Welcome to the Coloring Oasis adult coloring channel. I specialize in adult coloring skills and education. I also teach beginning to intermediate adult coloring skills. I give tutorials on adult coloring. I offer color along videos for adult colorists. I also design printable coloring pages. On this coloring channel you will find flip throughs of coloring books, peeks at my completed art, and discussions about adult coloring. My favorite coloring mediums include Ohuhu markers for adult coloring. I also love Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers. Prismacolor pencils are the best pencils for adult coloring pages.
Happy Birthday! I too bought the green witch book. I have seen a bunch of other colorist buy this book but I have nt seen anyone color in it! I colored in mine the day I got it. I did the big basket of flowers. The paper took prisma pencils very well. I hope to see you color in yours!!!
I too had a stepmom. She started dating her neighbor 3 weeks after my Dad died. I was not pleased, as u can imagine. My Dad changed his personality to stay married to her, but the last couple months of his life, when he knew he was dying, his 'old' personality came back and he was the Dad I knew and loved from my childhood again. I was very sad that he repressed himself so long just to keep the peace with the stepmom. I still blame my Dad for it also. It was him that did it to himself. There was a time they almost got divorced, but didn't where he was alone with me at a lunch, and I was advising him to pursue happiness, even if that meant being alone 4 a while. He told me he couldn't be alone. I didn't really understand, but I said sure you can, you can just date a variety of women, you don't have to get married. He told me he knew himself too well. He would date for a bit, fall madly in love and would have to get married. I think he finally decided to stay with the devil he knew as opposed to starting over for marriage #3.
This is a brave goal, I wish you luck with it, x 🍀 That's a lot of images to get coloured, 👍 I love that Princess book by Yoshi Kendo, sadly doesn't look like it's available anywhere, but its cute, x Thanks for showing all these. x
You wanted to know if anyone is watching your color along for the mermaid, I am! I find it very good. I discovered you in my scrolling and saw your glittery fish and mermaid. Beautiful work. I subscribed to your channel tonight. Looking forward to more color alongs. Btw…I purchased the color book too.
How do you feel about the fact that all the images were generated by artificial intelligence? There are visible defects that a real artist wouldn't have allowed. Do these defects in details hinder your experience?
Depends on which book you are talking about. That might only be the case for the Hawaii book. All of the Deborah and Mythographic and Joshua Dunbar art is original. Regarding the Hawaii cbook, not AI, but digitally software created. A lot of people get these two interchanged. So any of us could go onto Canva, make a coloring book, by pulling in different types of black-and-white line, art clip, art Images, and make collages or assemble pages. Or you could do it in Photoshop or adobe illustrator, use various forms of clip art or individual line images And make up a coloring page. Although this is different than AI. AI is more prominent with the grayscale coloring books right now and they look more humanlike - less like thick and thin black line drawings. Personally, I have two or three black-and-white books line art digital books that I really like and all the others I hate. And I have a few ai books I like and others I hate. It’s the ones that are cheesy and done by people in their living room thinking they can make a buck that looked terrible that I send back or won’t buy. And you can usually tell because they have a very cheap looking cover. And looks like it was done on a website software. That being said, digital art is a real art, and takes skill to know how to use Photoshop, illustrator, and even Canva. I’ve had to do a lot of designs in Canva for promotional materials and it takes a long time to learn and to make things look decent. It’s OK to have coloring books with clipart or digital assembled collage art if you enjoy it. My general feeling is whether it’s AI, digital art, clipart, or however, it was made, you have to be able to visualize beyond the uncolored black-and-white what you see on the page to what it might look like colored. In the end, what matters is if you like the look of the colored pages are you enjoy it. You don’t know until you see the book. I’ve seen people with AI and clipart that do gorgeous colored pages. You wouldn’t know the difference once it’s done. That’s what matters. In the end, the color would hide a lot of those discrepancies. I demonstrated this in my “what I colored in May” video when I showed the Sarah Richter mermaid page from her brand new book that looks almost entirely digital and AI combined. Done with alcohol and markers it looked gorgeous, but I hated the fakeness of the book. So, it just depends. If I’m just coloring for fun and relaxation while binge watching Netflix using chunky markers, I’ll color anything even ones done in Photoshop or AI. If I’m putting in my best effort with my best mediums, using my advanced or intermediate skills, I will only choose original art. In the end, just visualize what it would look like colored and go by what you like - don’t worry about how it was made. I can usually tell by the terrible covers. It’s not one I would bother to buy, but sometimes if the covers look decent and you see a few pictures of decent looking pages on the sale listing such as on Amazon, I’ll still buy the book and give it a shot. That’s why it’s great. They have free returns. I’ve been surprised both ways many times. I don’t obsess about how the art or books were made. I just go buy what looks nice and what will look great colored or that I will enjoy. I think that’s what matters.
@@thecoloringoasis5616 Thank you very much for such a detailed and informative response. I am interested in this topic, and I plan to launch several coloring pages. Perhaps you would like to take a look at them or color / review them if they interest you? I would be happy to provide you with free copies.
@@thecoloringoasis5616 no i did not have support from my siblings. i know my brother could have scared her into giving it back. I kept asking for the will so i could getproof for a lawyer. but it wasnt to be found. the sad thing is when my cousin dies, the ring might go with her. there is more pathology on this cousin. my sister and brother thought she was working on my dad to inherit the house . our childhood home in which I am living in and had to buy fom my siblings.it is so traumatic isnt it? But i am with you one hundred percent!
1st of all, Thank you for showing flips of the books. A couple have been added to my list. 🙂 2nd. I had, oh how do you say it? "my dad's second wife" and that is all she was to me. So I understand. She's gone. Fortunately, I still have my dad alive and kicking at 91. ❤❤❤
You’re very lucky you still have your dad at age 91. I wasn’t expecting my dad to go at 76 because both of his parents lived until their late 90s. Glad I’m not the only one who had a Dad’s second wife. I never once referred to her as my wicked stepmother until I did the video but that just slipped out ha ha. I never even viewed her as a stepmother because she wanted nothing to do with us.
Oh my god what a witch, my hats off to you for keeping your cool as you know that would have drived her insane. So sorry to hear about your dad but I wish we had something like that in England. Thanks for the vid a few books added to my wishlist not that I need anymore lol.
Thank you for the kind response. And yes, she was terrible. Karma will come back to her at some point. I didn’t know they didn’t have that kind of thing in England. I know what you mean about buying too many coloring books. I am terrible. I really need to do a shelf clean and giveaway lol.
I really enjoyed your video. I felt like I was listening to a longtime friend. I really dislike the horrible lady, too. I thank you for sharing the heartfelt stories about your dad and mom. I liked the coloring book flips, also.💟🙂
Thank you for the reply. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. It wasn’t my intention to ramble such a long story, but somehow it felt better sharing it. I’m not even sure I shared the worst stories what happened around that time ha ha. Like how she blocked us from coming into the house for an hour the morning we arrived for his last day. Ugh..
Really good video. I like to see which books people like and want to finish. I ❤ the very first book from Etsy. I don’t usually buy from there though. Enjoy all your 400 BOOKS. I wish I had that many.
Funny, you mentioned that because most people say, I talk too much and go too slow. The giant one, the cute easy, I had to go faster because there’s just too many pages and the video would take forever.
Lovely pages. I am quite new to colouring and only use pencils. As I don't have any large or expensive sets I mix brands when colouring pages. I notice that colourists don't tend to. Why is that? Any particular reason?
If you are saying that you mix different colored pencils, it would depend. I often use mixed media on my pages. Like my flowers might be done in this set of colored pencils and my leaves in a different set of colored pencils. However, I wouldn’t use two kinds of colored pencils on the same flower overlapping them. The reason is some pencils are wax-based, some are oil-based, some are water-based, and some are a combination. Certain pencils do not blend well together, for example, you wouldn’t use an oil pencil over a wax pencil because it won’t show much or will leave stripes or indents. You can use an oil pencil and wax pencil over it, however. And water-based pencils should be used alone or with a water brush. For the effects, it’s generally a good idea to use just one type of colored pencil, or brand, on one area. Especially if you are blending more than one color. But feel free to use different pencils overall on different areas of a page. I recommend an inexpensive set of alcohol markers to get started practicing how to use them. Or water-based markers.
hey gorgeous! i love your pages! i’m with you- i can’t BELIEVE Sarah Richter put out an AI book!! And sure enough- it looks like every other AI book out there- dragons and maidens and all too perfect. It’s such an ugly book. But what you did with that mermaid page is pure genius! it’s gorgeous! i am in love with how you made the underwater part of the scene look. Superb! It makes up for me being so sad about the artist’s choice. Why would such a talented artist do this?? Thanks for the video and sharing your creations!❤
I have these in the largest pack and got them because I loved the expanded color section and am in love with the super tips...but honestly supertips remain the tip mvp and the juiciest water-based marker. I feel like the pit pens are overpriced and a waste...who cares about light fast when you're coloring. I got those also as I was searching for and marker option that didn't bleed and had richer pigment but honestly I've become more anti brush the longer I color as the only way I can stay in the lines in most of these pages is with a smaller tip that I can control...and the pigment of the pitt pens are not impressive anymore (I don't know why I ever thought they were)...probably going to return those. But the maker of those markers in this video has wondaful products including their permanent markers and the smaller felt pens are REALLY good and their fineliners too!
Yes, I’ve been using these new pens, quite a few times since I made this video and all of the pictures look beautiful. The issue I have with the super tips that they are very streaky so they work better for small areas. The small skinny pit pins actually are perfect for staying in the lions because they have such a skinny stick tip so to speak, but you really only use them for a little small areas like a few hearts, some small flowers, or basically anything under 1 inch at the most. I have my new king art water-based markers that I’ve been loving. I’m about to review those this weekend so keep an eye out. I too was on the hunt for more non-bleed mediums, although I love my alcohol markers for some things.
Hi hun lovely haul.. amazon Australia paper I receive isn’t as thin as your Amazon paper.. if I had the money ii would send u a copy for you to try thank u for sharing ❤❤😊😊xx
That’s a Sun dial on the deer page lol. The Mythographic books are confusing at times. I really love this one because there’s lots of pages that remind me of older pages of his. I absolutely love his artwork it gets better and better each book. Idk how he does it!
@@thecoloringoasis5616 oh he’s done a bunch. Animals, Aquatic, Imagine, Odyssey, and Wild Winter are all the original Mythographic books but all above have the hidden objects. Then came the newer ones without hidden objects : Voyage, Magical Earth, Aviary, Labyrinth and Wild Summer. The very first Mythographic book was Animals and the hidden objects are really strange. After that he started working them into the theme of the page. Aquatic is one of my absolute favorites. Aviary and Labyrinth are up there as well. It’s so hard to pick one lol. He is definitely my favorite Mythographic artist. Fabiana Attanasio is really good too but her older books have really oddly placed hidden objects. Like a random Nintendo controller, a landline telephone, a shampoo bottle and maybe a toothbrush scattered on her beautiful line art. Her Cosmic Spirit and Fairy Wonderland are stunning books and they were published after the removal of the hidden objects.
Hi there, thanks so much for our review and honest opinion on my books. First things first. I´m totally against AI. I think it`s theft and the biggest copyright infringement the world has ever seen. I can reassure you there are no AI images in this book or AI parts. I created all these artworks in my "Kuntergrau" books over the last 15 years. Most of them took over 25 hours to paint - almost a little artistic biography ☺ . Some of the artworks were painted with airbrush and watercolors, others with crayon, but most of them were hand drawn with a pendisplay and Photoshop. I do have some speedpaintings on my YT Channel were you can see how this is done. For the digitalIy drawn artworks I start my art with a pencil in a sketchbook ( which takes just a few hours) then there comes the more detailes sketch ( coloring page - line art ) and this I scan. Then there comes the time intense part with all the colors, shades, lights and details - and I love details. So I agree the grayscale book has a different vibe to it, but just because it is so much more work. It breaks my heart to see how many artists are struggeling because of all the AI coloring books and that there art business is threatened. I hope things will change in the future and there will be a way to find out whats AI and whats not.
I've had my stabilo chalk pencils in their tin without the crummy plastic trays. And 9 years later they're still in there with the sharpener and still working great. These pencils look pretty nice.
I was so excited when I found out this book was coming out, until I saw how dark the greyscale was in a flip through. There’s so many beautiful pages but it’s too dark for me. It’s too bad. I wish she would release a line art version!
I agree it’s definitely too dark. I mean, the dark grey can look beautiful with alcohol markers, but it doesn’t look like any of her other art or 100% made by hand, meaning she put in too many digital elements regardless what method she used so it looks triggering to me like the AI Amazon stuff out there lately
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