Grayscale Coloring Round-Up: 90+ Tips, Tutorials & Coloring Pages

​We have amassed a wonderful collection of grayscale coloring tips, video tutorials and practice pages. Therefore, I thought it would be helpful to put together a post that would provide you with quick and organized access to everything so you don't have to dig through all the previous blog posts. 

Below you will find:

• 1 100+ page e-book on grayscale coloring techniques.
• 15 full length coloring tutorial videos.
• 24 speed coloring tutorial videos. 
• 19 written coloring tips.
• 4 step-by-step grayscale coloring approaches from very talented colorists.
• 3 downloadable coloring guides.
• 17 downloadable grayscale images from Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Nature for you to color.​

​The Grayscale Coloring Guide - Free 100+ Page E-Book 
Over 100 pages of grayscale coloring tips, techniques, tutorials and practice coloring pages from my blog organized in a logical order that is easy to find your way through. If grayscale coloring is new to you, this guide will give you the information and tools you need to tackle and enjoy grayscale coloring. If you are a seasoned grayscale colorist then it will enable you to take your grayscale coloring (or painting!) to the next level.

Download the Free E-Book

Full length coloring tutorials and color-alongs
These tutorials walk you through the coloring of a picture from start to finish with the video at normal speed. These videos vary in length from 30 minutes to 2+ hours.

1. Learn How to Color a Cat.
2. Learn How to Color a Landscape.
3. Learn How to Color Flower Buds.
4. Learn How to Color Flamingos. 
5. Essential Coloring Techniques for Increasing Contrast & Impact: Highlights, Shadows & Outlines - Tulip Field Color-Along. 
6. Essential Coloring Techniques for Increasing Contrast & Impact: Highlights, Shadows & Outlines - Rhino Color-Along.
7. How to Color Grayscale Water: Small Waves Color-Along.
8. How to Color Grayscale Water: Big Waves Color-Along.
9. How to Color Grayscale with Colored Pencils: The Basics - Bee Color-Along.
10. How to Color Grayscale with Colored Pencils: The Basics - Tulip Color-Along.
11. Grayscale Coloring Tutorial: Step-by-Step to Realistic Results - Iguana Color-Along.
12. Tulip Field Background (Part 1) with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).
13. Tulip Field Tulips (Part 2) with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).
14. Poppy Field Ominous Sky (Part 1) with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).
15. Poppy Field Hillside (Part 2) with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).

Speed coloring tutorials
These tutorials include instructions to go along with the speed coloring. These videos vary in length from 1 minute to 20 minutes.

Pages from Beautiful Nature

1. Leaf: coloring water drops with colored pencils and ink pens.
2. Mountain & water landscape: how to paint a sunset and reflection with acrylic paints.
3. Dahlia: layering and burnishing with colored pencils.
4. Peony buds: painting grayscale with acrylics.
5. Magnolia tree flowers: Prismacolor Premiers for vibrant color.
6. Succulent: soft pastels blended with baby oil.
7. Lotus Flower: step-by-step grayscale painting with acrylics.
8. ​Gerbera Daisy: step-by-step grayscale painting with acrylics.
9. Tulip Field: with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).
10. Poppy Field: with Prismacolor Premiers (by DKdesign).
11. Petunias: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.

Pages from Beautiful Creatures

1. Butterfly: Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils (by Peta Hewitt).
2. Ladybug: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.
3. Horse: Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.
4. Giraffe: Faber Castell Classic Colors colored pencils & soft pastels. 
5. Cat: Derwent Inktense pencils.  
6. Squirrel: colored pencils, ink pens and soft pastels. 
7. Cow: oil pastels and baby oil.
8. Three Horses: Prismacolors and Berkley turpentine for blending.
9. Crocodile: colored pencils and gel pens.
10. Cat: colored pencils and gel pens.
11. Basenji dog: Faber Castell classic colored pencils over soft pastels.
12. Lion: coloring a grayscale background with soft chalk pastels.
13. Iguana: step-by-step to realistic results.

Written Coloring Tips:

1. 5 Essential Steps for Grayscale Coloring Success.
2. Making your subject stand out.
3. Coloring water droplets.
4. The one color technique.
5. Using Ink or gel pens over colored pencils for details.
6. Outlining with ink or gel pens for a finished look.
7. Soft pastels and pointillism for texture.
8. Cloud coloring technique.
9. Creating the effect of a water background.
10. The "erase with tape" trick.
11. Getting a smooth background.
12. Getting creative with color.
13. ​Using an eraser to achieve softness (e.g. for hair & fur). 
14. Using soft pastels mixed with oil.
15. How to achieve vibrant color.
16. Using pointillism to enhance detail. 
17. Blending with hair coat oil & Berkeley rectified turpentine.
18. Colored pencils over water-based markers.
19. Prismacolor Premiers vs. Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils.

Step-by-Step Grayscale Coloring Process of Four Incredible Colorists

1. Jones Flores: learn her key steps for a gorgeous and vibrant result.
2. Julie Flores: learn how to paint a grayscale picture with acrylics.
3. Ann Reid: learn how Ann gets incredibly realistic results when coloring an animal. 
4. Christine Kowbuz: learn her method for a unique and visually stunning result.

Downloadable Coloring Guides

1. The Owl: Coloring Feathers & Eyes
2. The Leaf: Coloring Water Drops
3. The Hillside: How to Paint Grayscale

Downloadable Grayscale Coloring Pages: 
Here are some grayscale pages for you to download and print so you can practice some of the techniques listed above. These come from Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Nature. Some are full pages and some are practice pages containing parts of images for practice.

1. Eyes
2. Cat
3. Landscape
4. Lotus Flower Buds
5. Flamingos
6. Eyes and Feathers
7. Water Drops
8. Hillside
9. Peony Buds
10. Gerbera Daisy
11. Ocean Wave
12. Sunset
13. Rhino
14. Tulip Field
15. Bee
16. Tulips
17. Succulent

I hope this collection of resources is helpful.

Happy Coloring!