How To Put Coloring Pages on Paper of Your Choice
Hi guys! This is the first tutorial from the David Bowie Coloring Book (DBCB)!
We get a lot of asks about how to move pages onto your own paper, or how to enjoy the blog if you don’t have access to digital media. Today, we’re gonna show you how Mod Silver does it!
So first, you need to pick lineart of your choice from the blog. The blog’s lineart is all free to use with permission already given by the artists who submit. This particular piece of lineart was drawn by @silvermoon822. This does not extend to the rest of the internet! Please ask artists before you use their lineart!
Pick your paper. Mod Silver likes to use Mixed Media paper or Bristol (smooth surface, not vellum). Watercolor paper, sketch or drawing paper works well too.
Mod Silver has a light-box. This is a relatively inexpensive tool that is very helpful when you need to transfer a drawing from low quality paper to somthing that can take a beating (such as drawing paper -> bristol or watercolor) or you need to transfer lineart that has been drawn on the computer to a more traditional medium.
if you don’t have a light box, you can use a brightly lit window to get the same effect
First, place your lineart on the box and turn it on. make sure it is plugged in and safely done!
Next, place the paper of your choice on top and go over with a pencil.
After you’ve finished, turn your box off or remove your paper from the window to make sure you haven’t missed any important lines (mod silver forgot his teeth when making this tutorial!).
And voila! You now have lineart to color, paint or ink!
This technique can be used to make coloring books for yourself, shrinky dinks, and many other fun crafts!
Remember! If you use any DBCB lineart, we only ask that you credit the original artist (the DBCB is not an artist, just a collection) and submit or tag the #davidbowiecoloringbook or #dbcb
Stay tuned for more tutorials!
