Although many people have given up on the idea of becoming a fine artist, I believe that many of them (of all ages) are still interested in coloring!
Years ago when my daughter was much younger and loved coloring in coloring books, my family and I departed on a flight to Hawaii for a long overdue visit. As the plane became airborne she became bored and instinctively reached for her backpack under the seat, arranged her pull down table and began to color in one of her many coloring books. As I watched her, I soon grew curious of the possibilities her Animal ABC’s coloring book had to offer, so I waited until she grew weary to take my turn coloring.
About an hour had passed since I began to color the animals within my letter “J“ when I noticed some of the passengers, while on the way to the restrooms. lingering behind me in the isle to watch and check out my “coloring creation”. Of course none were aware of the fact that I was a professional artist whose only medium was Crayola crayons! Some of them would stop and ask questions but before long the isles were completely blocked with interested spectators. There was so much interest in coloring and it was so much fun explaining and sharing with them the photos of my fine art, of which they were completely amazed that it was done entirely with a box of Crayola Crayons!
As the hours passed and all was quiet, the crayons, the photos and the coloring book all packed away, one of the flight attendants stopped by to ask me if I was the artist the passengers were talking about who colored with crayons? I presumed she wanted to see my crayon fine art so, I reached for my photos and began to show her some of the artwork when she replied, “Those are very impressive but what I really want to see is what you did in the coloring book!
Let crayons challenge your creative spirit.
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| THE ULTIMATE COLORING BOOK – A Relevant Learning Process |
Engaging the mind to relevant learning is not only emotionally empowering but part of a natural learning process. Once the student knows the rules of coloring, they are prepared and ready to have more fun and play the crayon art game. Following the introduction of the Jeffrey Robert Crayon Art Techniques DVD and Workbook application exercises, I created a series of step-by-step outlined drawings (The Ultimate Coloring Book). Although the images may appear basic like a coloring book, they are designed as such to stimulate the creative spirit, encourage perfection and promote self-confidence by presenting a project with a low risk of failure and a high probability of success.
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| POP ART FLOWER (10 steps – skill level 1) |
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| BUTTERFLY (14 steps – skill level 2)) |
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| COLORFUL BUG (14 steps- skill level 2) |
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| FLYING PARROT (18 steps – skill level 3) |
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