What to Consider When Choosing a Coloring Page
Coloring can sometimes do wonders to the mind, it makes it relax and get creative. Nevertheless, delight in the activity usually depends on the choice of coloring page.
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Choose a Theme That You Really Feel inspired with
What your coloring page is about determines how your entire experience goes.
Personal interests: To the extent that you love nature, then you may be drawn to flowers, forests, or landscapes. People of culture may pick up cuddly creatures or magnificent wild life animals.
Emotional appeal: It can also add another emotional touch by having a page that appeals to you at the time you wish to color: colors to calm you down when you are stressed, or ones that make you happy to feel better.
Special collections: Owing to the structure and arrangement of a portfolio, some individuals are fond of having a uniform theme within their portfolio (e.g. only marine life, mandalas or fairy tales).
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Find the Complexity that Will Correspond to Your Ability and Schedule
The level of the detail is different on different pages.
Scholastic designs: Thick lines and large spaces make them perfect to dabble in as a beginner or with younger children, or anyone who wishes to color quickly.
Mid range: Pages which have equal amount of small and huge gaps make things interesting, yet non-intimidating.
Intricate designs: People who like to use small details and elaborate designs and fine shading work Spend periods of time working on this type of drawing These are more detailed and perfect for people who just like challenging drawing.
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Paper Quality & Printing
The paper you are coloring can be so monumentally different.
Standard/printer paper(70+/90gsm): Good with colored pencils, crayons or even light liquid gel pens.
Thicker paper (120-160 gsm): Suits markers, also does not allow bleed through.
Specialty paper (watercolor or mixed media): Required in wet media (watercolor, gouache or alcohol markers).
Note: You can print your selected coloring page that is in PDF, on the paper of your choice.
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Consider what you are for
What are you painting this page? You will choose what your goal will be.
Relaxation and relieving stress: Relaxing images like mandala, nature or plain patterns.
Art practice: Experimental pages to try and experiment with blending, shading, color theory.
Ornaments or presentations: A page that suits style and colours that you will place it on or that the person you are giving it to likes.
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See Your Color Scheme First
A color plan can make the whole process easier and the overall harmony of the result nicer.
Palette by mood: reds, oranges, yellows are warm colors that increase energy; blues, greens, purples are cool colors that relax one.
Small color scale: Using a few colors will make it more coherent.
Experimental tip: Put on colors you would not normally match to get new looks.
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Extras and Customization Check
Other coloring pages also feature backgrounds, motivational quotes or they are left blank so that you can fill in with your colors.
Some details you can add yourself: you can drawing yourself; select a page with less detail and create patterns or backgrounds.
Double sided printing/Single-sided printing: Single pages are superior in case you are using markers as you want no bleed though to the other side.
Final Tip:
The most enjoyable coloring page would be that which would induce a thrill telling you to get started and till there is a final stroke. Follow your intuition, reflections on tools and aims and keep in mind, the true magic of coloring is to personalize every page.