light yellow at the bottom of the flower. it's telling you the colors to use for it but its up to you on how you want the colors shaded and blended. it's a process that takes a lot of patience and developing. but if you really love to color, you practice, practice and practice to the point of, "Wow! i colored this?"

[@dottiemathews6853]

but remember, you have to color like you color, you cannot imitate. who wants to color like someone else? it will be dull and boring. this is when the beautiful God given gift of INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY comes into play. you color in your own way, your own style.

[@beverleygardam151]

Thankyou for taking your time to tell us how to go about colouring ,love your videos .

[@kstewart3901]

Oh, forgot to mention. I think those big flowers are peonies. My dad used to grow them.

[@ColorMyWorld]

I think your right, but I am turning them into Cabbage anyways.

[@rosaliezatser1980]

I agree with your idea about the flowers being peonies also .

[@leesanchez8432]

Part of the schooling in art involves copying works by famous artists for the sake of understanding how they accomplished their work. It is so you can learn techniques, and learn to evaluate how to approach a piece of creative work. Not for the sake of slavishly copying. To learn the skills that get you to the point of doing your own work. There's a life lesson in there.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Youre a wonderful teacher. Much thanks.

[@geodis.1385]

Thank you for the inspiration you are sharing. Im 25 years old and started to get obsessed in coloring, just a beginner for now.. day by day im realizing that I cannot copy someone else style because I am blessed with my own.

[@ColorMyWorld]

I am glad you are learning that early in your journey. It's OK to learn from other people's style. I certainly have, but it's more important to develop your own. When someone can pick out your picture without a signature and say "That was done by Geodiffer" then you got style. Keep practicing and I am here if you need me.

[@joy2776]

Thank you for sharing your talent. May I know the title of your coloring book please.

[@emiliegoethals3769]

thank you for this great video. I really like to look at other peoples work, but I' m really happy to say that I never copie someone. I just want to have fun, relax and have a beautifull colored picture.

[@naturecro]

You are very creative...thanks for showing and sharing... big like and for sure I subbed. Have a nice day

[@MrScrapaddict]

These are peonies and they are very soft in colour some even white or cream with hints of soft green love your videos and your teaching style thank you for taking the time.

[@ColorMyWorld]

Well you can tell I live in the desert and all I get to see is cactus.

[@kstewart3901]

I really enjoy your videos. They are very informative and helpful. Chris Cheng is amazing. It boggles the mind when you compare her older to newer videos that she just keeps getting better. Your videos are helping me get better, too!

[@jdbuder]

Yes so true

[@gracieallen8285]

When I started out copying other colorists I did it to learn. Chris Cheng is hard to copy, it took awhile before I could copy her. Recently I’ve started to just watch colorists for inspiration.

[@lovelyphoenix413]

I'm. Going to find my own coloring thingy I love to color actually my cousin just brought me three coloring books for my birthday last month ima get some more today because I want to draw good and color good but with my own style

[@denorene16]

Can you use a color palette and still be able to picture it in my mind?

[@OujiDarkmatter]

Those colours are absolutely lovely and beautifully shaded Lori xxx

[@catherinegoaack1629]

Thank you so much for all that you do, you are such a great teacher! I am so happy you are on KZbin. I am learning so much..thank you again, I look forward to many more!

[@michelinelavoie2086]

Lori thank you for this one. Your home make over turned out great! So happy for you. That is one real hard coloring book..., that pic is very promising, can’t wait to see it finished.

[@mary-joromero8821]

You are fantastic! A great teacher! So lucky to be able to learn from you! Blessings!!!

[@gnostie]

Floribunda looks like a LOT of work, and not just because the illustrations are detailed. My main problem is not being familiar with what these flowers are so I can look them up and see what they are supposed to look like. Here's why this is relevant: all leaves might be broadly speaking green, but the play of green/yellow/grey varies depending on the kind of flower. A friend let me colour a picture in her copy a couple of years ago, and I remember emailing the picture to the Cambridge Botanical Gardens to get the names of the flowers, after which the job went pretty well. I just checked, and Floribunda is pretty much unavailable in the UK, but the same artist has another book out, called The Flower Year. Is that one any good? Especially the paper, but the images too, I guess.

[@ColorMyWorld]

I kill cactus so I am in the same boat as you. I just color them what ever color catches my eye, I have been corrected a few times,

[@ssreltd111]

where's the continuation of this

[@MommyLizzie_Vlogs]

This is great! Thanks for sharing!

[@ColorMyWorld]

Thanks Lizzie

[@victoriablanc761]

I don't think they're dahlias.. I think they are peonies. used to work in a garden center so I am pretty sure but I LOVE the idea of making them into cabbages. I am sure it will be lovely. Thank you so much for all the lessons and all the amazing wisdom you share. It's so valued by us color beginners.

[@ColorMyWorld]

When I lived in NY I was really into flowers and gardening, but I live in the desert now and I have managed to kill cactus and grow weeds. You are probably right. My flower identifying ability is gone. If it doesn't have a spine and try to kill you then it's not in my brain anymore.

[@victoriablanc761]

lol funny.. I used to avoid the cactus like the plague as every time I came near them they would get me. every time. if it doesn't have a spine and try to kill you.. so true.

[@khaalis9385]

Every time I view one of your tutorials I say to myself, "What is the lesson to be learned today?" Oftentimes it is not so much about techniques as such. It is about theory. Again not so much as it applies to art, but rather life. I know that is a different approach to take to your lessons, but if I can catch a glimpse of that then I can capture the vision of what you are putting on paper through colors. All that being said, what is the lesson here? For me I think very clearly as you addressed "copying" other artists or colorists you were telling me in no uncertain terms: BE THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF! Again I leave weak in the knees today and will long remember some simple blue flowers and my artistic guru......

[@Kirstycolourandsketch]

Lovely way of describing it xx

[@kindonwazzagod]

Love your channel, you were one of the channels that inspired me to start my own x thank you so much

[@kenivrataric9783]

The Modernist Colourist Dev, I agree with you, I’ve been watching Lori along time, have learned so much from her, and she is so generous with her coloring tools, all supplied in her website, I sound like a commercial for her channel today lol.

[@bethcrawford4896]

The Modernist Colourist I love your channel too!

[@ColorMyWorld]

I have been looking for you. Get in touch with me via my email for the lesson.

[@leatriceking5271]

Hi! I need advice! I just got a few different coloring books. I plan on getting The Enchanted Forest as well but I got Backyard Nature by Dot Barlowe, Forest Animals by Diane Gaspas, The Brothers Grimm by Forest Diver & Disney Dream Collection by Thomas Kinkade. They all just came in the mail today. I also got matte acrylic paint and I haven’t started coloring them yet. I’m not new to coloring but I am new to it in a sense where I have never tried to step outside of using normal colored pencils and markers and buying coloring books from Walmart. Now I am ready to expand and broaden the colorist in me lol. I don’t want to ruin the books so do you think it’s okay to use acrylic paint with these coloring books? And also can you recommend any high end coloring pencils with beautiful golds and sparkly colors as well?

[@ColorMyWorld]

NO! acrylic paint unless it's a dot or two of white. The books you mention don't have paper that is suitable for a paint medium. Colored pencils don't sparkle. They can glow if you put the right pencil combinations together. As for gold, there are metallic sets. I have the Derwent Metallic set and it's pretty good. Derwent is high end. Prismacolor is high end. Arteza is high end quality with a low end price. I can keep going but it will get pretty expensive. Once you start coloring with higher end pencils you are probably going to want higher end books. Look for Klara Markova, Hanna Karlzon, Leila Duly,

[@leatriceking5271]

Color My World Thank you so much!!!! I’ll go return the paint in the morning. I bought it from Michaels. Can I find those pencils there or should I order online?

[@kathymcmanus1425]

These videos are so helpful. Thanks so much.

[@avismcdaniel1503]

I love the advice in this video. Thank You. The flowers are peonies. Great Vid!

[@catrena5051]

I love your Channel. I just found this tutorial are you explaining things and I want to watch all your videos that I may have missed since I just found this one. Thank you so much you are great!

[@daynalathrop1619]

I really enjoy watching all your different videos. Because of them, I've picked up coloring as a great hobby for myself. Thanks so much 😁 And I Love PUFF

[@AmazinGraceXOXO1]

Thank you for this video. I'm one of those people that compares themselves to others. I'm too afraid and not confident enough to try my own thing, for fear of messing up the picture I'm coloring. I've been coloring yes, but I've been coloring along others...doing everything they re doing. I want to be my own person and I want to have my own style but I never know where to start! I guess it's all about practice. Practice, mess up then do it again. It's the only way I will ever learn. I need to experiment and take a chance and if I mess up...well who cares. No ones gona see it anyway! Lol

[@bethcrawford4896]

AmazinGraceXOXO1 I feel exactly the same way. I depend heavily on color-alongs but since I am a beginner I think it’s ok. But I want to learn enough that I will be able to color more often with my own original vision.

[@bethcrawford4896]

Wow! I can’t wait! That is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you!!!!!

[@tabbylynn4130]

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help us. It is very appreciated!!

[@evaschubmehl6]

Would y"all recommend a colouring book for beginners?

[@sandyrofsky1836]

I love all your instructive videos. They are so very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I watch and love them all.💗💗💗💘💝😍

[@louisedavies1867]

I love how you talk about colourists and artists. I’ve just subscribed!

[@BillizMuzic]

Where's the next part to this video?

[@Turbogittan]

Thank you very much for the inspirationen 💖 I needed it today after a hard work week ☀️

[@skylarmccready]

I love watching you, I learn SO much! Would love to have this book but 80 quid?!!! It should color itself lol

[@noma6214]

😂😂😂😂

[@claudiahemmings2080]

Nice video - a very interesting discussion about style.

[@davidnikkicortes7462]

Love ur lessons Thank You So So Much

[@kenivrataric9783]

N Cortes, hey there, I was actually thinking of you, in that I was going to refer you to this channel. Glad you found Lori on your own. See ya later, somewhere lol.

[@davidnikkicortes7462]

@@kenivrataric9783 OMG LOL SMALL WORLD 😁

[@johnartgallery347]

It's so amazing😍 I was impressed with your video! Keep up the good work 👍 Have a nice day 🧡👍+🔔😘😊

[@briancarr8846]

How do I find the second part of this video?

[@ColorMyWorld]

Hi Brian. If you look on my main channel page it will be there under the petal video. I have been working on it all week and the last part comes out tomorrow. It was a tough one.

[@janadean1646]

Thank you for your videos. I’m learning so much from you 😊

[@nickmad887]

I learn so much. Thanks

[@karenkess7945]

beautiful

[@scruffy281]

Here's is your comment for the day...I want to color just like you!!😂❤️Why not? We all need a mentor right? You are a great example of a great colorist to follow. I will try to get my own style and I get what your saying though. Thanks for all the great video and your advice! Merry Christmas!❤️

[@reginaward9144]

awesome advice as always Thanks Lady

[@RealMelodyBlue]

I wish I could use the petal technique to my beta fish drawings

[@lalaunicornio2736]

This is amazing

[@RealMelodyBlue]

Where is new videos? Is everything okay??

[@ColorMyWorld]

Yes, I am ok. I have a really awful cold. I have been trying to rest. I don't want to move forward with colors and capture my cold on video forever LOL. I finished a video for tomorrow morning but I have not colored a thing in days.

[@RealMelodyBlue]

@@ColorMyWorld get well soon! I miss the lessons, but I have been watching other videos you have out. Your subscribers care about you.

[@ColorMyWorld]

@@RealMelodyBlue I have one coming out tomorrow but it's not a coloring lesson. I actually had an ear infection and it made me feel very dizzy so every time I picked up a pencil the book began to spin. It's getting better.

[@RealMelodyBlue]

@@ColorMyWorld hugs and prayers Lori.💙

[@sanha5191]

Why did I know you were going to say Chris Cheng omg Haha I love her.

[@pcpatukas]

산하 Chris cheng

[@deirdrelewis1454]

Those flowers look like peonies to me. But I can see how you can turn them into cabbages. I'm not good at colour palettes...I usually google the flowers and choose from natural colours.

[@ColorMyWorld]

Yes, I was told what they are and there is a tiny guide in the book. I never care. I color flowers what I want them to look like. I always think, my art, my world, my choice.

[@tiamoura]

@@ColorMyWorld Thanks for that!!! Just new in your channel. Loved the firts i just saw video. Love and thanks from Portugal

[@friedadewerker1899]

🙏🏻❤️

[@ColourWithS]

😍😍

[@jamiecee4960]

I want my own style. I don't want my work looking like everyone elses.😊 I just colored a Flower Blue. 😊

[@artbyevangelos]

Great art channel new friend here let’s stay connected ✍🏼❤️🍀

[@ColorMyWorld]

Nice to meet you

[@artbyevangelos]

Nice to meet you@@ColorMyWorld

[@marilynferro9546]

Those flowers are peonies not dalias..

[@JoJo-jk4jm]

I hate it when people compare artists to colourists. Someone like Chris cheng, I wouldn't class her as a colourist, she's clearly done art all her life and probably went to college for it, so for colourists to compare her other colourists is simply unfair and it's probably one of the reasons a lot of people were put off putting their pictures online, because they knew they were up against actual artists. Were not all in the same group here. I personally don't like Chris chengs style, I think it's boring, there is clearly talent there but I think she shouldn't be classed as being in the colouring community because normal colourists look at her work and think "oh if I work hard enough I'll get my pictures as good as hers", when her pictures are done from an artists point of view, not a colourists. I read about a few people who stopped colouring all together because they were getting put off with people like Chris cheng and maybe Johanna basford should stop giving help and freebies to artists like Chris cheng because clearly your average colourist needs more help than people like Chris cheng. There's a few other ones that JB gives help and freebies too and all these people are artists, not colourists. Go on JB try and sell your books to just artists and not colourists out there an see how far you get. It's the normal, average colourist, who likes doing it for fun who would be better served getting your help and freebies. Sorry for the rant but this has been bugging me for a long time!!

[@ColorMyWorld]

Colorists are artists but normally once you get past the intermediate stage you become more interested in advanced art. That's the point where coloring in books is frustrating because of what it takes. The paper gives out way before you are ready to give it up. I know I have made it to the detail stage and lost tooth. This is why I try not to use coloring book paper anymore and encourage those who have a printer to use that instead. As for Chris Cheng, I love her art. I watch all her videos but agree she is not the average artist. I can see your point but you also see what can be done with a page. Many coloring book artists give KZbinrs their books to color. I get them too, but I turn a lot down also. If a book doesn't inspire me I won't color in it. Alena Lazareva gives me her books, but I truly love her artwork. I now only get her PDF because I don't really color in the books. She doesn't even have to ask me if I want it. She just sends it. It's the same in the Beauty Community. People like Jeffrey Starr gives promotional makeup to the people he knows will promote his stuff. The packages are quite nice. Channon Rose once did a video showing all the promo packages she gets. KZbin crafters often get supplies. That's my favorite perk. We are under no obligation to do positive reviews. Companies don't even talk to us about it. Often I will get a product and tell a company I didn't like it before posting anything about it. The company can choose to walk away. It's how it works.

[@JoJo-jk4jm]

@@ColorMyWorld totally agree with everything you said. When JB first came out she made a speech in an interview that she wanted everyone to be encouraged to colour. But when you keep giving shout outs, tips and freebie to artists like Chris cheng ( who clearly doesn't need anything JB sends her). It kinda sticks in my throat and I think to myself. Can you imagine if your a not so great colourist and one day you get a parcel from JB with helpful hints, free goodies and an advanced copy of her book, can you imagine how much that would inspire someone to really get into art and continue to get better. I think these are the people she should be giving freebies too, not her rich artist friends, because she wants her pictures in her book to look amazing, which they always do because their artists. I just think JB only cares about the fans who have real talent. Look at her last book. I don't know many colourists who want to learn to draw. They want to colour so they can tune out from their problems for a few hours. Sorry if I'm ranting, I just hate unfairness and if you look on Instagram and see who she sends these goodie bags, you will see they are all artists......whats the point?? I hope JB remembers who buys her books and competition is rife so I would be careful with the next steps she takes!!

[@patriciathomas3855]

$69 on Amazon! Must be out of print...

[@sanha5191]

Happy mistakes just like Bob Ross said

[@celitastrouse7232]

Beautiful work and colors. But your dahlia is a peonie.

[@iSheree]

I was really liking this video until you said that once you can see it in your head finished and put it down on the paper then you have crossed the line from colourist to true artist. This is pretty hurtful to those with aphantasia (an inability to visualise or see anything in your mind) like me. I will NEVER be able to do that. And so now I am discouraged even after getting over 1K likes on my recent colouring page with everyone saying I am gifted and have true talent. There are people with my condition that are amazing artists so I really want to believe that what you are saying isn't true. :(

[@ColorMyWorld]

Sheree, You can be creative but create in your own unique way and my entire channel is devoted to "Teaching" art. You don't have to be born with the ability nor do you have to have the ability to visualize to be creative. My Son-in-law is color blind but you would never know unless he tells you. In fact I was one of the last to know and I was shocked. He has true color blindness as most of the men in his family yet has really good taste. You can be blind and still be an artist. You can be color blind and still draw a rainbow . Being able to visualize the next color is only one way but it's a way of transitioning even you have it and don't realize it. You don't have to visualize the color wheel. You know red comes next to orange, which is across from blue. You had to learn it so you can create art that way. Plus. nobody needs to know any colors if they are using a reference photo. You have to recognize the color and put it where it goes kind of like a big puzzel. That's what I'll be teaching in my next class.

[@iSheree]

@@ColorMyWorld thank you for putting my mind at ease. I am still a subscriber and a fan of yours. I really believe I can learn a lot from you. I cannot visualise the colour wheel but I have one with me at all times! When we have a disability or a limitation it only makes us work harder. That means we can be true artists in a different way! Thank you so much for your reply. :)

[@healthymindbody8807]

Great video Thank you. I should really stop watching tutorials and start practicing...