I am rather new to color-alongs. I always find out about them well after they are over. At first, I thought there was some club you had to join to know about these, but really it’s just a matter of paying attention. Haha! So, for my first real go at color-alongs, I’ve jumped in head first. There are so many great ones right now; it’s insane. I have greatly enjoyed coloring this month!!

Sky: Cool Greys 1-5 Cats: Shinhan Art BG61 (154), BG179 (156), P281 P85 Copic BG15 (155) Buildings: ShinHan Art Y225, BG61 (154), BG179 (156), YR33 (111) Copic Y38 (108), BG15 (155), YG97, YG95 Faber Castell equivalencies in parentheses.

I started April with an unconventional colors challenge from the Rita Berman Facebook group. We could choose any Rita Berman illustration we want, but color a bit of it in unnatural colors. I am not generally comfortable with using odd colors. I like to keep things reasonably natural. I was pretty unsure going into this, but it was so much fun!! I suggest everyone step outside their comfort zones and use some wacky colors.

Shortly after choosing the cats I found the #AprilShowersColoralong by @PixieProjects and this page fit right in. Two birds, one stone. I love a grey sky too. I know that is not really very Texan of me, but it’s true. I love grey skies.

Next, we have an Easter color-along, #EasterColors19 - @RekaColour first color-along. I, of course, went with some Easter eggs. I’ll be honest; I’ve been waiting for a time when I could color this page. The daffodils were calling my name. And those cute little butterflies and bird! What’s not to love?

Sky: Cool Grey 1-2 Bird: Shinhan Art BG61 (154), BG179 (156), YR33 (111) Copic Y38 (108), BG15 (155) Prisma PB33 Daffodils: ShinHan Art Y225, YR23, YR33 (111) Copic Y38 (108) Grass: ShinHan Art GY47 (266), GY48 Copic YG23(112) Prisma PB124 (166)

Also, there’s #AllEggsYouCanColor by @aksenovaalex and #AprilAnimals2019 by @My_World_Of_Colors_77

Last one. #FantasticaFaeandFairytales by @ColourandChatwithSammie. The idea of a snail carrying a proper little house on his back is adorable. I really appreciate the imaginative nature of a lot of Rita Berman’s illustrations. So great! I knew I wanted to do a green snail with orange accents. The exciting thing about coloring is that the same colors used in different ways give you a totally different finished page. I pretty much used the same colors on all 3 of these. Yellow greens, bright orange yellows, cool greys, and pinks.

Sky: Cool Grey 1-7 Snail: Shinhan Art YR33 (111) Y225 GY48 Copic Y38 (108) YG97 YG95

For the most part, it was exactly how I imagined. But, the little house I will admit was a mess. It started pink, but it didn’t work with the rest of the page, so I put aqua over it. That left me with a weird purple. SO I put some yellow over that, and we have an odd green. Haha! It works well enough. I guess. Haha!

I hope you enjoyed hearing about all of my color-alongs for this month and are enjoying coloring along!! Happy Coloring!!