I Made My Own REVERSE Coloring Page?!

[@Blick_Art]

Love it! It must be a rule, drawings of palm trees have to have coconuts, and drawings of grocery bags always have to have French bread sticking out!

[@recoveringsoul755]

Need something sticking out of the bag to let people know it's from the grocery store. A a starving student I always got a loaf of bread and bunch of celery in addition to the ramen and carrots. I have a miniature bag of groceries barbie sized and it's got the bread too!

[@becomingthatteengirl]

French bread as in baguettes? I do agree though 😂

[@Blick_Art]

@@becomingthatteengirl Yes, if you have a bag, it better have a baguette!

[@Syringa_art]

But palm trees can have dates

[@Blick_Art]

@@Syringa_art Palm trees can have dates, but they have to branch out and focus on making fronds 1st.

[@kellieevetts2637]

It reminds me of looking at clouds as a kid and finding shapes in the sky. What an imagination stretch!

[@crystalfranklin2583]

Same!!!

[@triciac.5078]

With watercolor, one key thing I’ve learned is to let the paint dry between layers. It will stop the muddy colors.

[@uribove]

This!

[@RadishTheFool]

Or if you want to have the colours run into each other, pick colours that are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel so they mix nicely. Or, put in another way: don't mix complementary colours. If you want bright colours, avoid yellow+purple, red+green, and blue+orange. And secondary colours (orange, purple, green) always contain a complementary colour of the other two secondary colours, so don't mix those either.

[@triciac.5078]

@@AmberDoodles95 to quote a song, “yeah, yeah, yeah, how long will that take?”

[@Arts_Grace]

Nice to see you get inspired I the last video and did something you actually wanted to do... I hope you enjoyed making this video ❤

[@skylergrace5068]

At 2:32 I saw the blue as a little stream and the brown as bridge over it and the green as tall grass growing around it all and the purple being flower bushes and the other brown spots as either rocks or dirt. When you finish I can definitely see the peacock idea.

[@hannahsarthub]

I’ve made a ton of reverse coloring on canvas using alcohol inks, and zentangled over the splotches. Very cathartic.

[@jessicalarson3758]

I thought the randon purple blob in the sky looked like a fish with a long fin on the bottom... and then you put dolphins in the sky so I thought for SURE you were gonna make the purple one a fish too but you didn't LOL!:) Thank you for sharing and making that available for free! That was so sweet! Love your videos, Chloe! You make me smile every time!

[@xchrysantha]

They turned out SO PRETTY ohmygosh (;w; ) In the first one I saw a small mountain creek lined with pink and purple flowers. And the illustration looks like an origin story! Like all the creatures and foliage are literally bursting into life. Thank you for making them available, as soon as I saw your video on this last week I was like "I WANT TO DO THIS." It's such a cool concept. Also, I don't know why it took me so long to watch your videos, but I just started watching you a few weeks ago - and I FREAKING LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS. You're hilarious and humble, super honest and authentic, you're an incredible artist, and you just seem so real. Even some of the silly things you do I'm like, "Ohmygosh I do that, too," lol. I dunno, your videos themselves are great, but you're also the kind of person where you give others permission to be themselves however they are and however they want to be because you do the same. Thank you Chloe for being such an inspiration

[@gretchenmariee]

I do this a lot! I’ll throw down H2O colors and then let them guide me to how I illustrate the page after they dry. My artist friend (Dan Hogan) does comic illustrations and does this a lot too! He did a whole series last year doing a smaller version of this technique with a couple of watercolor strokes. Love this video Chloe. I think this will inspire many to do similar art.

[@debbieriffel3846]

I haven't read all the comments so maybe somebody else saw it but you're blue spot that you wasn't sure what it would be in the sky. Looks like a blue bird of happiness to me 😊

[@laurathiele9591]

The first picture is giving me Sea Dragon vibes; the second picture for me inspired me to go one of two ways: 1) mermaid and jellyfish or 2) faerie's Either way I love that the reverse colouring technique has given you inspiration and I truly appreciate you making your reverse colouring pages available for download by the rest of us....I cant wait to print mine out and get started

[@cherachapin3826]

When I need inspiration, I like to take one of my kids' old finger paintings from preschool. I have 6 kids so plenty of inspiration there 😂 I know they were not allowed lways concious of what they were making, so that is the key. First I try to find shapes or even caricatures of people, animsls, objects, then I try to mimic their art but woth my own color scheme. That is what these coloring books remind me of. Btw, your purple blob is clearly a prawn that some bird droopped and is now crashing back to the ocean 😂

[@astralfusion]

I can see a mermaid and dragons in the first one. I was thinking about buying a reverse book, but I also have all the supplies to make my own watercolor art and then outline them. I can even have my kid design the colored parts with me. She’ll love that.

[@daylenesoar5222]

Just downloaded your free printable page. Looking forward to doing them with my 7 yrs old granddaughter. I'm 63 so your art work appeals to a wide range of ages. Im from Nottingham. England.

[@EllieEllingtonBooks]

pretty creative

[@ArtWench]

Oh Chloe! Lol! Sweetie sweetie sweetie. A white ceramic palette is your friend with watercolor. You have a whole range of wonderful shades which can be created by adding more water. All watercolor artists who are watching you dab paint right out of the tube are crying! That said, I do love the bright splodges that you created and think it would be fun to draw on. Love you girl! Keep painting!

[@steffymuze]

Yep (to ceramic😊) and I'm not a regular but assume she usually uses acrylics.... that said I would still do this bc I'm usually too lazy and impatient to bust out full watercolors on the daily 🤣💜

[@ArtWench]

@@steffymuze yep. Her primary medium is acrylics. Since my primary medium is watercolors (I always have them out), this hurts my soul! Lol! I must have close to 30 ceramic or butcher pans on my watercolor table just for mixing! But, as usual for Chloe, she works it out and produces something beautiful.

[@MrsBarnabas]

🤔Chloe does what Chloe wants, and you do what you want - it's called being yourself. All art rules are made to be experimented with and broken or ignored. That's what being an artist is about - not following rigid 'do it my way rules'. 😊

[@DonnaFoxy]

I did this too after watching you last video and I had SO MUCH fun. Thank you for the idea!

[@ish_artpalette_]

My notification is filled with reverse colouring book videos of Mira, Chloe Rose and So craftastic ❤😂 it's fun to watch

[@ArtsyBeau]

Hey Chloe! As a seasoned watercolor artist (basically just means I've painted with watercolors for over 15 years) I've a bit of an advice for you, that might make this coloring reverse production a bit more fun: start with wetting the entire page, not load it with water, but a thin moist surface. Then you drop some choice colors and let them bloom, technical term is wet on wet, that'll give you a blurry effect and set a bit of a base. Once it's dry you can go over it all with some of the same colors, or new colors, that'll give a layer effect and the technique is called wet on dry. Hope you can have more fun with watercolors! 💕

[@crystalfranklin2583]

Great tips and much appreciated! I learned some of these techniques from Lindsay Weirich, but I'm always in need of refreshers and reminders since I don't use watercolors very much and it increases my excitement to try them out when I learn great ideas, tips and tricks, so thank you very much for sharing that info! It makes the creative experience so much nicer when people with more experience share their knowledge and inspires us to try more new things and different media. Thanks again and Happy Creating!

[@mirascraftycorner]

I tried the wet on wet and my colours ran into one another (gave me some pretty hippie vibes!) but I was hoping for more distinct lines. Something that seemed to work better for me was to start with a drop of paint, then load my brush with water and spread it. When dry it gave no hard and soft lines fi follow with the pen

[@beckybanta126]

Such fun as you share how you are expanding your horizons! Thank you for sharing these with us to download! You rock!

[@chandramani3138]

Hi, l love your videos ! l am 12 years old and I'm from India. I used to watch your videos since I was 9. ❤❤❤

[@E4Alabbasy]

I looove the first one I keep seeing a close up of a hot spring water 😍

[@lindaarrington8566]

The brown worked out great, you are Amazing. Your energy always makes me feel better, thank you.

[@sueellens]

I have done adult coloring for 4-5 years and had just heard about “reverse coloring” so I had to watch this-my first video about it!! I love how this came out. Actually, I’ve seen watercolor artists do this a lot-they start by placing color on the paper, completely randomly, no plan, no care as to what it looks like…and then they go back in and add lines. I’ve never seen a bad piece! I’ll have to try this myself, very soon. That purple blob, I would’ve made into a flying fish! That’s part of the process, make it whimsical, fun, and realistic…or not! 😊

[@loveliercord1749]

Chloe!! What you could do is pick the colors you want and then cover your eyes. And what you come up with is what you can outline!

[@mamapillow8365]

Sometimes I save your videos to watch when I'm feeling down, I know you'll always make me laugh. I wish I had already seen the reverse coloring book, I've never seen this technique, it's very inspiring! Definitely gonna give it a go, thanks for the video.

[@Vivi2010]

Omg i wish I could buy that it’s soo cool

[@Joy.Elizabeth]

1st thing i always do when I see u have a new video up: like it right away bc I've never seen a bad Chloe video 😊 I'm esp happy u did this video bc after seeing u n socraftastic do such an amazing job w the reverse coloring book I really wanted to try it but the book just isnt in the budget. But I do have watercolors so this was very inspiring n I can't wait to do my own now. ☺ Thank u so much n great job!

[@Lisa_Flowers]

So i'm by no means a professional but I do like to watercolor and I think the difference between watercolor tube paints and inks is that tube paints tend to be pigment based and inks tend to be dye based. So tube paints are typically less vibrant, muted colours (good for landscapes, nature) and inks tend to be more vibrant. To my knowledge dye based inks don't tend to be lightfast though.

[@grannym2880]

Your excited motivation sparked my willingness to try this out myself. I've had a watercolour pad sitting idle in my 'one of these days I'll try that' drawer and today will be that day! Thanks so much for the inspiration. 💚

[@ceilinh6004]

I've done something similar by spaying water onto watercolour or mixed medua paper and then dropping on dry pigment. I do a bunch at once, and the process is very satisfying/relaxing.

[@bettytingstad5009]

I love this! It would be interesting to see the different drawings people create with your pages. ❤

[@Skeazix]

Yes! + I'd love see them.

[@stephaniegrehan9084]

Love how this turned out! more doodling!!

[@mirascraftycorner]

I did the same thing last night! Yours was the last one of several reverse coloring book coloring videos I’ve watched and I was like „I have watercolors, I can do it myself!“ and I hit the same struggles you did! I also used a water tank brush and my colors were far too dark. I’m going to try again, trying to keep my colors much lighter. Though I like the “my little pony sea horse in a fancy dress” creature I created 🤣

[@gyromind]

I think a simple way to create these in the future would be to create a watercolor piece using your normal method starting with a sketch, but do it on a tablet with digital brushes and layers, then after it's finished delete the line/sketch layer.

[@Skittl1321]

I suspect that the reverse coloring book did this- actual drawings that were then colored, then had the lines erased. Not random blobs. The person using the book doesn't need to find the "right" answer, but there is one. Those imagines just resemble things too closely to not have had line drawings.

[@OnyxRDragon]

Omg, I finally have a use for all the abstract art that my small children do when they play with paints! This is such a cool idea!

[@recoveringsoul755]

My first watercolor set, Prang one step above Crayola, I did a swatch of the colors. And when they dried I saw things and doodled on them.

[@anastasiaburns3882]

Because of this video and the last you inspired me to get the book for my mom for her bday! Love your content as always!

[@shinyheart4214]

It's stuning, please make it series

[@Kastil]

Your video on the reverse coloring book made me make my own version with the latest Sketchbox. It's fun!

[@abadgurl2010]

In the Art Academy games I remember the lessons that were about painting instead of sketching had us block in the colors first and then get more detailed. I freaking loved those games because they made me feel like a real artist with my results coming out nice! Though the Pokémon and Disney variants are too "comercial" or "corporate" for me. I still want to buy the full version of the Disney Art Academy game but I definitely love the older versions best. Like all the ones that came out before Pokémon Art Academy (though ngl, Pokémon Art Academy is great too when it came to the lessons to paint a Jirachi).

[@briangatebuilder]

I made some watercolor paintings without dark lines using AI and had my nieces reverse coloring book them. One did a good job turning one into a Japan nature scene and the other made two little snakes then blacked out the whole rest of the paper with my expensive art markers, yay! It was fun though and I was inspired to do that from your last video.

[@maryanneaubin8725]

Thank you for the download! I’m looking forward trying this, and to introducing my grandkids to reverse coloring too. They are homeschooled, and their mother fosters an interest in art. I think this concept will be another great art project for them! 😊

[@traciwolfensperger5186]

I just did this as an art class assignment with my middle school students ♡

[@suzt7076]

I think if you worked wet on damp with watercolour, then you could paint intended shapes, but the water would take some control away and they would run and bleed. It’s very cool to see what you turned the shapes into as a finished piece. I think this would be an interesting activity to do with my students at school…

[@hugbloom2664]

Yes I was thinking similar, wet on wet creates shapes on the page all by itself

[@paulalister80]

I like doing these sorts of paintings line work. I wet the paper then drop on the water ink let it move tilt the paper. Dry then see what you see, add water paint a little darker. Dry ink then finish with a little more water paint. I will dry this and sometimes go in with metallic paint/pencils. White paint pens, silver paint pen or gold paint pen, depending on how my finished art looks. Love doing this, I’ve created dragons, fantasy islands with mythology creatures, hot air balloons having fights with cannons, arrows, let your mind go. Fun way to spend a morning and just relax.

[@summerx9789]

the purple blob could have been a type of bird or parrot !

[@MissMTurner]

It's like the paint version of seeing things in the clouds!

[@psychopathetic5341]

I love the first one, I neither have the skills or the means to do this but I could totally see trampled Flowers in it

[@AuzzieRix]

I think they turned out really well ... I love what you did with them!!

[@caseypatterson7030]

Pink buddy in the lower left is a whole mood

[@kryki_cha6206]

I hope these videos do well for you, because I LOVE this!!!

[@edc9864]

Turned out great!!

[@izzyscattoys5454]

You are amazing and your art has inspired me every day. Well wishes to your family and please keep doing what you love!

[@lizandanel1461]

Love it! My favourite 3 art channels (as a non artist that just find it relaxing/fascinating/fun to watch) are Chloe, Jazza and a chap called Daynoart. This feels like Chloe content and Daynoart content had a love child... Loved it.

[@hostiledodo1150]

I love the finished result! It's like a psychedelic fever dream in the best ways!

[@Kreative_Rainbow]

Make a Moriah Elizabeth inspired pale rainbow color piece!! 🌈 That could be lots of fun!! I think you were having an island vacation dream sequence. 🏝 The purple blob made me think of a bird!! 🕊 Now you know why mental health doctors have used the rorschach test with the smashed ink blobs!! 😂🤣

[@msjkramey]

The purple blob looks like an angel fish to me

[@artofjessirenee2617]

Oooh, I'm going to download these and fill them in on Monday!

[@artgeometrix6346]

This is a fantastic idea. Really excellent result too. Great job here.

[@KristyRice]

Okay okay it's officially meant to be (JK-ish)...just did a poll on my channel about creating some JOY-tastic watercolor with my fave youtubers!

[@k.h8710]

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mjpete27]

Wonderful video Chloe! I am so glad your putting your originals and prints out there for your dedicated followers! Thank you! Do hope that by diversifying you can create more income from various sources and keep your online income growing! Wishing you only the very best!

[@kristinewells961]

Aaaaaah! The water on the table is freaking me out!!

[@sabs666ify]

Make more of these pages i love it.

[@ameenoahmad]

It looks beautiful 😍😍

[@Jannuk76]

The splash of water next to your paper 😂😂😂

[@lizziegfunk]

It gave me so much anxiety.🤣 I was watching it creep down and kept thinking she would mop it up.

[@ChantelleArts]

This is a really cool idea, great for beginners too 😄

[@SlothDaan]

I love how chaotic Cloe draws this. Halfway the palmtree already starting on the chameleon and then doing some other random thing before returning to the tree 😅

[@mikkymosart]

Love ur vids chloe :)

[@qienna6677]

You could turn this into a collab activity, have the other person try and guess what picture you're thinking of when creating a 'reverse colouring page' and the faster they guess the more points they get

[@DeeM82]

That spilt water on the table was stressing me out… maybe wetting the paper in sections and adding the paint, letting it form it’s own shapes would be fun.

[@ronnielizabeth8959]

I was looking to see if it bothered anyone else!

[@aaishaismail5717]

I tried this after watching your first video on it 😂 Honestly at first it looked basically like the blobs on the first page of the colouring book and ended up being a Boquet but I was like nuh and forced some wacky shapes in there when going over with the pen The second then I was like not gonna think about what I’m making but as I laid down the colour I kept thinking ooh this looks like a cherry tree or ooh that’s a bird now and then I realized, I can’t plan it it won’t be as nice as figuring out what it all is afterwards So for my third one I just used wet into wet and dimples blobs of watercolor and managed to make soemthing I liked! Thanks for putting up your prints, I actually had an idea for a river moving through for the first one and I really want to print it out and draw that now! I find it a little more freeing and relaxing as an after school break, there’s less to worry about and it gives you something to think about more loosely The whales were so cute though ❤️

[@Lili.Lucian]

I loved last week's upload and this one is also so you

[@Lovejesus.i]

I love this it’s so creative and artistic ❤

[@ambargonzalez8862]

Nice video! I'd like to see more of this! The way you approach it is very interesting and the end result very pretty!

[@suemiller3405]

Love it! You've got me thinking about new things to do!

[@amberherrod6110]

This is so cool!

[@jjsmakeupobsession323]

Your picture is amazing!

[@chloemorrell4929]

I love the giant chicken!

[@themadcadder4847]

It's killin' me that you don't have a million followers yet. I think your content is very entertaining. I bought your brushes to support you and am very excited to receive them. Thank you, Chloe, for being you... Also, I think it would be awesome if you kept up on your Spilling the Paint Water channel. I think it would really grow. (If you have time)

[@tanyahudson2156]

I used to do something like this in front of the tv with color markers and ball point pens.

[@bubbles9710]

I love this

[@ABHIGYANDIXIT]

Love it !😉

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

cool. 😃👍 thank you for the printables.

[@apikaldominanz]

Wow, this was really inspiring

[@rayne6737]

I did this kind of thing years ago but it wasn’t my idea. There was an older lady who did this kind of thing in a video on her channel. It’s been so long and under a different account and I so cannot remember her name. I just remember her being quirky and so very happy creating. She did a lot of colorful, bright and sometimes rather abstract looking work. She just had a lot of fun. So wish I knew her channel name.

[@xFlavouredRealityx]

Love the finished product! It would look so cool as a mural. Although I can't unsee the bird as a half mermaid about to belt out Part of Your World, or possibly Aladdin on a magic carpet ride 😂

[@SamanthaJoe]

Ooooo love that you did this video. Excited to have a crack at the purple piece!! :D

[@darlouthia5153]

Really fascinating ❤

[@roseheathcote2449]

I can see a pond with water lilies for the first one !!

[@Carmell1206]

Beautiful

[@Pompoms558]

that looks so cool

[@chloemorrell4929]

That spilled water was driving me CrAzY!!!!!!😂

[@Tembershorts]

Right after I watched a little bit of her video about the reverse coloring book I made my own version of a reverse coloring page.

[@squeeks06]

I love doing this on procreate!

[@herothebard]

I bought some pencils and a sticker from your website and was going to buy some paint brushes, but then I noticed the shipping was $22 and by the time it was converted to Canadian money my total with shipping was $75 and I was like nope so I took the paintbrushes off of my order and the shipping went down to $15 so I was happy to spend $35 Canadian for some pencils and a sticker. I’ll post the picture on my Instagram when I am done drawing the colours.

[@thiadesg]

Suggestion: You should rotate your sheet of paper. You'll see very different things!

[@crystalfranklin2583]

I've seen some artists actually draw upside down or starting at the bottom and working toward the top. Not even rotating the page, but just sketching the image upside down and the. Turn the page once it's done. They say it makes drawing somehow easier. I think it's about perspective and proportions. I'm not sure exactly how it works to make drawing easier, but I have heard more than one artist say that. Also, you're right. You do see a lot of other things kinda leap off the page simply by turning the page and viewing it from different angles. It's really neat and cool!

[@l.batton618]

The first one reminds me of a pond with flamingos and the second reminds me of a group of red crabs on the beach

[@emleo48]

This reminds me of playing mr Smiggle with my sister as a kid.😊