Yeah it's nice to have a bit of time these days. Not sure I'll ever have time during the week to get pencilling done but maybe when it gets it starts getting lighter after work 🥰
Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you were able to find some time to colour and the colour your stash got off to a great start. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes for you for the year, and I'm very tempted to do something similar 🙂
I am glad you had a little time to color. I am sorry work has taken over your space though. I was really looking forward to seeing how this worked out, I like the idea of choosing the books etc for the month. I would not have thought of it making coloring more portable but I am glad it allowed you to color in a more relaxing location! I am interested to see what you choose next. I saw you posted something but it says you removed it.
I didn't think that I'd move my colouring location but early in the month it was a lovely day in the conservatory so I brought my 5 books and 4 supplies downstairs to colour... and there I stayed! Ended up setting up a basket for my goodies! The Feb "shop my stash" is up, the one I deleted was a short flipthrough that went up at a funny resolution 😄
The Color Questopia books used to be ok, until someone told them to only use 25 colours, then they turned into the same as all the others, I mean its difficult to add colour nuances with a basic 25 colour palette 😆
@@ArtJourneyUK .. a lot of these mandela-type illustrations look a lot better, in my view, with only 3 colours. And yes, I would expect the cover illustration to be the same inside, lol.
That was a productive colouring month Lily ❤ It was a good idea to pick the books and mediums out first and then set to using them 👍 (I might have to try that myself!) That would be hard working from home like you do, I wonder if you had a creative “ritual” - for example once you turn the work computer off, you put some music or a podcast on and maybe a relaxing scented candle and a nice drink, it would help seperate the “work” and “relaxation” time in your mind even though you are in the same room?
@@spare_room_studio I used to do that Jackie, shut down my work PC, put on some music and turn my chair to my colouring desk. Then when my hours got longer, I just want out of this room after 10h! I usually go down to make dinner and then do not want to come back in there until I have to. Still, this is working, using a trying a small subset every month... so far anyway 😆
I work from home and I so understand your feeling of not wanting to spend ‘me’ time in the room you spend most of the day working.
Yeah, especially now the work equipment takes up so much space now. It's literally become an office rather than craft room
Loved seeing the pages you completed and hearing about the various mediums you used! TFS
Thanks Jojoza 🙂
Great to see you having some time to get some colouring done, great work, thanks for showing, xx❤
Yeah it's nice to have a bit of time these days. Not sure I'll ever have time during the week to get pencilling done but maybe when it gets it starts getting lighter after work 🥰
Hi ! You're finished pictures are beautiful! Thank You for Sharing 💜😊
Thanks Sherry! 🥰
Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you were able to find some time to colour and the colour your stash got off to a great start. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes for you for the year, and I'm very tempted to do something similar 🙂
Yeah it definitely seemed to work for me, I think it helped that I could bring my "subset of stuff" downstairs to colour 😀
💛thank you for your hard work & sharing with us!
Aww Thanks Susan 🥰
I am glad you had a little time to color. I am sorry work has taken over your space though. I was really looking forward to seeing how this worked out, I like the idea of choosing the books etc for the month. I would not have thought of it making coloring more portable but I am glad it allowed you to color in a more relaxing location!
I am interested to see what you choose next. I saw you posted something but it says you removed it.
I didn't think that I'd move my colouring location but early in the month it was a lovely day in the conservatory so I brought my 5 books and 4 supplies downstairs to colour... and there I stayed! Ended up setting up a basket for my goodies!
The Feb "shop my stash" is up, the one I deleted was a short flipthrough that went up at a funny resolution 😄
Lovely colorings!!❤❤ Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you! 🥰
Perfect 😚🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣
Hi Lily! I should color the Winter Mandalas book myself and ignore the colorpallette, that wil looks much better!
I agree! 🥰
Beautiful colouring in .. may Gibbs the gum nut babies are one of my favourite books to read when I was little I have that colouring in book..❤
Isn't it cute book? And it came all the way from Australia to me too! 🥰
@@ArtJourneyUK it’s so cute 🥰
Such pretty artwork!!! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Christine! 🥰
Great work Lily so glad you enjoyed your colouring again can't wait to see what you will do next. Love and hugs Xx 😍👩🎨
Thanks sweetheart. 🥰
Lovely pages. Your description of the Polar bear cover page compared to the reality ;) TYFS
Hehe. There's not a hint of pink on that polar bear cover 😆
lovely pages...excellent way to start sorting your stash
Thanks Emma. Yep working through it makes me 100% know what I've liked and enjoyed and what I've not! 😊
Fun pages.
Thanks!
I started the front cover page of the Winter Mandala book, last year!! Not finished it, because of those garish colours 😮
Yeah, I'm changing them as I go now! Just want to get it done, it's not my favourite! 😆
You did great! I'm lucky if I complete 1 page a month. Lol. I'm slow but steady.
Yes that wasn’t bad for me 😄 I never get many pencil pages done, even though I love doing them! 🥰
Hi ya, can I ask please, do u not do any colouring videos of you doing a page? As I've not seen any new ones like that for a LONG WHILE
Hi Tracy, no I haven't done any videos like that for a long time.
Oooooh, that Snugglepot book, where did you buy that?
Sara from Chronic Colouring Down Under bought it for me Christmas 2021
I think whoever created that Winter Mandalas book may suffer from colour blindness 😂
You're not wrong! It would be nice if it was shades of blue and greens, subtle colours.
That’s why I’m not a big fan of colour by numbers: their choice of colours 😂
The Color Questopia books used to be ok, until someone told them to only use 25 colours, then they turned into the same as all the others, I mean its difficult to add colour nuances with a basic 25 colour palette 😆
@@ArtJourneyUK .. a lot of these mandela-type illustrations look a lot better, in my view, with only 3 colours. And yes, I would expect the cover illustration to be the same inside, lol.
That was a productive colouring month Lily ❤ It was a good idea to pick the books and mediums out first and then set to using them 👍 (I might have to try that myself!) That would be hard working from home like you do, I wonder if you had a creative “ritual” - for example once you turn the work computer off, you put some music or a podcast on and maybe a relaxing scented candle and a nice drink, it would help seperate the “work” and “relaxation” time in your mind even though you are in the same room?
@@spare_room_studio I used to do that Jackie, shut down my work PC, put on some music and turn my chair to my colouring desk. Then when my hours got longer, I just want out of this room after 10h! I usually go down to make dinner and then do not want to come back in there until I have to. Still, this is working, using a trying a small subset every month... so far anyway 😆
Beautiful pages! 🤩
Thanks for sharing ☺
Thank you 🥰