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Hi everyone! Have you been checking in each week for our follower freebie? It's free for absolutely everyone and a new one goes up each Saturday. Be quick! If you miss it, you can't go back to claim. You can find them anytime via the banner on the homepage of the website, or the EVENTS tab in our Facebook community. Grab it now!
Plus our next Vintage Class Re-release is here! Grab 40% off our Tropic Paradise 2019 classes here: markers and pencils GREAT for beginners as I break down all of the very basics + you'll receive lifetime access to do them at your own pace!
Techniques covered include: tropical flowers and leaves, birds, feathers, creating depth in white and yellow animals, rainbow effects, orchids, hibiscus, and more! Plus FREE images included!
If you are new to Kit and Clowder, every month I re-release a retired "Vintage Class" for sale from our 2015-early 2020 vault so you can learn some of the past techniques we've already tackled. Be quick - these classes will only be available for sale until March 31.
Happy colouring everyone and make sure you share your work with us over in our Facebook community! :)
I have a special surprise for you all 
To celebrate our final day of our Advent Calendar of Giveaways, I have created a free colouring class for absolutely everyone! With so much going on in the world right now I think we could probably all use a break for some self-care 
If you've been nervous to try a class, this is a great starting place for all levels - even total beginners. This class has separate instructions for markers and pencils, and comes with lifetime access to do at your own pace This is not a quick how-to tutorial but a proper educational lesson with real art fundamentals to help you level up your colouring skills no matter how much experience you have. I hope you will schedule just 10 minutes to jump in this week - put your mental health first, recharge, and destress as you focus on the challenge and joys that learning something new can bring
To celebrate our final day of our Advent Calendar of Giveaways, I have created a free colouring class for absolutely everyone! With so much going on in the world right now I think we could probably all use a break for some self-care If you've been nervous to try a class, this is a great starting place for all levels - even total beginners. This class has separate instructions for markers and pencils, and comes with lifetime access to do at your own pace
This is not a quick how-to tutorial but a proper educational lesson with real art fundamentals to help you level up your colouring skills no matter how much experience you have. I hope you will schedule just 10 minutes to jump in this week - put your mental health first, recharge, and destress as you focus on the challenge and joys that learning something new can bring TO CLAIM YOUR FREE CLASS:
Please leave me a little comment below to help this post get seen 
Just head to www.kitandclowder.com
Click CLASS ROOMS in the menu bar
Select the Free Spring Moments Class and click Join. Enjoy!
*This class has taken over 60 hours to create - if you love it, I'd so appreciate any help to share this post/tag your friends/mention it if you see someone wanting to level up their colouring Thank you for helping to keep our community alive during this difficult time
Thank you for helping to keep our community alive during this difficult time 
Hi everyone! I'm popping in here to share our first video in our new Colouring Tip series! I've had a few people ask how I get my smooth and rich pencil blending without any solvents, so in this video we are working on how to do that basic blend. This is the blending technique I use in all of my colouring for the most vibrancy and control. Th is technique can be used with any brand of pencils, but the blendability and vibrancy will depend upon the quality of the brand.
If the link below doesn't work for you, please view the direct link on youtube here: https://youtu.be/JbXDhdeHNU8
Pencils: I've used Prismacolor Premiere pencils in this video, but you can use any brand at all
Blend: White, Pink, Process Red, Pomegranate
Blend Alternatives: (Polychromos: 129, 123, 142 Spectrum Noir: 031 Fuchsia, 032 Cranberry, 033 Raspberry (this is also this week's colour focus blend!)
Paper: Mi Teintes by Canson (reverse side for softer tooth - not the side that looks like small circles).
For more information on recommended papers, pencil brands, and colour blend charts, please visit the Colouring FAQs page at https://www.kitandclowder.com. Colour Focus posts as referenced in the video will be found under the Colour Focus tab, and you can find colouring classes under the Shop tab (freebies on the homepage)!
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I hope you've found this video helpful, and if you have any requests for future Colouring Tip videos, please get in touch!
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| *Dragon Colouring Class from our Mini Bundle 3 at www.kitandclowder.com/shop |
Hi everyone! I wanted to chat about the learning process this week - it's something that comes up regularly where people are feeling nervous to get started, or not good enough to keep going when they inevitably make a mistake.
I'm sure we can all agree that we are our own harshest critics. It’s easy to tell ourselves that “it’s not perfect”, or “I’m not good enough”. The biggest thing that can stop you from achieving is not how good you are right this moment, how fast you colour, or how many supplies you have...it’s your inner critic, that inner voice that controls how you speak to yourself about trying new challenges and whether your work is good enough. What we don’t realise is that every time we judge ourselves + compare with others, we are dampening our motivation, making it feel that little bit more challenging and overwhelming than it really is, and turning our dreams into chores. The good news? You have the power to slowly change how you speak to yourself and feel about your work.
If you are in one of our classes, or been sitting on the sidelines, and a bit nervous to jump in, remember that a class is not a test in how good you are, it’s a learning tool to help you to get there. The key to taking that next step, whether it is for colouring or anything else, is just to take any pressure, expectations, or comparisons off. It actually doesn’t matter at all how your colouring turned out today, whether it is “perfect” or not. What matters are the lessons you are taking away every time you try, the mistakes that you *will* make - they mean you *aren’t* a failure because you are putting yourself out there, you are challenging what you know to help yourself become better for tomorrow.
So if you've been afraid to jump in, tell yourself right now that you *can* do this, that each and every time you try you will be one step closer to your goals, but you don’t have to get there all in one day or one lesson. Actually saying the words out loud can help reinforce the power behind them (sounds silly but it truly works). It's not always easy to remember this and it takes dedicated practice, just like your colouring does, so save posts like this and reminders to yourself that you are good enough. Appreciate where you are at right now in your journey and enjoy every practice and step forward, mistakes and all ❤
Happy Colouring this week everyone - if you are looking for something fun to colour, why not grab this free stamp that's available for everyone over in our Kit and Clowder Colouring Facebook Group :)
Alyce x
Hi Clowdies! I'm so excited to introduce you to our brand new April-May Colouring Class projects for markers and pencils! Throughout these lessons, we will be comparing Autumn (Fall) vs. Spring Techniques, as we break down the very basics of colouring backgrounds and characters. Learn to colour bricks, timber, steel, sheer fabrics, Autumn Trees, Buildings, Fallen Leaves, drawing your own flowers in a scene, and so much more!
This class is for all levels, including beginners, and you will be encouraged to make mistakes and challenge yourself so you can take the next step. You won't just follow along with how to colour, but you'll learn the why behind the techniques so you can apply them to your favourite images after the lesson.
This class is for all levels, including beginners, and you will be encouraged to make mistakes and challenge yourself so you can take the next step. You won't just follow along with how to colour, but you'll learn the why behind the techniques so you can apply them to your favourite images after the lesson.
- Do at your own pace with lifetime access
- Fully downloadable on any device
- Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends and more
- Use your class 4 ways: (1) Full scene (2) Just the character (3) Just the landscape or (4) Using a different character/image
- Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - I always break down the very basics so you can choose what you want to learn rather than waiting until you feel you are ready to take a class
Registration is open until May 14 and then the class will be retired, however, you receive access forever to do at your own pace.
Ready to start colouing? I'd love to help you feel confident taking that next step. Join us now over in the classrooms!
Alyce x
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This lesson is just as important as learning about the colouring itself.
In our Facebook Group, I get to see a lot of people sharing their colouring and read a lot of comments about how we each perceive our own work. Sadly, I read all too often the comments where we don't think we are good enough, as good as others, or that we've made a mistake, rather than appreciating the progress we are making and how we are each growing on our own path, in our own time.
How we speak to ourselves and about our work directly influences our motivation and ability to learn. Even though you might not realise, negatively speaking about your work constantly is not constructive - this is so harmful to our confidence as if you do this regularly you are just enforcing to yourself that you "aren't good enough" or have failed on a task. We need to enjoy just colouring and learning new things without being so caught up on what the end result is like - that is counter productive to learning and we forget the fun is in the process, the making mistakes, the achievements that come after learning - not in holding a pretty colouring at the end. Take the pressure off and let yourself know you are doing a good job - you are growing just by trying
<3 and the more we try, the quicker we will get to the results we want.. but it doesn't have to be today. So let's look at how we talk about our work so we feel encouraged to continue learning on our journey to grow.
CRITIQUE STEP 1 - CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
So let's talk about how we critique our work, which is usually first done when we assess our work ourselves. Firstly, it's important not to judge a half finished technique - it's always going to look a little wrong or stand out to you until your entire piece is finished. Resist that urge to keep restarting - it's not doing you any favours in learning and progressing with your colouring. If you are really unsure though, pop a message and photo over to me so we can chat about the next steps.
Secondly comes how we speak about our work. When you've finished your colouring, take a step back and look at your entire piece - not just upclose looking for mistakes. Changing our perspective to appreciate our work as a whole allows you to have a greater understanding of how techniques come together to create a finished piece, and allows little mistakes that no one is looking at, fade into the background.
CRITIQUE STEP 2 - POSITIVE TALK
Then the wording we use when we look at our work is very important. Firstly we need to take the time to point out what we've done *right* - it's a step that is missed so often but it is crucial in critique, confidence, and motivation. I guarantee on every single colouring there is a lot of good that deserves celebrating. Try pointing out two things you feel you've done well or improved upon from last time - it shows you that you are learning and achieving each time you colour. When you share your colouring online, consider sharing these two things and notice how people's opinion of your work changes - we celebrate your achievements with you which is so much more uplifting than others looking for the mistakes you have just pointed out to them
:) CRITIQUE STEP 3 - HOW TO HANDLE MISTAKES
We are *all* going to make mistakes when we colour. It's the nature of learning new things and they should be embraced as they mean you are learning and growing - in fact, we can't learn without them. We need to face these constructively instead of negatively so we still feel motivated when we make a mistake. A good way to do this is to point out what you could try differently next time to get a different result - eg. Instead of "I messed up the wings", try something like "next time I'm going to work on leaving more gaps between my strokes to emphasise texture". It takes away that negative emotion so you haven't done anything "wrong"- but you are still needing practice on your colouring journey (as we all do).
This should be done privately or with myself as you are keeping these growth lessons your personal achievements. All of a sudden you have taken what you felt was a negative attempt at colouring and made it a positive step forward - showing you that every single time you colour you are improving and learning and it is important to have these challenges to learn from.
Don't let fear of making mistakes stand in your way of learning - Be afraid of never trying and being exactly where you are now next year as this is the time you cannot grow. Achievements require first a challenge in all areas of life so don't deny your chance to be challenged because you might make a mistake or you feel nervous. Colouring is not about comparing with anyone else (that includes your classes) but is instead about where you are on your journey only and how you are growing each time you take that challenge - take the time to let yourself know how well you are doing just by jumping in.
Don't lose the love of your hobby through putting pressure on yourselves or being nervous about making mistakes - you "can" do this...it's time to start believing in yourself just like I believe in you xx
ps. A little colouring from me today - I've been working on this cute image from Lee Holland and practicing my black hair with Prismacolor Pencils. If you want to learn with me, check out our colouring classes at www.kitandclowder.com :)
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Learn to colour animals, florals, and fundamentals in our new class! :)
cardmaking Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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I hope to see you join in!
