Colouring books are no longer just for kids. These books are now designed for adults too. They are not the simple drawings that a kid would colour. The designs are intricate and developed to challenge your creativity. Some of those who have enjoyed this trend are adults who never outgrew colouring books, and others are people who picked it up again. Adults no longer have to scour the kid's shelves for a good colouring book. Let's not forget that some were designed with explicit content that was much more enticing to share with other adults. Over the last few years, sharing your colouring in ..read more

Coloured pencils are gaining popularity recently as an artist's medium rather than just a beginner's medium. In this post, I would like to guide you on how to shade with coloured pencils and show you the versatility of this medium. Chances are you dabbled in coloured pencils as a kid and gave them up because they were tough to work with, and the pigment was poor. But there is a huge difference between the ones you used as a kid and professional artist-grade coloured pencils. So I suggest heading to your nearest art store and getting a good set of coloured pencils. I will be using the Faber-Cas ..read more

Most of us grew up drawing with colour pencils, crayons, pencils, markers and paper. They were our first few artistic tools. These materials were inexpensive and easily accessible. It is only natural that some of us want to use these same tools to create more professional artwork. In this post, we cover the essential colour pencil tips you need to create drawings that are beautiful to look at. I discovered that you could create painterly looking artwork with just pencils in my early teens and fell in love with them. Professional colour pencils were my first favourite medium. They were inexpens ..read more

If you have been following my drawing videos on Pinterest, you know I have been drawing a lot of birds! These sketches have formed the skeleton of my bird colouring book. I am excited to finally share a teaser of what to expect. Drawing and colouring have always been a huge part of my life since I was very little. One of my favourite activities was colouring in alongside my mother as she painted. These activities made a difficult childhood more tolerable for a growing mind. I struggled with dyslexia as a child and was bullied for it. During my school years, no one understood what I was going t ..read more