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In celebration of the release of my new grayscale coloring book, Beautiful Nature, I thought it would be fun to do an "eye-candy" post. Grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy watching this collection of animated GIFs from Beautiful Nature. Watch as three incredible colorists transform over 40 grayscale images to fully colored works of art!
The collection of GIFs is included in the following video but I have also included them individually in the post below. That way you can watch your favorites over and over again as well as find out which colorist colored which picture and the mediums they used. Video of the Collection of Animated GIFsThe GIFs Posted Individually
I've broken the collection into:
Under each image you will find information about the materials used & the colorist. All of these pictures were colored by three very talented colorists: Ann Reid: Ann is known for her unbelievable ability to capture every detail of an image and achieve a truly photo realistic result. Check out her wonderful & informative step-by-step grayscale coloring tutorial for getting lifelike results. Jones Flores: Jones is a master of vibrant color, often using unrealistic colors relative to the subject while getting fabulous and eye-catching results. Check out her awesome grayscale coloring tips in a recent "Advice From a Colorist" blog post. Learn more about Jones on her Facebook art page. Julie Ann Flores (yes, Jones & Julie are sisters! Talent clearly runs in the family!!): Julie does all her work in acrylic paint. She achieves her incredibly deep and vibrant colors through layers of paint. It is wonderful to see these coloring pages serve as the foundation for a painting! I will be interviewing Julie very soon for an upcoming "Advice From a Colorist" post. We will learn all about her techniques and process for painting a grayscale picture. I can't wait to learn from her! Learn more about Julie on her web site. Flowers
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Dong-A Ink Pens, Finalizer Pens and Pilot G-Tech 0.3 ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Faber Castell Fibre Tip Coloring Pens and Dong-A Ink Pens ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Ann Reid Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Turpentine applied by brush, White Ink Rotring Isograph Pen 0.6mm, Dong-A Gel Pen (Pink) and Pilot G-Tech 0.3. ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Primacolor Premier colored pencils, Dong-A fineliners and Ink Pens ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils mixed with Berkeley Turpentine, Dong-A Ink Pen and Pilot G-Tech Pen 0.3 ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Soft Pastels mixed with Hair Coat Oil for the background, Primacolor Premier colored pencils, Dong-A Ink Pens blended by paintbrush. ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery Plants
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Faber Castell Fibre Tip Coloring Pens blended with a paintbrush, Pilot G-Tech 0.3 and Uni-Ball White Pigment Ink. ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils mixed with Berkeley Turpentine and Dong-A Gel Pens ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery Landscapes
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils mixed with Berkeley Turpentine, Dong-A ink pens and White Pigment Pen ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Faber Castell Fibre Tip Coloring Pens, Dong-A HEXAPLUS Fineliner 0.4mm, Dong-A Ink Pens and Pilot G-Tech 0.3 ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Ann Reid Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils and white gel pen ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Faber Castell Fibre Tip Coloring Pens, Dong-A HEXAPLUS Finalizer 0.4mm, Dong-A Ink Pens, White Ink Rotring Isograph Pen 0.6mm, White Acrylic Paint for the snow balls and Pilot G-Tech 0.3. ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils (mixed with oil for the sky), Dong-A Ink Pen, Pilot G-Tech C3 0.3 and Rotring Isograph White Ink Pen. ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils mixed with Berkeley Turpentine, Dong-A Ink Pen and White Pigment Pen ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Ann Reid Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils and white gel pen ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Dong-A Ink Pens, Pilot G-Tech C3 0.3 and Uni-Ball Signo White Pigment Ink ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils mixed with Berkeley Turpentine ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Mediums Used: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Faber Castell Fibre Tip Coloring Pens and Dong-A Ink Pens ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery 
Colorist: Julie Ann Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature Medium Used: Acrylic Paint ~ View the complete Beautiful Nature grayscale coloring gallery
I hope you found these animated GIFs as inspiring as I did. I'm off to color. Right now I'm working on both the chrysanthemums and the forest of birch trees!
Happy Coloring!
6 Comments
Jones F
7/14/2016 09:11:06 am
This is super fun! Thanks so much Nicole! <3 Nicole I love ur pictures and want to learn them so badly. I have tried even watched the videos, but they go so fast its hard to see each step. I am a little slow at learning things, so if u have one or one of the other colorist that goes step by step one one or more I would love it! I have ordered all ur books and am in the process of learning would just Like a slower version of them thank u and thanks for great pictures!! 7/19/2016 09:00:24 pm
Thank you, Rona!!
Brenda Shreves
7/20/2016 07:01:50 pm
I really enjoyed your email this time!! So much to learn from, Thank you for doing all this work. Looking forward to the next one.
Nicole Desmarais
4/15/2017 06:24:03 am
I have just joined your group, I am amazed at how beautiful your drawings are. Hopefully I will be able to get the books in the near future.. I just love watching your videos, I am learning so much from them. 4/16/2017 06:40:25 am
Thank you for your lovely message! I'm so happy you have found this blog helpful. I have lots more video tutorials on the way that I hope you will enjoy! Leave a Reply. |