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Colouring Tip: Finishing is Just as Important as Starting!

art therapy Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Making a start is the number one thing you need to do to improve your colouring (after all, you can't improve upon nothing, right?), but then this right here is my second most important tip. When learning a new technique it's important to remember just that... that we are learning

The first time you try a new technique is going to be your worst attempt because you don't have practice or experience behind you. It's really important that we don't judge our first attempts - this includes your class work. Try not to go into a class thinking it needs to be a perfect finished project - classes are experiment time, troubleshooting, play time, practice time. A class should be about just learning new things, pushing yourself to be challenged, and embracing the mistakes that come along with this - see the lessons that they are teaching you. If you remember that learning is not about perfection but about growth then you can release any pressure and focus on the lesson not the project.

Too often I see people put colouring aside or give up when something is hard or they feel they've made a mistake. When we give ourselves permission to stop listening to the voice saying it's not good enough and just finish the colouring, we then have an opportunity to step back, and assess and appreciate the lessons behind what we've created. When we colour, we colour "up close" - and really scrutinise all the details and areas we don't love, however that's not how colouring is meant to be viewed. Consider Monet's impressionist work - upclose it is just blobs of paint on a canvas, but with space you see the bigger picture.

Giving ourselves some perspective by stepping back and seeing the picture as a whole helps to give the techniques some context - allows our eye to "see" what we are communicating. What was once a glaringly obvious mistake forms part of the bigger picture. And with any mistakes, the absolute worst case scenario is you've learned more about technique and how to tweak it for the result you want in the future. Make learning about the lessons, not about perfection. So even when you feel unsure, keep going and reserve critique until you can assess the picture as a whole, and even then make sure to celebrate each step on your journey, regardless of the finished result - as long as you are trying, you are growing

Want tips on your colouring? Our classes always come with free one on one private tutoring aswell so you can get real tips on how to grow your colouring (this is *not* done in our group here but instead done privately so we can chat one on one about tips personal to your work). **If you want to learn more, why not try out a free class this week over at www.kitandclowder.com - pictured classes here are the Mermaid Pencils Class and the Tropic Paradise Markers Class

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NEW Colouring Class: Tropic Paradise!

bird coloring Friday, April 17, 2020

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week and are taking some time for mindfulness to destress and deal with everything going on in the world right now. If you ever want to chat, my door is always open - whether it's about colouring tips, technology, or just to chat about how you are doing - I'm always here for you. This week, let's practice some self-care and take a timeout on stress and worry with some colouring - our brand new April-Mary Monthly Colouring Class project for markers and pencils is here!

In this lesson you will learn a big variety of techniques to apply to your own favourite images after the class. We are learning all about tropical leaves, flowers, orchids, birds and feathers, and more! Did you know you can do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements? :) If you are in the US or Europe, don't forget our Australian dollar is very low at the moment so you get a huge saving on the price aswell! :)

Are you a beginner? This class is absolutely suitable for you too - we will be going through the absolute basics of blending, shading, lightsource, and more so you can feel confident taking on scenes like this even if just starting, all while getting free one on one private tutoring for support every step of the way.

Take a peek at what we are learning below!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

New to Kit and Clowder? This is our Monthly Class, which is released on the 15th every month. These are our most popular classes that people of all levels join in with - beginners included!

All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access - no monthly limit
Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - No experience necessary. You will be encouraged to make mistakes, let go of pressure, and enjoy the journey!
Fully downloadable on any device
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Very in depth instruction teaching real, researched art fundamentals
Do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements, but stay on and receive a free $20 class each month!

These classes are for sale only until May 15 and then they will be retired, but you receive lifetime access once purchased. Any questions? Reach out any time! I also wanted to say thank you - your purchase helps me to help others with free monthly workshops for the QLD Children's Hospital and Cancer Council QLD. Be brave, challenge yourself, and do this for you <3 Hope to colour with you in our new class.

Happy Colouring,

Alyce x

CLICK HERE TO COLOUR WITH ME

CLICK HERE FOR OUR CLASS SHOP

If I can ever help with any questions, colouring tips, technology, or help with colours blend, please contact me here anytime.

Thank you for supporting small handmade businesses. You help us to help others with free monthly workshops for the Queensland Children's Hospital and Cancer Council Foundation. You are awesome! :)

Happy Colouring,
Alyce

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New Colouring Class + Free Stamps!

butterfly Monday, September 16, 2019

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week! I'm so excited to introduce you to our brand new Taking Flight Colouring Class for markers and pencils - our September-October colouring project, feat. Power Poppy stamps!

We’ll be breaking down the very basics of the each of the techniques here so you can apply them to your favourite images after the lesson, including: dragonflies and butterflies - colours and drawing patterns, metal gears, gemstones, detailed florals and leaves, iridescent and two-tone colour effects, and more! Learn real art fundamentals and not just how to colour, but the why behind each step to help you really understand and learn. Did you know you can do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements aswell? :)

Are you a beginner? This class is absolutely suitable for you too - even though scenes with a lot of elements like this can look scary, we will be going through the absolute basics so you can start taking your colouring to the next level. Take a peek at what we are learning up close below!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

New to Kit and Clowder? We do a Monthly Class which is released on the 15th every month. These are our most popular classes that people of all levels join in with - beginners included!

All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access
Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - No experience necessary. You will be encouraged to make mistakes, let go of pressure, and enjoy the journey!
Fully downloadable on any device
Full step by step video and written booklet instructions included
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements

These classes are for sale only until October 15, but you will always receive lifetime access once purchased. Any questions? Reach out any time! Your support helps us to help others with free monthly craft workshops for our Queensland Children's Hospital and Cancer Council - thank you so much! I'm taking our new class in to the Cancer Council lodges this Thursday so will make sure to share some pictures! Hope to colour with you this month!

Happy Colouring,

Alyce x

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO + TO COLOUR

We use a big range of brands in class, and even if your brand is not pictured, or you don't have a full set of markers or pencils, you can absolutely still join in!

CLICK HERE FOR OUR CLASS SHOP

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Art Basics 101 Lesson: Colour Value

adult coloring Friday, September 06, 2019

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week and have been taking some mindful time just for you to destress and clear your mind. If it's been a busy week, make sure you schedule in just 15 minutes for you over the weekend to have a guilt-free time out - you deserve it.

This week, I have a mini art lesson for you to help you learn some real art fundamentals behind what you are colouring. On the stamp above from Jade Dragonne, I’ve used just one colour blend (5 markers) to help show you that you don’t need a full collection of markers or pencils to start learning more about colouring ❤️

When we use only one blend on an image, we are employing the art fundamentals of working with colour VALUES to help each part of the image have depth and stand out from the rest. I’ve put together a mini beginners art lesson here on what value is. and how to employ this in your colouring projects.

What is the VALUE of a colour?
When we work with just one colour blend on an image, it's important to show that each object is different so they don't all end up being the exact same colour, so we will end up doing some lighter objects and some darker objects. This is called playing with the VALUE of the colour blend. Value is how light or dark a colour is. So when doing, say, Sepia or Monochromatic tones, you want high value coloured objects (lighter) vs low value coloured objects (darker) of the same blend so you have contrast in the image and everything doesn’t look the same. Take for example, the image I've coloured here - even though I've used the exact same colours on each part of the image, we can clearly see her skin is a higher value than the hair, communicating to our eye that the skin is a lighter colour overall than the hair is, and creating contrast between the two objects so we can clearly define them.

How can we adjust the colour value?
So once you understand what value is, you can implement this in your colouring by adjusting how much, or little, of the lighter vs. darker colours are used in a blend. An increase in how much of the darker colours are used in the blend will make the overall value appear lower (darker), whereas an increase in the amount of the lighter colours used will make the colour blend appear higher in value (lighter). Have a practice - using one colour blend, colour up an object and use equal amounts of each colour to get a neutral blend. Then, try the image again, but increase the amount of the darker colours, while decreasing the lighter colours, to lower the value. Then, do another practice increasing the lighter colours and decreasing the darker to raise the value. Now you can adjust the value of one single colour blend simply by adjusting the amount of each colour used!

Why is learning these fundamentals important?
It’s helping you to understand why we colour the way we do; to communicate that objects have form and are three dimensional, to show texture, depth, and materiality. It stops you from just guessing but actually understanding why you are doing each step with your colouring. Many people can fall into a bit of a trap thinking just following along will help you learn, but the old saying of "you don't know what you don't know" really comes into play here - art has real fundamentals and theories that make up it's foundations and learning and understanding them will really help you take the next steps, whether you are a beginner or more advanced. When you do a class at Kit and Clowder you aren't just following along like a youtube how-to video; you are learning real art fundamentals and the background theories like this that help you colour any image at all. This is a big difference between doing an actual class and just a colour along, to really help you grow and understand technique.
Ready to learn more? If you'd like to learn more about colouring with me and see some videos of these techniques, check out our classes at www.kitandclowder.com (freebies on the homepage!). If you'd like to try colouring this image with me, she's from our Sepia Colouring Lesson in our Mini Class Bundle 1, and you can take a close peek below! The lesson also comes with full pencil instructions aswell.

I hope you've enjoyed this mini art lesson - I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments and whether you'd like more posts like this! Have a colourful weekend and remember to take a time out just for you - you deserve it x

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Learn to Colour Waves + Free Stamps

coloring Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week - I'm so excited to introduce you to our brand new Guiding Lights Colouring Class for markers and pencils - our August project!

*Keep reading for this week's free stamps*

We’ll be breaking down the very basics of the many techniques covered in these projects so you can apply them to your favourite images after the lesson, including: waves (great for your beach characters/scenes), water, foam, sky + clouds, rocks, trees, concrete, and more! Learn real art fundamentals and not just how to colour, but the why behind each step to help you really understand and learn. Did you know you can do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements aswell? :)

Are you a beginner? This class is absolutely suitable for you too - even though scenes can look scary, we will be going through the absolute basics so you can start taking your colouring to the next level. Take a peek at what we are learning up close below!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

New to Kit and Clowder? We do a Monthly Class which is released on the 15th every month. These are our most popular classes that people of all levels join in with - beginners included!

All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access
Fully downloadable on any device
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Learn real art fundamentals and the *why* behind the techniques to really help you learn and apply to your favourite images after the lesson
Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - big scenes can look scary but I always break down the very basics so you can feel confident jumping in
Do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements

These classes are for sale only until September 15, but you will always receive lifetime access once purchased. Any questions? Reach out any time! Your support helps me to help others with free monthly craft workshops for our Queensland Children's Hospital and Cancer Council - thank you so much and hope to colour with you!

Happy Colouring,

Alyce x

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO + TO COLOUR

We use a big range of brands in class, and even if your brand is not pictured, or you don't have a full set of markers or pencils, you can absolutely still join in!

CLICK HERE FOR OUR CLASS SHOP

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Don't Limit Your Challenges - Challenge Your Limits

adult coloring Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Challenging yourself and making mistakes is one of the best ways to improve and learn in your life - not just in colouring, but in you as a person, however, I often see people who are ready to give up on learning new things, or don't even start, when they are worried it will be challenging. When things are difficult, it can feel easy to give up and move on to something else, however we don't see how much that sets us back, knocking both our self confidence and ability to succeed. I wanted to share an article called "The Importance of Challenging Yourself" as they explain why it's important to have and embrace challenges in your life. Take a read:

"Challenging ourselves to always achieve a level greater than what we expect is beneficial to not only our mental health, but also to our personal well being. As we conquer challenges that stand in our way like roadblocks, refusing to allow our passing, we find confidence in our abilities. Confidence is such an important characteristic to finding the path to success. With confidence in your own work, comes the reward of the confidence of others in you. Boosting that confidence is the growing self-esteem, which results from tackling challenges."

"When we find ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, the worst choice to make is to quit. Giving up on any given task because of the difficulties that fall before you means giving up on yourself. When you give up on yourself, you lose faith in your skills and knowledge, which consequently leads to a lower self-esteem. If you continue to battle through life’s hardships, determine solutions to problems and focus on putting those solutions into effect, you will find satisfaction in your efforts. It is so important to maintain a high level of self-esteem, believe in yourself and continue to challenge yourself in order to build upon your knowledge in all that you do. Next time you are faced with a challenge, face it. Challenge yourself, and prove that you are capable of achieving anything."

I hope this might inspire some of you this week to strive to be challenged and make mistakes, and not just take the easy route...because each and every time you do you will grow not just in your colouring but in you as a person aswell <3 

**If you are ready to be gently challenged to take the next step with your colouring, check out our classes at www.kitandclowder.com (you can find our freebies on the homepage). Pictured above is our Tasty Treats Markers Class featuring Di's Digi Stamps. Happy Colouring!

Extra Reading:
Why you need to be challenged

Why a challenge may be exactly what you need

3 Reasons why you should challenge yourself

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Under the Sea Colouring Class

adult coloring Thursday, July 18, 2019

Hi Clowdies! I had so much fun colouring up these gorgeous stamps by Janna Fairy Art, and this is our brand new Under the Sea Colouring Class for markers and pencils!

This class is suitable for beginners-advanced, and we’ll be breaking down the very basics of a big number of techniques that you can apply to your favourite images after the lesson, including: shells, water, bubbles, rainbow hair and clothing effects, scales, and more! Learn real art fundamentals and not just how to colour, but the why behind the technique to really help you understand. We'll also be looking at some beginner variations for some of the techniques like hair and scales to help you feel confident learning, even if you are just starting out. In our classes, it's not about being perfect or how good your colouring is today, but about gently challenging yourself to learn to grow for tomorrow.

New to Kit and Clowder? We do a Monthly Class which is released on the 15th every month. These are our most popular classes that people of all levels join in with - beginners included!

All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access
Fully downloadable on any device
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Learn real art fundamentals and the *why* behind the techniques to really help you learn and apply to your favourite images after the lesson
Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - big scenes can look scary but I always break down the very basics so you can feel confident jumping in
Do as many classes as you like with no minimum requirements and cancel any time!

These classes are only for sale until August 15, but you receive lifetime access to do at your own pace after purchase. Any questions? Reach out any time!

Your support helps us to help others with free monthly craft workshops for our QLD Children's Hospital and Cancer Council (I'm heading in this week with our new Colour In Bags!) - thank you so much and hope to colour with you this month!

Alyce x

CLICK HERE TO COLOUR

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New Colouring Class + Free Stamps!

Art Basics 101 Lesson: Colour Value

Learn to Colour Waves + Free Stamps

Don't Limit Your Challenges - Challenge Your Limits

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