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How to Collage

December 10, 2020 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

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lifebook online art class for 2021 by tamara laporte

The art of collage goes back to early childhood for most of us, that first paper mache covered balloon project or that jar we made for mom or dad covered in pretty tissue paper started a love for creating art from layering.

You just have a go with collage ideas with Modpodge (for temporary items) or Matt Medium for those that last a bit longer or get some inspiration from a few books I’ve been devouring lately.

I find my collage most pleasing when I do have some sort of color scheme or texture ideas to start with. It looks better if you have different sizes and shapes of ephemera and I rarely like to see a flat edge unless it’s a fancy cut item or die-cut. I like the look of the ripped edges of papers. Remember to layout the papers in all different directions too so your page has the look of organized chaos. If you need more color, use watercolors, watercolor crayons, Tombow brush pens or spray inks, whatever your favorite water-soluble medium is. If you have gotten it too bright and need to bring back the color a bit use your white gesso and the brayer. You can also use a cloth to wipe back the white if you have gone overboard. That’s what I adore about collage, you really can’t ruin it, and more layers make it even yummier.

Collage Idea Books

Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage Paperback

things to cut out and collage

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The Collage Ideas Book

the collage ideas book

Please note that this is a TINY book with lots of BIG idea inside.

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Project Collage: 50 Projects to Spark Your Creativity 

Collage is the art of reinvention. This magical and tactile process invites you to collect, experiment, combine and transform. These creative mashups don’t require specialist equipment, only everyday materials. It is an art form for everyone and every budget.

Bev Speight
project collage

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The Collage Workbook: How to Get Started and Stay Inspired

The Collage Workbook: How to Get Started and Stay Inspired

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Painted Paper Art Workshop

Easy and Colorful Collage Paintings. Step-by-step instructions for creating your own painted paper collage–from underpainting and directional ripping and tearing to auditioning your papers and combining collage with mixed media by Elizabeth St. Hilaire.

Painted Paper Art Workshop

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Collage Supplies

Supplies can really be anything you have at hand for collage projects. My favorite paper to use is old books, letters, music sheets, maps, dictionaries & bibles.

This really can be free or very cheap! You can use non-glossy magazine pages, old books, old music sheets, letters, envelopes, if you belong to a Buy Nothing Group ask for some there, people are always trying to get rid of their accumulated stuff.

The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Over 1,000 Exquisite Victorian Stickers

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Scrapbook Paper

If you were or still are a scrapbooker, raid those supplies! The non-cardstock versions work perfectly for collage.

Supporting Independent Artists has been my goal since I created this website and mixed media artists are no exception.

One of my favorite teachers Toni Burt offers some of her delicious collaged papers to use in your own art journal in her Etsy shop.

Toni Burt Collage Papers Instant Download

Mulberry Paper

I’ve recently discovered this magical paper with bits of leaves and flower petals and other lovely textures.

This selection has bright lovely colors and contains 50 Sheets Mixed Colors A4 Sheets Thin Mulberry Paper

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Neutral Colored Mulberry Paper

This lovely stuff has bits of Tamarind Leaves, Onion, Banana Tree Fiber, Rice Straw and more.

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Solid and Neutral Mulberry Paper for Collage

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Green Mulberry Paper

Dick Blick has a really inexpensive pack of 6×6″ mulberry paper scraps that would be perfect for your collage needs. Each pack is different so you could order several

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Vintage Papers are a favorite of mine, they add such warmth to the page. This Etsy seller has a huge variety to offer.

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Ephemera

Such a fancy word for junk paper! Really this is anything you have laying about, old tickets, envelopes, cards, paper scraps of any kind, things you’ve cut out of magazines or ads. Tim Holtz is the king of cool ephemera so you can find a TON at Michaels or Amazon.

Die Cuts

The fancy cutting is already done for you on these vintage flowers & butterflies.

Serviettes – Paper Napkins

If you attend any parties, start snagging up a napkin to take home for your stash! If you have some artsy friends, see if you can do some trading. One of my favorites spots in the US to get pretty napkins is Tuesday Morning! Michaels has some bright colored basics with holiday ones emerging of course. Watch for those sales on those!

Amazon has a decent selection as well. I love using napkins in my collages.

I have these pretty birds and use them all the time.
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This is a fabulous printed tissue paper assortment.

The Graphics Fairy has a ton of inexpensive papers you can print here as well as some amazing ideas and tutorials.

Rubber Brayer

This essential little tool really comes in handy for making sure your layers of collage stay tidy and don’t crumple but you’ll need to to spread gesso too.

This speedball one at Michaels is perfect, remember to use your 40% off coupon, that’s how I built up my art supply stash for sure.

The best selection of brayers I’ve seen is at Dick Blick so take a look here.

Lots of Speedball Brayer options on Amazon too

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You just need cheap paint brushes, they will get all gloppy with the glue anyway so use your old ones.

This is a great selection and price if you want a few brushes to get started with. If you get serious about acrylic painting or watercolor, that is the time to invest in good brushes, for art journaling and collage, there really is not need. Save your money for pretty inks.

Stencils

I did a full writeup on using stencils in your mixed media work and I’ve also used them for back grounds on my coloring pages as well.

Dick Blick has a large selection of all sorts of stencils including furniture DIY and adhesive stencils here.

I’m pretty obsessed with all of Tim Holtz layering stencils here at Michaels & a bigger selection here at Amazon.

Stencils on Etsy

Etsy has a huge selection of stencils from Indie Artists! These accidentally just spilled into my cart last night. OOPS!

ASC Supplies has some gorgeous stencils I’d never seen before

NEW Foliage Stencil by Lavinia Stamps 

Wallpaper Fantasy by Stamperia

I fell in love with this stencil, it has everything I like on my pages, music notes, words, and random patterns.

I have these Tim Holtz Stencils on my Christmas Wish List

These layering flower stencils hold so much promise don’t they? I must have them!

All of the art classes I’ve talked about on the site also use all sorts of ideas and methods with Collage, Tamara Laport in Lifebook, Jane Davenport in her art journals, Micki Wilde in her creature paintings, really all mixed media artists use this fun technique to create a layer to either show through or be part of the story they are telling with their art. Give it a try, I think you might just fall in love with the art form.

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Background Coloring Supplies

October 9, 2020 By Addicted Colorist 1 Comment

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coloring backgrounds with chalk pastels
coloring backgrounds with chalk pastels

I know, you have just finally figured out how to make shiny leaves and flowers, how to make fur on your fox hidden in the brush and how to highlight an eye on your fairy coloring.  You thought you were at the end of your learning process but then you see that those other colorists, you know the ones… whose gorgeous products always make you feel like yours isn’t finished… it’s the background. I too am still learning techniques on how to do backgrounds but having the right background coloring supplies does help.

Soft Pastel for Adult Coloring Book Backgrounds

The easiest way to put a background in is with soft pastels. They come in several different forms and price points. Questions to ask yourself are do you care if your area is messy because playing with chalk pastels is messy! Do they need to be lightfast, aka do you care if your pictures fade over time. The first set I bought is this inexpensive one that has LOTS of pretty colors because I had no idea what I’d want.

Soft Pastels Background Coloring Supplies for Adult Coloring Books

The first set I tried were these Mungyo Soft Pastels in 64 colors. Each stick is a little over an inch long but for backgrounds, you don’t use much. I take my fingernail, a pocket knife, these artist knives that are specifically for this purpose or anything handy and scrape a tiny big on the area where I want the color and using either my fingers or a makeup applicator or q-tip I carefully fill in the background. (See Peta Hewitt’s Tutorial Video’s Below) You can layer and blend colors really easily for a sunset effect for instance or a soft glow around the moon. These are light

Soft Pastels Background Coloring Supplies for Adult Coloring Books

My next experiment was a bit more expensive and I still don’t think I’m using them right! I bought these Derwent soft chalk pastel pencils. I don’t like using them at all, first off the sound and feel of using them on the paper is a bit like fingernails on a chalkboard, so maybe I should try sharpening them onto a paper plate and using them with an applicator like the Mungyo’s above. After reading the reviews on Amazon, I guess I should try them again. I think 24 colors is plenty if you are going to use them for backgrounds. If you would use them for other art projects, the 72 color set in the wooden box looks pretty awesome and only a couple more bucks than the tin which we all know are frustrating to use at best.

Soft Pastels Background Coloring Supplies for Adult Coloring Books

I would like to give these Faber-Castell pastels a try just to see the difference between the budget brand above and the mid-range artist quality of these FC’s. Pastels, however, can go up in price from here, these iridescent 24 color Sennelier set of chalk pastels are tempting and the reviews are glowing and are the top of the line for artists.

Pebbles Soft Pastels are great! I particularly love the applicator and little cotton buds that come with these sets of colors that come in 15 colors with 2 shades of each color for 30 different options.

  • Basic Brights Set
  • Pearlescent Jewel Tones
  • Metallics
  • Earth Tones

PanPastels

The creme de la creme when it comes to pastels for coloring books. They are quite lightfast and low dust. PanPastels used to be hard to find but with the onset of colorists all over the world, they are now quite easy to find on Amazon in both single colors, small and large sets.

Panpastels Soft Pastels Background Coloring Supplies for Adult Coloring Books

I started with a yellow, blue and pink but now that I’ve tried them I want more. You can also use these with a damp brush to give you a watercolorish look. PanPastels are highly pigmented and lusciously smooth in their application.
This painting set contains 10 colors of 9-msl PanPastel titanium white, hansa yellow, yellow ochre, permanent red, violet, ultramarine blue, phthalo green, burnt sienna, raw umber, black colors. The Seascape 10 pack contains titanium white, ultramarine blue, ultramarine blue shade, ultramarine blue tint, phthalo blue, phthalo blue tint, turquoise, neutral grey, neutral grey tint, Payne’s grey colors. The Tints set would probably be a perfect place to start as they are light shades you might want to use for backgrounds, it includes Hansa Yellow Tint, Permanent Green Tint, Permanent Red Tint, Ultramarine Blue Tint, Violet Tint.   The drawing set has all neutral colors. Panpastels also have this colorless blending medium that helps to soften or create other layering effects. You can also get this tray that will organize your pastels.

This one even has pearl colors and it says easy to blend so perfect for your pages.

Eye Shadow – yes, eye shadow. Do you have eye shadow from when you were in high school that you never threw away? perfect! Use them just as you would soft pastels. Once you start using them for coloring don’t use them for your eyes anymore, you wouldn’t’ want to use that bacteria in your eyes. You can also just go to the dollar store of the after Christmas makeup kits on half price. This is a fantastic set with 120 bright colors

Watercolors and Watercolor Pencils – We won’t got into detail here because we have an entire article about using watercolors in coloring books so click here for that.

Do NOT buy Oil Pastels for Coloring Books, they are completely different and will make a smeary mess of your coloring book. You are looking for soft pastels also sometimes called chalk pastels.

Do not BLOW the pastel dust off of your work, gently tap it into the trash can, you can accidentally breathe the dust in which can cause issues. You can also use a fixitive.

Soft Pastel Fixatives

Chalk is by nature dusty and messy and you don’t want that spreading all over the rest of your coloring pages and books in your collection so a spray fixative is necessary. You need to get a workable fixative so that you can go over the chalk with gel pens, pencils or marker and be sure to spray the fixative BEFORE using gel pens or markers as it can make them bleed through the paper or smear. This should be done outdoors of course.

  • Krylon Matt Workable Fixative
  • Grumbacher Workable Fixative Spray

Soft Pastel Applicators

  • Pastel Knives with assorted applicator covers
  • Applicator Covers – Mixed Shapes
  • Disposable Eye Shadow Applicators
  • Cotton Swabs or Q-Tips of all types are great for tiny detail work. I like these with the precision tips because I use them to fix my nails when I mess them up so dual-purpose products are always great.
  • Cotton Rounds for large background areas. These give you a smoother application than regular cotton balls, but those work too so use what is handy.

Erasers

Coloring and pastel backgrounds are a precise endeavor so you are going to need an eraser no matter how careful you are. These erasers will serve double duty for your colored pencils and your soft pastels.

  • Kneadable erasers – I remember discovering these in junior high art class and have always been fascinated with them. You can fold them to be the exact shape you need and then fold them together and the color disappears into it.. they are kinda magical. This Faber-Castell 2 pack is my go-to and the best value.
  • Pen style erasers get into those tiny corners and are easy to keep track of in your pencil storage.
  • Triangular Prismacolor Eraser – I really like this one too, it’s got one big flat side as well as lots of tiny detail area.
  • Faber-Castell Perfection Eraser Pen with Brush or
  • Faber-Castell Pencil Erasers 2 Pack
  • Derwent’s battery operated eraser. I really love this one, it’s very low mess and works really well for tiny areas to large areas rather quickly. You can also buy refills.

Background Stencils

for coloring backgrounds distressed looking Burlap and Bubbles stencils from Tim Holtz

I’m starting to see colorists using various mixed media supplies to do special effects on their backgrounds and one of the things is the use of stencils. Usually using a repetitive type stencil gives you the best results since you want the background to be just that, a backdrop to your beautiful colored-in picture. Martha Stewart has an entire line of stencils suitable for backgrounds, you could use the soft look of pastels using a q-tip type of applicator or lay down a smooth chalk background and go back in with the simple stencils using a more precise method with your colored pencils.

Tim Holtz layering stencils are my favorite he has dozens of sets.

Experimenting is always fun!

I think this snowflake stencil would look fabulous in Johanna’s Christmas book or any of my top 25 Christmas Coloring Books. Little Circles seem to be a new trend for backgrounds, I really like the look of these Cell Theory by Crafters Workshop since I never like anything to look too perfect. If you don’t like the look of your own lettering or handwriting, these word stencils look fun. This Folk Art Moroccan Tile would make a fantastic background as well as Tim Holtz flowered flourish stencils, (I use this one all the time in my art journal) this flower lace stencil  or this layered lace stencil, but my favorite by far are these distressed looking Burlap and Bubbles stencils from Tim Holtz.

Backgrounds using Markers or Gel Pens

I’ve successfully used my Faber Castell Pitt Pens for backgrounds and they work great. A little streaky if you look up close and use that critical eye we turn on ourselves, but step back a few inches and it looks flawless. My recommendation is to use the smaller detail Pitt Pen around the design and for tight spaces. Then the Big Brush pen in the matching color for the larger areas. If you are using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for your drawing then you will immediately notice that the Pitt Pens match the colors exactly so that makes for a very cohesive look for your project.

Posca Paint Pens –  I’ve seen artists raving about these pens and like them over Pitt Pens, so far my experience hasn’t been great. They are the type of paint pen where you have to prime them and when I do that paint gushes out all over the place. I’m going to say try them at your own risk and look up some YouTubes on how to use them. This is the set I bought with the bigger nibs, maybe I should have bought the fine points to try first. At any rate, if you love these lets us know your tips on how to use them, I’m sure in my case it’s user error.

Gel Pens – These are tricky to use for backgrounds because of the smearing that happens inevitably if you are an impatient colorist but particularly using metallics or glitter effects, you can get a really wonderful piece of art. My favorite one is the skull from Magical Jungle where I used the silver metallic gel pen to do quite a bit of fill-in work along with the black Pitt Pen for the full background using only blue colored pencils.

Visit the Background Coloring Technique Tutorials page here.

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Life Book Art Supply List

October 5, 2020 By Mixed Media Art Newbie 2 Comments

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tamara laporte lifebook the book

I’ve noticed that the supply list for Ever After is quite similar to Lifebook so If you have bought art supplies for either of these courses, you are probably good to go. Some of the art supplies listed are easier to find in the UK than they are in the US so I’ve gone through and found alternatives you can find on Amazon or in retail art stores in the U.S.

Watercolor Paper for Life Book

Tamara recommends watercolor paper over mixed media paper because lots of the art lessons are pretty “wet” She uses hot-pressed paper sometimes in a block. For the US market, hotpress paper is harder to find and quite a bit more expensive so you can experiment with what you can find. I have found that Strathmore WC Paper works well for me but I’m going to try some hotpress I found at Hobby Lobby in Life Book 2020.

Several people in the class are using art journals this year and I’m attempting that as well with this beauty that my husband gifted me with for Christmas. It’s SO LARGE for me but I’m determined to give it a go.

Strathmore 32 page 11×14 watercolor journal

watercolor journals

It comes in several sizes and I’m excited to try it out.

Strathmore 11 x 14 US UK or Canada
Strathmore 8 1/2 x 11 US UK or Canada

Watercolor Paper

I’ve ruined a few of my projects because I tried to use mixed media paper instead of Watercolor Paper for some of the projects in the Lifebook course, I recommend some of each. Some projects that you are cutting up as mini art or bookmarks etc will be fine with the mixed media paper, but many of the lessons really need that watercolor flow.

In the US, we have a bit of a harder time finding Hot Pressed WC paper but it can be done.

Arches Hot Press Watercolor Paper

This one seems to be a favorite for the pro’s, it’s pricey for sure and I personally haven’t invested in it yet but if you are at a level where you want the best, this seems to be the recommended stuff. This is the large 10 x 14.

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If you live in the US you can order from Michaels and have it delivered to you or the store nearest you. There are several sizes and options including the Arches Block. Click here to see the online only options at Michaels.

Paints for Life Book and any of Tamara Laporte’s classes

Tam’s favorite mixed media supply seems to be Caran D’Ache Neocolor II crayons, she also uses artist watercolor crayons that are no longer being made but you can find them on occasion in art supply stores, they are called Neoart. In the UK and Canada these are called Watercolor Pastels. It is the same product. I am able to get them at my fancy art store in open stock so if there is a color you love, I’d suggest getting the biggest box you can afford and then filling in. Tam uses these on every one of her projects I think.

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Or Jane Davenports Watercolor Crayons at Michaels or Amazon

Jane Davenport Aqua Pastels art supplies for life book
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Flesh Tone Acrylics

Flesh tone acrylics are of course quite important to create Tam’s iconic whimsical ladies. It doesn’t have to be expensive. 

Ceramcoat Santa’s Flesh is a favorite.

 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte

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Posca Paint Pens are perfect for fine details and work over every type of art medium and then dry permanently.

Tam recommends 1 white & 1 black posca pen with a fine nib

Black & white Posca Pens
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Gel medium or (impasto gel) either Liquitex or Golden Matte Gel are fine but get Matte not gloss.

 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte
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 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte Gel
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Gesso – Once again either Liquitex or Golden works perfectly. Make sure you get Matte. Gesso’s regular state is white but it also comes in clear and black. You can also tint Gesso. You’ll learn all about this magical substance in the Lifebook art lessons

 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte
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Art Supply Shopping

Sometimes I think searching for and collecting art supplies is my favorite part of the process. Collage Papers can really be things you already have, sheet music, book pages, movie tickets, scrapbooks or cardmaking paper you already have in your collection. Pick things that have colors that make you happy! Places to look for old books & sheet music are the library used book stores or thrift shops. You can also print interesting papers off of the internet. The New York Library free to use image collection is amazing to find unique ideas. Sometimes art supplies are found in the strangest places. Did you know that pretty printed napkins make amazing backgrounds in your art journal or mixed media projects? I didn’t either until taking this course. The best variety and prices I’ve found in the US is at Tuesday Morning.

Washi Tape

Washi Tape is meant to be a semi-permanent tape so you can reposition it or use it to hold things down while the mat gel gesso dry. There are so many colors and designs, I, of course, adore all the Jane Davenport designs because she uses lots of aqua and pink and mermaid ocean themes. Michaels carries a ton of Washi Tape too.

Don’t forget to use your coupons online at Michaels and then decide to use the free shipping or to have it delivered to the store for you to pick up.

Collage Paper

This really can be free or very cheap! You can use non-glossy magazine pages, old books, old music sheets, letters, envelopes, if you belong to a Buy Nothing Group ask for some there, people are always trying to get rid of their accumulated stuff.

Scrapbook Paper

If you were or still are a scrapbooker, raid those supplies! The non-cardstock versions work perfectly for collage.

This is a fabulous printed tissue paper assortment.

Serviettes – Paper Napkins

My favorites spot to buy these in the US is Tuesday Morning! Michaels has some bright colored basics with holiday ones emerging of course. Watch for those sales on those!

Amazon has a decent selection as well. I love using napkins in my collages.

I have these pretty birds and use them all the time.
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Tim Holtz has an entire collection of

Rubber Brayer

This essential little tool really comes in handy for making sure your layers of collage stay tidy and don’t crumple but you’ll need to to spread gesso too.

This speedball one at Michaels is perfect, remember to use your 40% off coupon, that’s how I built up my art supply stash for sure.

Lots of Speedball Brayer options on Amazon too

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  • Using Watercolor in your Adult Coloring Books
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  • Adult Coloring Books – Top 13 Tips for New Colorists
  • Jane Davenport Mixed Media Teacher & Artist


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Top Hand Lettering Art Supplies

March 5, 2020 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

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hand lettering 101 for adults

You’ve decided you want to start hand lettering items in your home and office and making the world a prettier place to read. It’s a fun and relatively inexpensive hobby and will, in the end, save you money as you can create your own decor and create invitations and cards by hand showing your friends and family just how much you love them. Great! Be sure to check out our recommended how-to hand lettering books in this article and then go for it. We’d love to see what you create so please tag us on social media.

Hand Lettering Art Supplies

Hand lettering supplies can be as simple & inexpensive or as complex and pricey as you want, just like all other artsy endeavors we pursue as adults. We have pulled out our personal favorites and crowdsourcing from our socials for what lettering supplies people love the most. If we have missed your favorites, please let us know in the comments.

Hand Lettering Paper

You will need nice paper to practice your lettering projects onto so that you don’t mess up your actual project and to learn the process. This big pad by Strathmore is 11×14 with 50 spiral-bound sheets. The paper is suitable for lettering, drawing and mixed media projects. For lettering, you don’t want to use your watercolor paper as it has a texture that makes it hard to form smooth lines you will want in your lettering. I also really like the Visual Journals by Strathmore that come in several sizes and types of paper. Either artist paper or mixed media paper works great. Canson Multimedia Paper is another great option.

You can use Tracing Paper over samples in the book to get a feel for the form and structure of the letter. Inexpensive pads of graph paper are great for practicing your sizing and spacing of letters as well as getting a handle on your ascenders and descenders.

Hand Lettering Pencils

Palomino Blackwing Pencils

I first found out about these ridiculously beautiful pencils from Dawn Nichol called Blackwings, they truly are a step above if you are an art supply junkie like I am. Click here to order Blackwings

palomino blackwing pencils for hand lettering

Harder pencils will work better than a basic #2 you are used to because they won’t smear and are easier to erase after you ink on top. This is a great chart to figure out which pencil will work best for you.

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This Pentel GraphGear refillable mechanical pencil is my favorite.

This Pentel GraphGear refillable mechanical pencil is my favorite for hand lettering projects

Prismacolor Premium Drawing Pencil Set

Prismacolor Premium Drawing Pencil Set

Koh-i Noor Mechanical Pencils are a great choice as well as regular inexpensive mechanical pencils.

This Staedler is a nice choice for a mechanical pencil,

Hand Lettering Pens and Markers

Prismacolor Hand Lettering Kit

Prismacolor has come out with a great set that includes everything a beginner needs to get started.  2 pencils, 7 illustration markers, 2 dual-ended art markers, an eraser and a tips & tricks pamphlet.

Prismacolor Hand Lettering Kit

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Tombow Hand Lettering Pen Kit

Each set includes two Dual Brush Pens, Fudenosuke Calligraphy Pen, MONO Twin Permanent Marker, MONO Drawing Pencil and MONO Eraser.

Tombow Hand Lettering Pen Kit

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Micron Pigma Pens

This is my favorite set of six different nib sizes. It is only suitable for detail work and embellishing your hand lettering.

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Faber Castell Pitt Pens 

You may already have some Pitt Pens since they are our favorite pen to use in Coloring Books because they don’t bleed through the paper. Tombow Brush Pens and inexpensive double-ended Sharpies work well too. 

Best Brush Pens for Hand Lettering

Waterbased Markers 

Tombow Brush Markers

  • Durable nylon brush tip can create fine, medium or bold strokes
  • Included colorless blender pen softens and blends colors, creating a watercolor effect
  • The water-based ink is non-toxic, blendable, non-bleeding, and odorless
  • Tips self-clean after blending – Color Options

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Kuretake Fude Real Brush Pen

  • Waterbased
  • Printable Swatches

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Kuretake Zig Brushables

Kuretake Zig Brushables hand lettering supplies
  • 24 Pack of dual tip brush pens, 48 colors
  • Each dual tip brush pen offers two colors, making them perfect for blending and shading
  • Water-based Pigment, Acid-Free, Lightfast, Odorless, Xylene Free
  • These work beautifully for coloring books as well

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Koi Coloring Brush from Sakura

Alcohol Markers

Alcohol markers do NOT react to water but they will blend beautifully by either blending them together for an ombre effect or using the colorless blender.

Copic Markers

I have talked about Copic Markers in reference to coloring books here where they really aren’t the best thing to use in most cases, however, for hand-lettering, they are divine!

These are top of the line for artists and the price reflects. Although expensive, the thing to remember is that they are refillable, you can change the nibs and they will last you a lifetime with proper care.

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You can start with a basic set before you invest hundreds in the set shown above. That is a dream come true up there. But I started with this basic set. Remember these are very blendable with the colorless marker and into each other so you can blend to create a myriad of colors with a basic set and a bit of color wheel knowledge.

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Copic does offer their markers as one-offs as well as small sets like this one.

Copic Marker Basic Sketch Set

Copic Marker Basic Sketch Set

Spectrum Noir

The poor man’s ( or woman’s) Copics. They are alcohol-based but they don’t blend as easily and don’t have replaceable nibs or refillable ink. They are gorgeous pens though and are easy to use for your hand-lettering projects.

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Pentel Color Pens

Not all alcohol markers are expensive, a set of Pentel markers will work well for hand-lettering and be kinder to your pocketbook. These are fabulous for detail work when you aren’t looking for the brush style lettering, or to use for outlining or detailing on your hand-lettering.

Pentel Color Pens

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Crayola Super Tips

Yep! That’s right, good old Crayola’s are great for hand lettering, you can get thick and thin lines from the same bright happy marker and if you kids touch them there won’t be any fireworks. They don’t blend well but you won’t be using these for your professional presentation, they are great for fun and to practice your lettering with. Spring for the big box!

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Sharpie Pens

Raise your hand if you already have a sharpie collection! I know I do. The dual tips are perfect tools for hand lettering, easy to find and inexpensive. You can buy them by the box so you’ll always have them on hand. The dual tip is my favorite not only for art but for my kitchen marker, my car marker, I have one of these pretty much everywhere. Plus, you can write on anything with your sharpie so if you want cute lettering on that clay pot in the garden? Sharpies are your tool of choice. These come in several colors as well as black.

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Gelly Roll Gel Pens

Ok, I confess to having an unnatural love for my Gellies! I have used these pretty pens since I was scrapbooking my 30-year-old daughter’s baby books and guess what? Those pens still worked when I pulled them out of my craft storage when I started coloring almost two years ago. I’m still in love with them. The glitter and the metallics are just so gorgeous and vibrant. Take care as you do with all gel pens and watch for smearing but the dry fairly quickly. You can use them to letter or to add embellishments to your hand letters. You can get the big box with all the colors here or order them in smaller batches like Metallics and Glitters etc.

gelly rolls

I use these glitter pens to enhance little spaces in my lettering to make them super special.

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Brush Marker Storage

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Brush markers should be stored horizontally so you have lots of options, these inexpensive stackable cubes or this Crafter’s Companion option which holds 72 Copics or any other markers you have and love. It is designed so the markers stick out a bit so you can grab them easily.

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LightView Pro Flex Magnifying Lamp – 2 in 1 Clamp Table & Desk Lamp

This will come in quite handy too to see up close when you are adding details.

LightView Pro Flex Magnifying Lamp - 2 in 1 Clamp Table & Desk Lamp

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LED Lighting is a must for detail work. Here is another of our favorites.

Desk Lamp Eye-Caring Table Lamp

It has 3 Color Modes with 4 Levels of Brightness.

LED Light for close up work

Hand-Lettering Tutorial Video’s

How to do Cheater Calligraphy by Dawn Nicole

Brush Lettering Practice

Hand Lettering Accents Tutorial

If you have any questions or other favorite tutorials please be sure to share there below.

If you are new to art or just want to dive in a little deeper be sure to read our expansive supply recommendations along with our tips and tricks articles.

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Bible Journaling – Coloring in Your Bible

February 2, 2017 By Addicted Colorist 3 Comments

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journaling bible to color in

Coloring things in has really taken over in all areas in the last couple of years. I’ve always doodled in my bible or on my journal pages but often wasn’t happy with the results because I really don’t think I draw well enough. Luckily the Bible Journaling trend has given talented illustrators a chance to shine and share designs that we can use and then embellish with color.

Coloring meets Bible Journaling

A few bible publishers have come out with bibles that already have designs inspired by the scripture on that page for those of us afraid to “mess-up.”

NIV, Beautiful Word Coloring Bible, Hardcover: Hundreds of Verses to Color
This Zondervan Bible features:

  • Verses illustrated in ready-to-color line art both in the margins and full pages
  • Thicker white paper for enduring note-taking
  • Lined, wide margins for notes, reflections, and art
  • Full-text New International Version (NIV)
  • Easy-to-read black letter text in single-column format
  • Lays flat in your hand or on your desk
  • Ribbon marker

beautiful word coloring bible

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Inspire Bible NLT: The Bible for Creative Journaling 
Inspire is a single-column, wide-margin New Living Translation Bible for coloring and creative art journaling. It contains 400 beautiful line-art illustrations spread throughout the Bible. Full-page and partial-page Scripture art.  Every page of Scripture has two-inch-wide margins, with either Scripture line-art or ruled space for writing notes and reflections, or to draw and create. The generous 8.65-point font ensures optimal readability, and quality cream Bible paper is great for creative art journaling. Inspire is available in the popular New Living Translation and is designed uniquely to appeal to art-journaling and adult coloring book enthusiasts.
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Published by Tyndale and Christian Arts.
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NIV Journalling Bible for Colouring In: With unlined margins and illustrations to colour in (New International Version) 

This pretty bible is only available in the UK

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Inspire Bible NLT: The Bible for Creative Journaling with a different style cover from Tyndale

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Inspire is a single-column, wide-margin New Living Translation Bible that will be a cherished resource for coloring and creative art journaling. Full-page and partial-page Scripture art is displayed throughout the Bible, and the illustrations can be colored in to make each Bible unique, colorful, and customizable.

  • Softcover editions have “Inspire” foiled in metallic blue on an attractive coloring-book-style cover, plus extra hits of foil to embellish the flowers and leaves.
  • Deluxe Hardcover editions feature an aquamarine LeatherLike cover with a matching ribbon and an elastic band closure.
  • Deluxe LeatherLike editions feature a beautiful, vintage floral printed with matching aquamarine-patterned page edges, a matching ribbon, and a Smyth-sewn durable binding.

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Complete Guide to Bible Journaling or on Etsy


Discover a powerful new way to engage with Scripture through art in this inspirational guide to Bible Journaling. World renowned artist Joanne Fink, and her talented co-author Regina Yoder, explain the basics of this beautiful art form that connects faith with creativity. Learn about the wonderfully fulfilling benefits of Bible Journaling, and get helpful advice on choosing scripture and the types of Bibles and journals to use, plus how-to-do a variety of techniques which will allow you to express your faith in a creative manner. The how-to section covers lettering, drawing, coloring, painting, embellishing with stamps, stickers, and stencils and the bonus section has stickers and images to trace, bible tabs and oodles of fun stuff for your bible journaling. Some of the worlds’ leading Bible Journaling artists provide colorful examples and inspiration, including Shanna Noel, Rebekah R Jones, Valerie Wieners-Massie, Karla Dornacher, and much more.  There is a flip thru of this fabulous instructional bible journaling book on my youtube channel.

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Tyndale also published an accompanying book of Psalms to Color

Inspire: Psalms: Coloring & Creative Journaling through the Psalms
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This charming, square-trimmed, oversized 9.8″ x 9.8″ edition of the ancient prayers and praises of Israel contains God’s inspired word displayed in a new way to inspire Scripture meditation and response. Inspire: Psalms is a single-column edition of the full book of Psalms combined with key verses displayed beautifully, including words to color in right within the Bible text. There are over 50 Scripture illustrations in the wide margins to color and plenty of extra space for creative journaling. Inspire: Psalms features thicker, uncoated art paper, befitting of popular coloring books, which limits bleed-through and allows for use of even more markers, supplies, and techniques for coloring and creative journaling.

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Christian Art Publishers Devotional and Bible Study Coloring Journals

The Illustrated Words of Jesus for Women: A Creative Daily Devotional
 bible journaling and coloring illustrated words of Jesus for Women

The Illustrated Words of Jesus for Women is a 366-day devotional written by Christian author, Carolyn Larsen. This daily devotional takes you on an exploration of Jesus’ words of wisdom, insight, and love through Scripture and the author’s reflections and prayers, and encourages discovery of God’s path for you. Every page of the illustrated devotional features artistically rendered Scripture verses that you may fill with color and ruled lines for notes or your own thoughts or prayers. The pretty volume has an embossed softcover binding with touches of spot varnish and silver foiling for accent. A presentation page in the front makes this book even more perfect for gift-giving.

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Illustrated Prayers from the Bible: A Creative Prayer Book 
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Illustrated Prayers from the Bible offers 101 powerful prayers from Scripture with lined facing pages to scribe your own thoughts and reflections, and an artistic rendering of text from the page’s prayer that you may color as you quietly meditate on the Lord’s blessings.

  • 6 x 7 x 1/2 Inch – 208 Page  with Lay-Flat Binding
  • Lilac Page Edges
  • Ruled Journaling Lines
  • Silver Foil Cover Accents

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Bless the Lord, O My Soul: A Creative 365 Days of Psalm Readings with Coloring & Reflection 
bless the lord oh my soul bible journaling and coloring

The book offers a reading for each day and a ruled area to write your reflections, devotion or prayer. There are 52, one for each week, pen and ink illustrated pages with a stylized verse to color. After 365 days of readings, you will have studied the complete book of Psalms in the English Standard Version (ESV) of the bible.

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  • 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 Inch
  • Unique Lay-Flat Spine Design
  • Ruled Lines For Writing On Scripture Pages
  • 52 Illustrations To Fill With Color
  • Rose Gold Gilt-Edged Pages & Title

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Verses For Men: Inspired To Grace Coloring Book

Christian Coloring Books: Day & Night (Inspirational Coloring Books for Grown-Ups)

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Christian Art Publishers along with many talented illustrators and authors are coming out with wonderful new books every month so check them out. Some of the recent additions to the genre include:

    • “Be Still” Inspirational Adult Coloring Therapy Featuring Psalms
    • “Joy for the Journey” Hardcover Inspirational Adult Coloring Book
    • “Shine”: Color Your Life Beautiful Inspirational Adult Coloring Book   This book includes gift tags and cards to color.

Inspirational Coloring Book for Girls: Hours of Faith-Filled Fun

  • “The Word in Color”: Hardcover Biblical Inspiration Adult Coloring Book

 

Inspirational Coloring for Mom: Hardcover Christian Coloring Book for Mothers 

We have highlighted our favorite Inspirational Coloring Books here and Jewish Coloring Books for Adults here.

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Using Watercolor in your Adult Coloring Books

June 5, 2016 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

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Can I use watercolor in my adult coloring books?

Many colorists are new to art and coloring books for adults are providing a wonderful way to tap into their creativity and inner artist, while other colorists come to the books with an extensive art background specializing in watercolor and immediately want to be able to use some of their art supplies right in the book. I know I have dabbled in arts and crafts and DIY things since I was a kid growing up with a single Mom always looking for ways to make our world prettier and create inexpensive gifts. My arts now are anything but inexpensive but that is due to my aforementioned coloring book addiction. But I digress…. Most artists have at least dabbled in watercolor painting and when they see these gorgeous already drawn designs their first question will be.. but do I have to use crayons or pencils or markers in these books or can I use watercolor? The answer is absolute, YES you can… with different degrees of success depending on the book, your application style, and your supplies.

Watercolor Techniques in Adult Coloring Books

In a “The Mind of Watercolor” video, this watercolor artist went through the four basic quality levels of the paper in the coloring books to show you his experience with each. For him, even the least expensive Createspace paper coloring book could take several layers of a watercolor application. He did, however, seem to scoff at we coloring book colorists and refer to the pod people which I took exception to and let him know so in a comment. Ah well… they can laugh at us all they want but we are the ones having the MOST fun.. right?

He used a water brush with both regular watercolor paints and watercolor pencils and practiced in four books, 3 of which I already own. I know.. SHOCKER!

  1. Posh Coloring Book – Vintage Designs
  2. Color Me Calm by Angela Porter A favorite and one of my first books. 
  3. Enchanted Forest
  4. Secret Garden Artist Edition
    (Note: At least he didn’t make any disparaging remarks about the wonderful Johanna Basford’s work… in fact, he seemed quite excited to be painting in her books)

He recommends painting dryer than you would on watercolor paper to keep the buckling down.

Brand new to the market are Kristy Rice’s 3 gorgeous watercoloring books, click here to see the details. 

Watercolor Supplies needed:

Get a travel set of watercolors so you can be portable whether in the park, at the coffee shop, on your back patio (my and my dogs favorite)  or in your living room.

Koi Water Color Travel Set – I really love this set as it contains a mini set of 24 pans of paint plus a Koi Water brush. This is made by Sakura, makers of Gelly Roll pens. This is the set I have.  Click to order US    UK  Canada

Some people have a hard time controlling the water that comes out of water brushes so you can use watercolor brushes. You will need a small and medium round and a small flat brush. You can buy sets of them for very inexpensively to start out or head to your hobby store and buy one or two nice ones using whatever coupon you have.

Watercolor Pencils

There are all sorts of options for watercolor pencils and opinions vary about which ones are best but no one seems super unhappy with any of them so if you are lucky to have an art store nearby I recommend going and buying 1 or 2 in your favorite colors of different brands and then bring them home to play with and see what you think.

Unless you are really going to get into watercolors in a big way, there is really no need to get a huge set of these since the whole magic of watercolor is the blending of different colors. I’d start with nice mid-range pack and look at which colors are included and what types of pictures you prefer to color in. If you like florals look for the pack that has plenty of pinks, reds and purples, landscapes you need browns and greens and ocean and lake you’ll need plenty of blue.

I will recommend that you buy artist quality watercolor pencils to use in your coloring books because most books aren’t really designed for water to be put on the paper so you don’t want to have to come back in and have to reapply many layers in order to get the color desired. The difference between student grade watercolor pencils and artist colored pencils is the amount of pigment in the sticks of color. More pigment makes it easier to get more and richer and deeper colors down on the paper with less effort.

Derwent Watercolor Pencils

Derwent has two options:

Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils can be used wet or dry but when water is added the colors become INTENSE.. thus the name.  Derwent Intense comes in tiny packs of 6, or 12 but I would recommend one of the 3 middle sizes. 24, 36, 48(in a fancy wooden box below) or 72. Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils in the UK and in Canada.

inktense watercolor pencils in a beautiful wood box

Derwent Watercolor Pencils – this is Derwent’s standard set of watercolor pencils. They come in sets of 24, 36, 48 and 72.

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Peta Hewitt warns us Inktense Pencils actually aren’t watercolor but rather acrylic ink in the form of a pencil so it does activate with water, but once it dries, then it’s permanent as opposed to watercolors which you can add water too and move the color around.

Faber Castell also has a couple of option for you in Watercolor Pencils

Albrecht Durer Artist Watercolor Pencils

These pencils open new horizons to your artistic creations by combining the advantages and applications of the classical watercolor paints and color pencils. The high pigment density ensures unsurpassed brilliance and the maximum possible light- fastness even for the most delicate shades and nuances.

Wonderfully creamy leads and high-density color make these pencils a perfect choice for anyone who is at all serious about working with watercolor pencils. The colors are more muted than those of Derwent Inktnense Pencils, but the marks made can be moved more than once with water, so they serve a slightly different purpose. The two sets combined would be the absolutely ultimate collection a water colorist could desire. 

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Albrecht Durer’s set of 24 includes: White, Light yellow glaze, Cadmium yellow, Dark chrome yellow, Dark cadmium orange, Pale geranium lake, Deep scarlet red, Dark red, Magenta, Helioblue-reddish, Ultramarine, Light ultramarine, Phthalo blue, Dark phthalo green, Emerald green, Light green, Earth green yellowish, Venetian red, Burnt ochre, Raw umber, Walnut brown, Warm grey V, Warm grey II, Black.

  • Albrecht Durer’s set of 36
  • Albrecht Durer’s set of 60
  • Albrecht Durer’s set of 72 
  • Albrecht Durer’s set of 120

You can also order beautiful wood boxed sets for special gifts for the artists in your life.

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Your third artist-grade watercolor pencil option is from Caran D’ache the pencil company that brings you the beautiful Pablo and Luminance colored pencil also has a line of watercolor pencils called Supracolor which compare to the Pablo’s and Museum Caran D’ache Museum Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils which are the Watercolor version of Luminance! Oh, my! The price reflects. 

Caran D’ache Watercolor Pencils

WOW these are beautiful, just like their Luminance line of colored pencil they come boxed with little pillows for each pencil and that is how I treat my small set of 20. like royalty. You can purchase these 72 gorgeous sticks of color here in the US   UK    Canada

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Watercolor technique using a Colorless Blender instead of Water

Julie shows something I’d never seen before in her how-to tutorial video here, using a Tombow Colorless blender as the water source. If anyone has tried that let us know how it goes in the comment section.

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