As a kid, one of my favorite “quiet time” activities was coloring. Oh, how I loved coloring books—and crayons! That big box of 64 Crayolas was a smorgasbord of colors that instantly stirred my creative juices every time I lifted that lid. I took pleasure in keeping them sorted by color, very rainbow-like now that I think about it 🙂 According to mood, I’d pick a coloring book, then flip through its pages to see which black-outlined image would strike my fancy. I’d get an idea of which colors I’d use for what and dive in.

The process of bringing to life a colorless drawing, developing it color by color into a Continue reading →