Monday 12 April 2010

Colouring in for Adults!




I have always enjoyed colouring in with felt tips, choosing the colours, carefully not going over the lines, blending all the hard edges together. I once worked in a sales office for a design and exhibition company. It was a boring admin office job consisting of filing, inputting orders, ordering couriers and the occasional sales call from our reps. But what I really wanted to do was to be in the drawing office, where they still hand coloured designs for our customers using the thick, juicy pens. The perfect way of colouring, long straight lines, no white edges, no overlapping. But alas I didn't have the qualifications, I had never been to art college or even taken up Technical Drawing ( I nearly did but chose Home Economics, to which I never learned more than I had picked up from my own mum anyway). But if I mentioned to anyone that I liked to colour in things, that I thought it was therapeutic, strange looks passed my way. Colouring in? Wasn't that what children did?
So after hurrying home yesterday with two sets of Promarker pens in my hot little mitts brought from The Big Scrapbooking and Stamp Show at the Ally Pally yesterday, I dived straight in and had a play. I am pretty pleased at my first attempts using a couple of new stamps from 'The Whiff of Joy' and 'Stamposaurus' ranges. I know there is still a lot for me to learn, but I think I am addicted.
Promarkers......Colouring for adults without the strange looks.

11 comments:

  1. I love colouring in! Not just you love. lol

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  2. You go for it! I love a bit of colouring in myself.

    Thanks for saying hello yesterday..you started something with the thing about pay :)

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  3. Lovely.....nothing wrong with a bit of colouring in!!!

    Samm
    x

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  4. I understand totally as a recent newcomer to promarkers too. I think you're right it is an addiction.

    I bought a stamp yesterday from Whiff of Joy too aren't they lovely. I very nearly bought the same one as you.

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  5. Gorgeous cards Alana. If I tried to colour in stamps they would look pants. Maybe I should give these promarkers a go?

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  6. Ooh. Get you! They're lovely Alana well done!

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  7. Welcome to the world of Pro-markers.
    I started with my first packet a little over a month ago, and i will never look back.
    I am thoroughly enjoying my time colouring in, weird looks or not.
    I too like you are learning all the time, but practise makes perfect.
    Your first attempts are lovely.
    Keep up the good work and well done.

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  8. Aren't they just so addictive ...oohhhh I love them to bits :) ... how come you've got the technique right straight away.

    Loving those stamps too ... I'm so sorry I didn't make it to ally pally now.

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  9. Another addict here! And yes, I think colouring-in is very therapeutic. Your cards are great, and your technique looks pretty good to me...

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  10. Great cards, love the little fella,
    x

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  11. Alana...I used to love colouring in when I was a kid and I still pinch the kids books if I can get away with it but I am absolutely rubbish at 'proper' colouring in with shading, etc....

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