Featuring colorist Ronda Francis

Showing posts with label Prismacolor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prismacolor. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

18 Holiday Coloring and Craft Gifts!



It's the most wonderful time of the year and I have a nice list of terrific gifts for your favorite coloring Vixen (or Dasher)!

From frugal to fabulous, you'll find 18 gifts you will love to give or get for the holidays.

1.  Craft and Coloring Supplies Organizers -- we love to color and we have a LOT of stuff! Here are a few ways to organize and carry your supplies conveniently. 



                       13 Compartment Craft and Coloring Organizer and Tote $9.99 A wonderful tote to store all your coloring supplies.

         Everything Mary Deluxe Papercraft Organizer $18.95 Big and beautiful and ready to travel, whether from the kitchen to the dining room or to a friend's, this bag has room for it all


                   Blick Art Tote $24.19 A bit more space and a few more compartments, this white canvas bag will hold everything from markers to brushes, and everything in between.

2.  Nice Big Pen Sets -- Pens glorious pens! We can't enough enough. Here are some gels, watercolors, and fine tip markers for details.




           120 LOLLIZ Gel Pens No Duplicates $21.99 So many pens for so little money! Gels pens are all the rage for coloring, shading, and just jotting down notes. This set lets you color in EVERY shade.


                       97 Set Tombow Watercolor Markers $145.07 A lovely set of watercolor markers for coloring or calligraphy.

                             36 Staedtler Fine Tip Markers $23.89 36 fine liner shades, including six neon, for details and corners. For the coloring perfectionist.

3.  Colored Pencils--for the dedicated beginner to the elegantly advanced. 


                                   48 Set of Marco Raffine $17.99 Creamy and bright, these pencils are a lovely way to start coloring.

                              72 Set Prismacolor $35.00 Everyone has heard of Prismas! Buttery and smooth and super pigmented, a favorite of many.

         120 Faber-Castell Polychromos $186.75 Oh to have a full set of Polychromos pencils! On the wish list of many indeed!

4. Fancy Extras -- a few things you may not have thought of, but actually need, for expert coloring.

Weber's Turpenoid $4.59 to $51 Use this to blend your colored pencils. Makes colores brighter and images seem smoother.


                    Pretty Flower Clipboard $9.99 Such a pretty clipboard for those of us that either cut out the images from our books, or buy individual images from Etsy.



                          Pilot Frixion Erasable Markers 12 Set $14.60 Oh look! Markers you can erase!

Fakus Pencil Holders $30.00 Are your eyes deceiving you? These pencil holders are actually flat!


Vintage Sharp O Matic Panasonic Sharpener $30.00 In my humble opinion, the best colored pencil sharpener around! You might have to search on Ebay or Etsy--worth the search!

Mono Eraser $4.87 A fine point mechanical eraser--gets those hard to reach places, and looks pretty slick too.


Fold Away Coloring and Craft Corner Table $199.99 Even if you don't have too much room, now you can have a coloring corner of your own. Folds away to a cabinet with a chalkboard front when not in use.



                     Gorgeous Garland Coloring Book by Me Color, cut, and create your own garland. Perfect family fun for the holidays.

ALSO! Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY for a chance to win one Gorgeous Garland Coloring Book and a set of 70 Lolliz Gel Pens. Good luck and Merry Merry to you! Hope you found something wonderful here.


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Saturday, October 15, 2016

ERASERS! A Comparison for Drawing and Coloring

In the video I compared the Vanish, Mono Zero, Prismacolor, Faber-Castell, Sakura Electric and a regular old pencil eraser.

I liked the Sakura and the Vanish the best, but check out the video and see for yourself.



You can buy my Halloween coloring book here, PENELOPE'S GARDEN HERE.


 xo

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Colorful April Giveaway ~ Five More Days!

Happy April!

I am happy to announce that the April giveaway is a kickoff to the new venture, Coloring Book of the Month Club. 

This first book is called Coloring Dreams and will be given with a set of 24 Prismacolor pencils.


Cover!

Prismacolor pencils are known for their vibrant and long lasting colors, and they are a favorite of many.



The details of the Coloring Book of the Month Club will be released in the near future. 




In the meantime enter the contest. The book will be released in early May. If you would like to be on the alert list please leave your name and email address below. 

Good luck!

xo

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