Time to mix some media and make these lights glow! Join me while I color this grayscale Christmas coloring page of my Christmas Squirrel! For an extra challenge in this adult coloring video, I turned on these lights and make them look like they are glowing. I hope you enjoy this fun colouring experience! Also, you can download this page and color along with me! I’d love to see how YOU color in this festive Christmas coloring page.
You can download this Christmas coloring page HERE
A little more about this beautiful digital coloring book page:
★ Hand-drawn grayscale art (by a classically trained artist) to give your final image a more realistic look and a beautiful masterpiece you will be proud to display.
★ Exceptional detail to keep you engaged and inspired while you color
★ Printable for easy access to coloring and the ability to try new colors, techniques and improve your coloring skills. (Plus, no high shipping fee or endless waiting for your new stunning coloring sheet.)
★ Above all, gorgeous work of art that is accessible for coloring beginners or pros to enjoy
★ An alternative to meditation, as a means of relaxation and as a calming tool Download, Print, then color in! (In fact, I LOVE when customers show me images of their final coloring page masterpieces, hint hint hint.)
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♥ You are purchasing an Instant DIGITAL PRINT DOWNLOAD.
♥ ***NOTHING IS PHYSICALLY MAILED TO YOU.***
♥ The design arrives as a high resolution PDF file sized 8×10 inch and a JPG file sized 5×6.25 inch, both at 300dpi
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
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Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
Just in time for the Christmas season! Here is a NEW bundle of hand-drawn Christmas coloring pages from my studio! All featuring lovely Christmas animals you can download and color today! You can print these grayscale coloring images at home or color in your favorite coloring app. *All links below*
You can download the final Christmas coloring page bundle HERE
A little more about this beautiful digital coloring book page:
★ Hand-drawn grayscale art (by a classically trained artist) to give your final image a more realistic look and a beautiful masterpiece you will be proud to display.
★ Exceptional detail to keep you engaged and inspired while you color
★ Printable for easy access to coloring and the ability to try new colors, techniques and improve your coloring skills. (Plus, no high shipping fee or endless waiting for your new stunning coloring sheet.)
★ Above all, gorgeous work of art that is accessible for coloring beginners or pros to enjoy
★ An alternative to meditation, as a means of relaxation and as a calming tool Download, Print, then color in! (In fact, I LOVE when customers show me images of their final coloring page masterpieces, hint hint hint.)
▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ About My Digital Download Coloring Book Page ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
♥ You are purchasing an Instant DIGITAL PRINT DOWNLOAD.
♥ ***NOTHING IS PHYSICALLY MAILED TO YOU.***
♥ The design arrives as a high resolution PDF file sized 8×10 inch and a JPG file sized 5×6.25 inch, both at 300dpi
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
Why am I waiting so long for my adult coloring book delivery? At first I thought I was being too impatient. Asking, why are deliveries taking so long?? But it turns out I’m not impatient (OK, well, actually I am. But that’s a whole other matter…) According to suppliers and the Unites States Post Office, we all need to settle down and wait a bit longer for our deliveries for the rest of 2021.
Hold onto your colored pencils, this could hurt a little…
The Book Shortage
Even book publishers are warning people to expect delays. Books! That includes coloring books! If you’re inquisitive, you may ask “What’s causing the book scarcity?” The answer is us. Apparently we’re all placing a TON of book orders and supply chains are struggling to keep up. Since most books are printed in China, that’s a long journey just to get to the other side of the world. We’re talking port congestion, trucker shortages, warehouse storage issues – the list goes on! And when suppliers run out (hello, my beautiful neighborhood bookstore, I love you!) they will have trouble restocking shelves before Christmas. Which is a super important date for retailers and gift-givers.
Speaking of retailers, they’re urging us all to shop early for the holidays. But let’s be honest – we all procrastinate a little. This is a hectic time of year.
The Slow Mail
Then there’s the mail itself. The postal office’s standard three-day delivery for first-class mail — letters, bills, tax documents and the like — will drop within the U.S. to five days. In other words, Americans should expect their letters and other mail to take up to five days to reach their destinations, and vice versa.
And then there is the cost. The changes in the postal system include a temporary price increase on commercial and retail domestic packages, which will cost 6-9% more through Dec. 26.
Whew. Yeah. Those are a few serious bummers to my holiday coloring plans.
The Solution
OK, so what about all us coloring enthusiasts? What are we going to do. Well one super easy work-around is to go digital. YUP! Instead of expecting an entire book of paper to be printed, shipped, stocked and delivered – this year the solution is to pick and choose your favorite coloring images online. Buy them one at a time to curate a collection you love. No paper will be wasted printing any images you ultimately don’t want to color anyway.
Speaking of paper. You can print digital coloring pages as home. I wrote an entire post about my favorite papers for printing coloring images HERE. From inexpensive cardstock to lovely watercolor paper, there’s a great variety of options. And instead of waiting for a book to be printed, bound, packed, shipped, delivered – you can cut out a lot of that time by using your own resources.
OR if you don’t have a printer you can print at other locations. For example, most local libraries offer free printing services! I wrote about alternative printing options HERE.
Shameless Plug in 3, 2, 1 – Oh hey look! I have an online Coloring Shop full of hand-drawn coloring pages you can print and color today. OK, moving on…
Seriously though. Once you start selecting your own images to color it can become your preferred way to shop! Why waste time, money or paper on colorable art that doesn’t appeal to you? When you buy digital coloring pages you have CHOICES. You can be selective.
But What About Gifts?
So here’s the deal. Us colorists love to color. But we also enjoy sharing our passion with others by gifting coloring books. That is…the ones we haven’t colored in. And to do that we often rely on those book publishers, retailers and delivery people to be at the ready. But this year what if we did something a little different when gifting a coloring experience:
Make your own coloring book: So remember a few lines up when I suggested you curate a collection of coloring pages you love. Now create a coloring page collection for someone else! Now go old-school creative and MAKE a book! Staples the papers together. Punch holes on one side and tie the papers together with string. Create a three-ring binder collection book for them. Not only will this be a collection of colorable art they’ll enjoy (because you chose it specifically to their taste), but it’s a gift they’ll cherish because you made it. If you want to up your crafting game, here’s a fantastic Book Binding Kit (just keep an eye on those delivery dates!)
Have a coloring party: Physical gifts are cool and all, but what about the gift of time? Spend time with your loved ones by hosting a coloring party! You won’t have to make a book. Just gather coloring pages you and your friends will like and invite everyone over for coloring and hot cocoa. You’ll end the evening having made beautiful art and precious memories. Personally, I’m a huge fan of having this Land O’ Lakes Cocoa Classics Variety Pack at Christmas parties. Again, just keep a watch on the ETA.
Email digital coloring pages to someone: What if your fellow colorists-comrade lives too far away to visit for a coloring party? Have no fear, the internet it here! Simply buy a digital coloring page and email it to them! If you are REALLY up on your high-tech game, you can schedule a digital coloring party! (Hint, look for coloring page PDF’s you can buy and email. They’re very email friendly.)
4. Recycle Used Coloring Pages: You know you have a pile (or two) of colored pages hanging around collecting dust. Re-use them by turning them into gifts! OK, this can be difficult for some people. I know we’re prone to hold onto our art. But maybe we can let go of a FEW pages and get in the holiday spirit. Turn some of your lovely art into bookmarks. Or frame them and gift them to someone who is suffering with bare walls. Have some plain kraft paper? Wrap presents in Kraft paper and use your colored pages as extra decals. Need more ideas? Here’s a List Of 10 Fun Things To Do With Colored Pages.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
Oh, hello Christmas shopping season! Why, yes, I would like to look around for some marvelous coloring supplies, particularly the top four items that I personally always use in my studio. And DOUBLE YES, I am going to peruse one of my favorite places to shop: Blick Art! Of course I also have my eye on the calendar. Due to delayed shipping this years (ahem, cargo ships) there’s a bit of pressure to place orders early to make sure everything arrives before the holidays.
Not sure how to use the items listed below? Now worries! I have some fantastic, fun and FREE coloring tutorials on my YouTube channel! Go take a look to start coloring like a pro!
First I’ll dwell lovingly on my 4 favorite art supplies this year. THEN I’ll show you where to find some new spectacular deals. And yes, I’ve heard there are some concerns about delayed shipping. So fair warning, if you want to have a coloring party this holiday season, please make sure you order your supplies ASAP!
Prismacolor Pencils: OK so first and foremost, if anyone has watched any of my coloring videos then you know I’m a big fan of Prismacolor colored pencils. No, they are not the fanciest pencils out there. But they are affordable, easy access, have a wide variety of colors PLUS they have great customer service. And I like that they don’t break my bank account while keeping my art studio stocked.
(Remember to meander over to my Coloring Tutorials to see how I use colored pencils in the studio!)
Mono Zero Eraser: Next I’m going to erase everything I just did. Alright that’s an exaggeration. I’m actually going to erase with precision! I love to take away minute details and create elegant erase lines with my Mono Zero Eraser. I’m a control freak when I’m making detailed erase lines and this eraser gives me all the confidence to create my art. PLUS, it’s refillable. So this is a great time to stock up on more refills for the upcoming year!
Pan Pastels: Alright, I’m going to need some more color. And one of the best mediums to compliment colored pencils and erasers is the Pan Pastel collection! They provide smooth color coverage over paper, blend together nicely, have rich hues, you can erase it AND apply colored pencil over it. BAM! These three mediums together make a great trifecta of awesome artsy power!
(Want to see how I mix Pan Pastels and colored pencils? Go check out this Coloring Tutorial)
Gelly Roll Pens: Now it’s time for one more medium that can go over Pan Pastel and go toe-to-toe with colored pencils is the Gelly Roll pen set. Again, this is NOT a high-end luxury item that’s going to break the bank. But that’s the point. They do a great job providing colorful ink without ruining your budget. And the rich colors in Gelly Roll pens can help bring another dimension of fun to your creativity.
(Need a little inspiration for mixing Gelly Rolls with Pan Pastel and colored pencils? There’s a Coloring Videofor that!)
**Side Note For Paper: This is the point where anyone who loves to print their own coloring pages starts to wave their hands in the air and shout “Wait! What about paper?!” I mean, I’m just guessing they’d shout. Maybe it would be just an irritated murmur that paper wasn’t included in this list. Anyway – No Problem! I reviewed several top quality paper choices, perfect for printing coloring pages at home! Check it out here:
So there is my list of top four favorite coloring supplies. But because I was care to NOT blow my shopping budget, I have a few extra pennies in my pocket! They’re kind of burning a hole there. So I better spend them on some sales!
YUP! It’ the shopping bonus round! Don’t get me wrong, first and foremost I will buy my 4 favorites and stock up my studio for the upcoming year. But Blick has some Hot Deals every week. And since I am careful to balance quality and cost, that means I can splurge a few extra treats.
Their sales change every week, and since I can’t be sure what week you will be reading this magnificent post I suggest you head straight to their Hot Deals page to shop for yourself.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
No tutorial voiceover today (I have a bit of a head cold). Instead, relax and enjoy this soothing adult coloring timelapse with music! Today I played with some mixed media with PanPastel, Prismacolor Pencils, Gel Pens, Paint Markers and Erasers! Whew! But don’t worry, I wrote down all the supplies below. This is one of my hand-drawn adult coloring pages. Download and color along with me! You can print this image at home or color in your favorite coloring app. *All links below*
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
Today I’m having fun coloring with Ohuhu Markers and Prismacolor Pencils! Enjoy this coloring tutorial in this full-length colouring experience! This is one of my hand-drawn adult coloring pages. Download and color along with me! You can print this image at home or color in your favorite coloring app. Enjoy this coloring tutorial! *All links below*
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
Today I am getting ready for the holidays with some coloring tips! Join me while I color in this Christmas Pig And Wreath with PanPastel and Prismacolor colored pencils over them. Enjoy this fun and relaxing coloring experience! This is one of my hand-drawn adult coloring pages. Download and color along with me and my coloring tips! You can print this image at home or color in your favorite coloring app. *All links below*
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you). This post is otherwise NOT sponsored or endorsed by any of the brands mentioned or reviewed.
About Artistry By Lisa Marie:
Artistry By Lisa Marie is a small art studio located in Rochester, NY. It currently consists of Lisa Marie, a hoard of colored pencils and her two small boys (her husband John is a computer geek with no artistic skill and has bowed out of the art business). Lisa Marie has been professionally creating art for over a decade and has created an extensive library of stunning hand-drawn coloring pages, all available for digital download. While she has a Master’s in Art History and can talk your ear off about the Old Masters, her background is custom pet portraits and beautiful coloring pages. Her main interests are encouraging creativity and helping colorists release their inner artist and relax.
More Reading Suggestions:
Want to start your collection of gorgeous printable coloring pages? Visit my hand-drawn grayscale coloring books and pages in my Coloring Shop! Instant download to enjoy today!
