#educational coloring book

[romelialungusblog]

Animal alphabet coloring book: Coloring book for toddlers and preschool kids with animals images and names

[readerupdated]

Do you ever get discouraged and need to remind yourself of the good things in life? One brilliant illustration can change your mood instantly and help stay focused and motivated for a long time.

Meet Elise Gravel. She is known for her vibrant illustrations, and their positive messages about friendship, creativity, empathy, and tolerance.

(via Discover the positive side of life through illustrations by Elise Gravel)

[nonconstories]

Someone pissed me off a couple of days ago

So! Below are several links to programs and foundations that promote adult literacy! Hundreds of millions of adults world wide were failed by their education system and now must fend for themselves while trying to read contracts and hospital bills and infographics from the CDC. But they don't have to be alone, and it is never too late to learn!

ProLiteracy: A network of educators, researchers, and advocates which provides research reports, learning materials, and other support to adult education programs. They assist with connecting volunteers to local programs and provide guidance and support to community leaders trying to use their programs' findings to advocate for social and political change.

Adult Literacy League: An adult education program in Central Florida, which aims to provide students with one on one attention to foster growth and confidence. It also offers English Second Language courses and job skills training, and each new student receives a comprehensive assessment to determine the best plan for them.

Saint Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center's Foundational Skills Program: A 100% free adult education program aimed at adults reading below a fifth grade level. It operates year round and is either in person or remote, and they now have a GED testing center that is open to students and the public alike.

Washtenaw Literacy: A free network of trained tutors for adults in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Adult Learning Program (Las Vegas/Clark County): Free education classes to those lacking a high school diploma, those seeking to learn ESL, and adults who read below an eighth grade level. Also assists in students' search for gainful employment. Nevada got so fucked by COVID and the education/literacy numbers in the South West are grim. Please help these guys.

Hawaii Literacy: In addition to helping adult residents of Hawaii Island learn to read and write AND bridging the education gap in Hawaii's underserved children, they offer computer literacy classes, ESL classes, and a bookmobile. 1 in 6 Hawaiian adults struggle to read and write.

[garadinervi]

Fritz Horstman, Interacting with Color. A Practical Guide to Josef Albers's Color Experiments, Foreword by Nicholas Fox Weber, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2024 [The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT]

[champagnemoon]

there is truly nothing like being a black girl from certain parts of Maryland...this is really black american princess central

[guess-i-do-art]

Fred the Vampire Accountant fanart is greatly lacking but I am here to change that because it is a crime

It would’ve made sense for my first Fred post to be of Fred but nah

Krystal 😈

[finding-hashem]

Looking for recommendations!!

What are your favorite books about BIPOC Jewish identity/experience (fiction or nonfiction)? Also other anti-racist or decolonizing books you'd recommend by BIPOC authors?

My bf rightfully called me out on my lack of knowledge and I'm also realizing how much I've clung to comfort/respectability so I'm looking for things to add to my reading list.

[quirinah]

how do you get your colors to look so nice and your lineart so red and vibrant? i love it

omg anon thank you!! 😭 im going 2 be honest I am Not Great with color theory... but i like having my sketch pages look cohesive to me...

BUCKLE UP this is going to need a readmore bc i like talking.

I always sketch in neon colors it's a habit i picked up from an old teacher but I'll think of a color usually on a whim and draw with that. and then if i want to draw something else ill pick another color that i think goes well with the page. usually most of my color schemes r analogous (colors right next to each other on the wheel)

yanked this from recent dunmesh post; i kept most of my colors within the pink/red/orange range.

i wouldn't recommend doing everything in monochrome or analogous palettes though because it's sort of a guilty crutch of mine XD.

sometimes when im coloring ill change the layer mode of the sketch. color burn gets you either very very bright or very very deep colors depending on the color of the flats underneath. multiply and linear burn do the same thing but they're a lot tamer and generally always return darker colors. im sure there's some technical bits behind this though. ill either color my lineart afterward to compliment the color of the flats, leave it as is, or mess with layer modes if i feel like it. my favorite trick is color burn + linear burn + some combination of two lineart layers and just fiddling until i get a nice burn effect.

mithrun was done with crimson red on color burn.

coloring... like 999% of this is relative color which is like. kind of the idea that colors look different when placed next to each other. if you eyeball it a bit it's pretty noticeable.

what i used to do a bit ago was i would fill in the area i wanted to color with one big mask of color, make a new layer that has a clipping mask down to the flat layer of color, and then draw my actual flat colors. the color of the mask helped me pick my flat colors bc if I picked a color i think stood out too much next to the mask i could kind of just adjust it until it looked a little more cohesive.

old ish drawing next 2 a canon reference. i ignore local color a lot...mea culpa....but my overall color palette here was a light pink, so the shirt here is actually a desaturated pink? or violet i believe. if you shift sort of that purple color far enough into the gray area of your color wheel it can take on a blueish or even greenish hue. it being next to a lot of warm pinks/fuschias helps.

a neat thing that kind of helps is that if you desaturate or saturate certain colors they can kind of take on a certain hue? not sure if this makes sense. sort of how orange here turns tealish blue the grayer it gets. so if im drawing something that's predominantly orange and i have a blue color i can just take an orange color and desaturate it until i get a color that sort of looks like blue. and that way it kind of looks more harmonious? at least to me XD

shading. i don't apply serious lighting to a lot of my drawings, but a helpful bit is that the shadows tend to be the opposite of whatever color the lighting is? i try to think first about the "mood" or the main color i want to go for in the drawing and then i pick a shadow color opposite of that. so for here, i wanted the lighting to be a coolish magenta so the shadows r lime green. if there's anything off i fiddle around until i get something i like. the shadows on the skin here were too green initially so i shifted them a little more orange.

there's a "band" of color going on between the transition of the shadows to the light. generally this could be for a lot of reasons and i tend to use it differently (core shadow? overexposure? etc etc). but this is a color post so ill try not to go too off track.

but generally digital doesn't "mix" colors the same way traditional colors do if you use RGB (cmyk is a bit better with this but is kind of a pain to get used to), so to make blending a little less muddy, i sometimes add an intermediate color to smooth things out a little. for example, mixing digitally blue n yellow tends to get you gray, but generally, blue + yellow makes green, so if im making a blue->yellow transition ill slap some green color in the middle so it flows a little better.

I do a lot more cel shading nowadays. if you've been on here for a while earlier this year i have another style of coloring but it's not really accurate to how shadows really work so i wouldn't recommend looking at it. it's mostly to add zest and texture to the underlying flat colors.

coloring your lineart does a TON to helping your colors look vibrant, though its like the garnish on a dish to me (same with shadows). i think it's good to try and play with your flat colors and try to make sure those look in order first before adding flourishes. usually ill leave it a dark, saturated color that again matches my overall palette but sometimes i go in and color them by alpha locking my lineart layer and picking a color that matches the flat colors underneath? not sure how to explain it properly.

i used a darkish purple for shuro's ponytail to match the dull red of the flat colors (more relative color! trying to simulate a black/brown while keeping the pink palette there) but a lighter crimson for laios's blond. the light was this super intense like blush pink so i thought it might be cool to add this neon salmon red in the areas of that light to really give off that vibe of a very bright intense rim light.

sometimes you could also tweak with gradient maps or color balance, which adjusts hue based on how light or dark a color is. these r fun to mess with as a final touch but i need to watch using them because they can become crutches real fast XD but those are also just tools to help you. in the end just developing a good sense of how color works and how you want to use it is the best place to start.

LONGASS ramble but yeah. tldr just kind of train ur eye for color and look at what you like best. which is unhelpful and a little sucky but it really is just observation and practice and maybe some personal zest.

happy drawing!

[bloodcoveredgf]

in my reading era!! (read the prologue and 1 chapter of twins by bari wood which i own now and got for free at the library)

[thebigshoutout]

Enchanting Visions: Transformative 2D Illustrations for Children's Books: https://tinyurl.com/yats3smy

[inkblotbooks]

[narangoda]

"The best book"

Once upon a time in a small village nestled among rolling hills, there lived a young girl named Emily. Emily was known for her love of books. She cherished the stories they held, the adventures they offered, and the knowledge they imparted. In her village, where most children played outside or helped their parents with chores, Emily spent her days at the village library, a quaint little building filled with books of all kinds.

[positivelypresent]

Free coloring pages for pre-orders!! 🖍️ Get yours: here!

[garadinervi]

Luigi Veronesi, (1945, 1978), I colori, Corraini Edizioni, Mantova, (1997-)2007

[misscaia]

Ancient Queens of West Africa - Fashion Coloring Book for All Ages, Over 40 8.5x11 Coloring Pages for Women, Men, Kids, & Teens DIY Wall Art

***This is a digital product so you will receive 5 PDF files with 40+ Coloring Pages of African Queens wearing traditional royal attire.

Discover the majestic majesty of Africa's pre-colonial civilizations with "Ancient Queens of West Africa - Fashion Coloring Book for All Ages". This engaging coloring book depicts exquisite images of mythical African matriarchs from the Mali, Benin, and Ashanti Empires, highlighting their regal grandeur. Coloring is beneficial to people of all ages in terms of relaxation, stress reduction, and creativity. This book not only provides a relaxing activity but also teaches about the rich history and enthralling royalty of pre-colonial Africa. Immerse yourself in the majesty of these mighty queens to obtain a better understanding of Africa's cultural and historical significance.

This coloring book is packed with interesting facts about the enormous wealth and power of the Mali, Benin, and Ashanti Empires in the early 1600s, as well as the ornate clothing of a queen in these kingdoms. This would be an ideal gift or activity for Juneteenth, Black History Month, or any other occasion to honor the beauty of African royalty and culture.

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[paperboy-pb]

"Learning Disabilities: Appropriate Practices for a Diverse Population"

Written by Barry Edwards McNamara. [1998]

A reblog with my thoughts, as a former NYC Special Ed student of the 2000s & 2010s will be posted on all PB platforms at a later point. [02/23]