National Coloring Book Day ...

I can hardly believe that it's been almost 5 years

since my Illustration Soulful Whispers was chosen as the cover for 

The Coloring Studio

Premier Issue

"Artists are just children

who refused to put down their crayons"

~Al Hirschfeld~ 

some of my other illustrations are scattered throughout the 112 pages of pure inspiration.

Coloring is our first primal art form... bringing back childhood memories of simply picking up a crayon and creating.

It's one of my favourite pastimes to do with my grandsons.

I remember when The Coloring Studio hit the stands and my grandson Hayden was sitting across the art table from me. We were coloring and chatting away and he said "I told everyone at school that my LaLa is a famous artist :-) ... you can see her art on the magazine The Coloring Studio". He paused for a bit and then added , "one of the girls said 'she is?' and kissed me... thank you LaLa" ;-D 

"You can't use up creativity.

The more you use,

the more you have"

~Maya Angelou~

travelling suitcase for taking out into the garden...

coloring book, pens, paper, stamps ...

creative minds

are rarely

tidy

got creative with some of my illustrations

and turned them into coloring cards

I hope you carve out some time today to celebrate 

national coloring book day ... 

sharpen some pencil crayons & color ...

inside and outside the lines

which is what I will be doing on this very rainy Sunday afternoon! 

~happy August, happy Sunday~ 

d xo