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I envy you guys who can colour. I can ONLY do black and white stuff, as soon as I try to add colour, I ruin the image straight away!! Share some tips? (Please?)
Putting pencil to paper isn't really a problem for me, I can usually see what I'm going to draw before I've done it - but if I try to work out the colours I want, it just becomes one big blurry mess in my head!!
I know each artist has his or her own strengths/weaknesses, but I don't want to accept this as a weakness and avoid it.
I've been browsing the Art Portal a lot lately and I've noticed most of the coloured work stand out the most.
I'd love to create a bright, vivid piece but there are so many different kinds of mediums out there, I wouldn't even know where to begin!