Coloring Page: African Mask

 

For some days now coloring digitally has become a more or less daily activity. I enjoy it very much and it has taught me a few things:

1. How to create my own coloring pages with AI Art Generators: There is an AI Art Generator which specialises on creating coloring page - however with the proper prompt you can get line art pages with almost every AI Art Generator.The lineart for the mask on the left was created with Blue Willow.

2. How to set up a coloring page in Gimp by creating an alpha channel: There are a few very good youtube tutorials which explain the necessary steps in an easy to follow way, so I will not go into detail here.

3. How to find the proper color combinations
I tend to use too many colors. There is a very good book called "The complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition" which gives many examples of color combinations. All of these color combinations consist of only three colors, not more, with one color being the dominant one. I must say this is something I have to learn.

And not to forget: I think coloring a page also has a very relaxing and almost meditative side to it!