I have a new addiction!
And I am thoroughly enjoying it! So thank you, (I think) Ragincajun, for introducing me to adult coloring using an app instead of coloring books with pencils, pens, or whatever. It is just as relaxing and mind clearing as 'real' coloring, it is extremely portable, and you can change your mind as often as you want to. You can do the same picture as often as you want to. I'm really enjoying experimenting with color combinations and effects.
I really like this effect, to me it almost looks 'fluffy'!
This reminds me of Pennsylvania Dutch barn paintings. (I don't think that is the right name for them.)
Another background effect, and shading in colors.
Can you tell what colors I like?
Okay, I'll quit with the pictures now. (Big grin).
Hopefully some of y'all will share some of your coloring art, either actual paper and pencil type, or digital app type. Let's see what you are doing!
Rusty
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9 years agoOh look at you! Some pretty work! I enjoy it too. I like certain colors too and I try to avoid those colors at times to do something different.
A few for now.
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI ended up having to take pictures, but here's a few of my favorites. The program I use doesn't have the variety in colors yours does.
Edited: After posting all the pics, I discovered how to directly from the program!
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodsofttech.coloringforadults
I have been playing with this new app. Has a lot of colors and gradient options you can save it to your gallery, it has some background options, not very good ones.
Rusty thanked ravencajun Zone 8b TX - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Very pretty Raven! I love the bright greens and vibrant colors.
I did this one last night, I tried Colorfly, but for some reason it didn't function very smoothly on my iPad.
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Really striking, Raven! I'll check out the one in the link later. I know I'm going to miss the colors I bought in Colorfly, but no way I can pay $10.00 a month for them, except as a trial period.
Arkansasgirl, do you by any chance have a tablet, or something similar? Maybe someone here will chime in with a PC coloring app, I've never looked for one.
Beautiful kitty, Lukkiirish!
This is one of the first ones I've done:
My newest one:
I love seeing how different people color the same picture. Here's my goldfish:
Rusty
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- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoA couple more. My dragonfly above.
And a squirrel:
I'd like to see some coloring art done with pencils or pens, too!Rusty
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I paid for a full year for this app....I figure if I get bored with it, I can always give it to my daughter. I paid for it through itunes, so maybe that's why I didn't get prompted for a payment method. Here's some other pics I've done.
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