You are such a natural! That’s why it is harder for you to explain what you do 😊 I’ve learned alot of great information from this video, you did a fantastic job!

I never thought to use other art to choose colors. I immediately got out my book on Monet and am so excited to use some of his colors. Thank you this video was so helpful!

Very comprehensive video with a lot of valuable information. Thanks for sharing!😊

As a beginner, I purchased a color wheel to help me pick my colors for a page and help with color knowledge because choosing colors is where I had the most difficulty. I later swatched all my pencils in color family (with the help of KZfaq colorists) which has been very helpful. When I choose a page to color I refer to my swatched chart and decide from there. Using the swatch chart and referring back to the color wheel has helped me immensely. One of the biggest helpers for me is watching videos like this one. I have learned so much about color blending, choosing colors, color alongs and all kinds of techniques from colorists. Thank you for another informative video.

These videos are amazing ❤ Thank you for your detailed videos. I've been coloring for a couple of years but these videos are still so helpful!

Thank you for this! Your colours are always so harmonious. I tend to experience analysis paralysis when it comes to choosing colours and I often spend so much time on it for “meh” results. I’ve recently started using the colour wheel and other resources and I think I’m getting better but I love learning about how other colourists choose their palettes 😊

So, so helpful. I learn so much from watching your videos. Your are a natural teacher. Look forward to the next video! Thank you!

Thank you Shelly for taking the time to share this series of videos they are very helpful everything your talking about is things I struggle with can’t wait to try ideas. Take care have a wonderful weekend 😊

I find the color wheel challenging and rarely use it. I color what I know I want and let the rest come naturally. Great video, and thank you for sharing your process.

This is helpful... looking forward to the part 3. Thank you for this it helps us begginer colorist

Hi Shelly! Very Good Information on this Video. In the Mythographic Books, it's a Great idea to do the Background/ Sky first. I do often just go with My Heart, when Coloring. Enjoyment is why I color. Thank You very much for Sharing! 🖍️📚🖌️😍👍🏻👍🏻

I’ve been coloring for years and this series has been most helpful Thank you for sharing

Great video!! Your explanations were very clear and very informative. Even I learned new things today and I have been colouring for nearly five years! Pininterest is a great place for color palettes. It is one of the places I get inspiration from from. Plus there are so many great colourists on KZfaq and Instagram as you have said. I learned so much from Colour with Claire and Color My world's Lori Green. Claire and Lori are here on KZfaq and have been here on the Tube for a few years.

The Red Panda picture from Mythographic is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your video. I have been coloring for over a year and picked up some good tips!

Thank you for the color palette website. I have a few apps on my phone but not on my computer. This will do nicely for me. Your video was great - you hear and see the process before you lay down any color on your page. Please keep the videos coming lots to learn from them!

Absolutely fantastic video. So informative to hear your thought process from colour theory and inspiration, to selection to the order in which to use. Thank you so much for taking the time to so clearly educate us and share the resources and methods you use. Can't wait to start the next in this series, before I feel confident to do one of your colour along / tutorials. Many thanks ❤🎉

Excellent video, very helpful. I like when you share your though process. Can’t wait to see the next video❤

Thank you for showing actual color palette resources. Since that certain product came on the market with very misleading advertising there has been so much hype over something that has actually existed for a hundred years, and is a FREE resource from many other sources. Color palettes were a product of the design industry who influences advertisement and retail product development, with the goal to either influence consumer behavior or encourage repurchasing of product on a seasonal basis. There is a serious misconception regarding the use of color palettes as well... they were never intended to be the only colors used in a project. You have to pull in neutrals to make them work. I've seen so many tutorials that are just.. not great.. where people are trying to force themselves to use only the colors in the palette. Additionally.. these are suggestions, they are in no way the "right" colors or somehow "correct". The vast majority are just pulled randomly from an image that could be of anything with no actual thought involved. It's just a tool.. or an inspiration for creativity.

What a great video for us just starting. First time I am taking notes! Thank you!

Hi Ness, I am so glad you have enjoyed watching this video despite being an experienced colourist! And I am glad you like the coolours app! It’s definitely useful to pick different palettes and have some control of the colours that are being picked! Yes, sure you can share it with your viewers. Sorry I took long to get back to you….I have only just come across reading your comment (sorry!). Look forward to seeing what your subscribers think about it too!! 🤗💗

Thank you for all this great information. I love all your videos and coloralongs. You have helped me progress with my coloring so much! I'm looking forward to the next one!🥰💯💕

Yes! I use my color pallette just for inspiration! I look at my page and then flip through my swatch book to get a feel of colors/mediums and then I decide which color to use! Also, I find that I really love the whimsical style of alot of my 3 year Olds children's books 😂 there are some BEAUTIFUL pictures in them that I have really grown to appreciate now that I've started coloring!

Thank you..awesome video. I look forward to the next one.

Another awesome vid, thank you 🌸✏️

I’m late to the party… as usual. But this was fantastic, Shel! Thank you so much !

Hi Shelly, what a great video! So comprehensive and incredibly useful. Thank you for the effort this must have taken 🙏🏻

Really enjoyed the video and appreciate all the time and care you put into it, thank you so much!

Brilliant video and watched until the end. Have a great weekend Shel ❤

Your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much.

Wow this video is amazing.i colour without initially knowing what colours to use. Thank you. My colour wheel is going to get a workout. Much love & *Virtual hugs* from Perth Western Australia xxx❤

Thank you for sharing,so many tips and ideas a very interesting video you are so cleaver

Thank you for another really helpful video Shelly. I already had the Coloors app but wasn't aware of the colour palette website that you recommended. This will be such a useful, and far more economically viable, resource. Whilst I can see that Sarah Renae Clark's Colour Cubes are beautifully produced, the high cost of shipping these to the UK has put me off purchasing them.

Thank you! So helpful

Best color wheel ever!!

I typically stick to one set of pencils at a time, however I have combined a few sets successfully. The sets were my polys and my arteza expert.. both of which I really love but both of which are rather lacking in light/pastel shades. They were combined with the brutfuner macarons and the castle art pastel tints respectively. The first step was choosing another pencil that is very similar in formula. It's hard for me personally to flip from a transparent oil based to a opaque wax base for example because they require completely different methods of application in order to blend/layer successfully. So they were each matched with a similar formulation that they worked well with. They are each also very similar in core size/appearance which I find nice but may not be necessary for others. The next was to physically combine them into a single set in a larger case. Both sets were swatched, then compared, then combined.. so the pastels were placed within the base set exactly where they should go in regards to shade, tone, and hue. It was a lot of work, and took me pretty much an entire weekend for each of them. When they were separate entities in their own cases it was very confusing and frustrating to use them together... but actually combined into a cohesive set they are a joy to use. You might try to find the Goldfaber aqua pastel set.. they would go very well with your AD's since GFA is the baby sister of AD. I don't know of many other water based pastel sets. It's definitely a space in the market that is due for some attention. You may find some good open stock options in the carandache supracolor line as well though. I found a very good resource for comparing watercolor pencils.. it's a free download PDF from karenhullart called watercolorconversionchart2019.. I wish I could give you a link but YT won't allow it, just google.

Very good explanation of how to use and understand the color wheel. You explained it in layman's terms, not those of artists who understand all the differences. Thanks for simplifying the use and understanding of the Color wheel.

amazing!!! would love to see the peacock page in the next video

Oh my god the red panda is amazing 🥹 could you do things like that not long after you started colouring ? It looks like a photo 😯

In another video you mentioned that sometimes you wish you had a certain shade that's not in the FC set. You seem to like flowers and plants, and based on that, I can recommend the Caran d'Ache Supracolor pencils. They are the watercolour version of the CdA Pablos (same names, same numbers). I'm pretty sure you can buy them open stock, so you don't have to splash out on a full set.

I love to see your well used and tiny pencils 😍 cause thats what they are made for 😅 I totally respect people who just collect different pencil sets and dont barely use them.....but I have to admit, that my heart aches a little when I see this 🙈😆 Tysm for the beginner Videos, they are very helpful even for advanced colorists 👍 keep up your lovely work, it spreads so much coloring-joy ❤

Thank you so much for this upload I found this amazing help .. I’m certainly going to be keeping this upload for reference in my library.. you have explained things so perfectly .. have you done part 3 yet as I can’t wait to watch it .. I’ve tried looking for it but can’t find it .. loving your uploads tysmfs 🥰

Anyone else here who thinks Shelly makes more sense than most "learn how to.." books? 😊

Hi shelly! Another type of colour pallet source can be computer games. I play the puzzle adventure type of games like from Bigfish and they have really beautifull scenery’s. When i like one i make a screenshot, and i can use it for my colorings.

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I use the color cubes for inspiration, but I agree with the other comments about but limiting yourself and needing to bring in other colors, especially neutrals. Sarah had a separate digital download for the common colored pencil brands so you can look up the specific pencils for your chosen palette. It's cumbersome and not always accurate. I find it's easier to swatch the colors to match. The tangible cards that can by laid against my work is nice. Especially if I've partly colored a page and I'm stuck with which colors to add in.

Would u mind going into details (in another video) about which color from our chosen palettes we should use for backgrounds? its easy to choose a palette but how to know which colors from it are best for background & foreground? this is the reason palettes don't always work for everyone...

This was so Awesome

Love this video.... You have such a beautiful accent where are you from?

Great series, cannot wait 4 next 1!!

Very interesting watching your natural color instincts struggle with the color wheel. I think what was happening is that you wanted those peacocks to pop.. and one way to do that is to choose a color that DOESN'T go with all the rest... such as the turquoise and cool green. It could be jarring, or done subtly it could just be interesting to the eye. Not "technically" correct.. but effective. Additionally with a natural subject color schemes simply don't apply much of the time.. a bird doesn't choose to roost in an area based on whether or not it forms a triad color scheme. Also the pink/purples.. you LIKE pink/purples even though they weren't part of the color scheme, so you were compelled to add them. Neutrals for the branches simply don't count and are perfectly acceptable to add to any color scheme. They are the frame around the elements of the picture. Another great example of how these tools are just suggestions, and completely open to the whims of the artist. It's called "artistic license" for a reason.

Hi Shell! So when I like a color palette with four colors, I buy a light mid and dark tone of each of those colors? Totalling twelve pencils?

Do you use your Faber Castell Albrecht Durer white to cover your hidden objects in the Mythographics?

Bardzo bym chciała obejrzeć ten film,ale nie można go automatycznie przetłumaczyć na język polski. Nie ma takiej opcji w ustawieniach 😢😢😢😢

Did you end up coloring this picture? do you have a photo or video?