#color squared

[leemeredith]

Color Squared! My first non-self-published book! It’s a twist on coloring books, part color-by-number, part puzzle, tons of coloring or drawing options! You don’t even have to use colors; there are a bunch of options that can just use a pen. Or there are six-color, four-color, and three-color options, and even options that use stamps. And then you can do whatever you want to the background, so that gives more color potential. These samples show the same image colored a bunch of different ways, plus different kinds of colored backgrounds. It’s coming out on June 27th, on Clarkson Potter!

[leemeredith]

A picture from Color Squared, colored using a continuous lines method. I used a LePen technical drawing pen, and Prismacolor brush tip markers for the color at the end.

The book includes tons of coloring methods, using up to six colors, or just one single color of marker or pen. Plus, you can always color the background however you want!

[leemeredith]

Here’s one final Color Squared video for you: the halftone dots method, for a zoomed-in newspaper photo kind of look. If you like the look but you don’t have a marker that can make different sized dots like this, or you have a hard time controlling the size (it’s tricky, takes some practice!), you can make the same look with a stamping method instead. Take 5 pencils with erasers, and carve out the erasers into 5 sizes of dots, largest to smallest. Both options are included in the book instructions.

[leemeredith]

Color Squared is out today!! Wooooo! Here’s a video of me coloring a picture with a four-color method, with Crayola markers.

[leemeredith]

A picture from Color Squared, colored using the three-color layered method, with dots and circles, a method given in the book instructions.

I used Prismacolor dual tip markers, brush tip for the full color fills and fine point tip for the dots and circles.

The book includes tons of coloring methods, using up to six colors, or just one single color of marker or pen. Plus, you can color the background however you want! I haven't dealt with the background yet in the video.

(Color Squared is published by Clarkson Potter, coming out on June 27th, find info here.)