I’m soooo excited to announce that my new (and first!) coloring book is now out and available for purchasing on Amazon (and at local art shows if you are on The Outer Banks), it’s called “A Little Bit of Everything” Coloring Book, it is priced at $11.99 on Amazon (click on the book title to be directed to the Amazon link), which makes it a great stocking stuffer or small gift for this Christmas. I called it “A Little Bit of Everything” because it is a fun compilation of different themed illustrations (florals, whimsical scenes, mandalas, patterns) with different levels of complexity, some have larger blank space, some have lots of details to color, there’s two different sizes of images, most are one large image per page but a few pages are two horizontal images per page. The book has already been a success at the Holiday shows here on the beach and they have been purchased for and by people of ages ranging 7 to 70 (ish?) (I didn’t ask the lady her exact age but I would guess she was in her 70s, she told me that she wanted to color to improve her memory, I thought that was a wonderful use for my book and it made me really happy!).
Below is a sneak peek of the book:
Do you see what I mean when I say that the book has a little bit of everything? I have a confession to make, even though I am an artist, I didn’t find the idea of coloring a pre given design all that appealing, but I gave it a try with my own book for the sake of trying different pens and markers so that I could recommend the best ones to color this book with and to my surprise I really enjoyed the process and I’m looking forward to coloring more pages! Here’s a time-lapse video of me coloring one of my favorite pages:
To color this page I used tons of different markers and pens, both for the sake of experimentation and because lets face it, I’m addicted to art supplies and as an artist I just want to try as many as I can all the time. Here’s a list of what I used on this page:
Paper Mate InkJoy Gel Pens, Medium Point
Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point
Crayola Twistables Colored Pencils (you don’t need to spend a lot of money to color!)
Copic Ciao Markers (these are my favorites but they are on the pricey side)
I’m sure I will be trying more markers and pens in the future and I will share here when I do.
Would you like to download and color a couple of the pages of this book for free? Just head to the downloads section of my website by following this link: Carolina Coto Art/Downloads
I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek and I hope you treat yourself to some coloring this Christmas!
Carolina Coto Art 