When I was flipping through Imaginary Friends by Karolina Kubikowska, my eye kept being drawn to this adorable scene, even though I’m positively TERRIFIED of coloring people- I’ve never successfully colored hair or skin before. But as it kept calling to me, I impulsively decided to bite the bullet and tear this page out so I could color it!
I just finished my first page in Karolina Kubikowska’s Imaginary Friends (2nd revised edition) and I could not be more excited!! I started this piece in September, mostly to see how the paper does with water soluble media (gorgeously!), and then figured I might as well color the whole thing. After laying the base layer, though, I’d let it sit for two months because I was in the mood for Halloween coloring.
This originally started as a salvage mission: the page had gotten damaged by some washi tape in the top and bottom left corner, but then became something more!
This cute page started as a try-out for my new Derwent Chromaflow colored pencils– which have since become my main colored pencil-line! I absolutely love how they lay down on the page. They blend gorgeously and layering is an absolute breeze.