Create a Coloring Page with ColorBliss

You can create a coloring page with almost every AI Art generator - in one of my last blog posts I described the process and the necessary steps in detail.

Some days ago I discovered a website which makes creating coloring pages very easy: It's name is colorbliss.art. There is a free plan which allows you to create 3 coloring pages for free. Once you've done that you can get another three credits if you share the website on social media.

This is one of the coloring pages I created. You can download the file by clicking on the image. It comes as a png file. I then open Open office Writer and paste the image into the document and then export it as pdf.

Important information: ColorBliss just changed the pricing. You have nine free coloring pages, then you have to pay!

Creating a coloring page with AI Art Generators

I want to practice more with my liquid watercolors. Some time ago I watched a video about how you can get more practice with watercolours using coloring pages, and so I thought "why not create my own coloring pages"? OK, there are quite a few steps:

1. Create a simple coloring page without any colored pencils. In the past, whenever I tried to do that the AI added pencils or colored pencils. But I do not want them on the image. In addition to that it has to be simple, because I have to use watercolor paper, so I have to trace the image on the printed paper. 
2. Open a file with Open office writer and paste the image. Then save it as a pdf.
3. Have the pdf printed 
4. Trace onto watercolor paper.
5. Have fun with my liquid watercolors

Here's the result of step #1: I used Nightcafe Studio and the following prompt:

Kids coloring page, very simple, pixar cartoon field of roses, cute cat, plain, simple

It will take a while till I will have done the next steps. In any case I will show you the results of my coloring practice with my liquid watercolor!

Gnome coloring page

 

Some time ago I watched a video about how to get familiar with your watercolors. The guy who did the video said that coloring pages are very good getting acquainted with your paints. 

In my case it is not watercolors but inktense pencils. Somebody mentioned in a video that these inktense pencils can be blended with alcohol. Alcoholbased markers do have alcohol in their inks, so I wanted to try out whether blending my inktense pencils with alcoholbased markers would work. I looked through my selfmade coloring pages (selfmade = made with an AI Art Generator) and went for this gnome. 

It worked. I applied the Inktense pencils on the dry paper, and then went over them with a colorless alcoholbased marker, even with some very light grey markers. Doing it this way I could create color variations. And I promise you: this will not be last coloring page colored with Inktense pencils and markers!

Abstract Cityscape - digitally colored with Gimp

 Before I discovered Color Pop AI as an AI Generator specialised on creating coloring pages I tried to create coloring pages with other AI Art generators. I still thought about coloring these pages manually - with my markers for example - and I was not too happy about the results. Then I decided to refresh my knowledge about coloring digitally with Gimp. There are quite a few videos on YouTube teaching you how to do it, and I decided to give Gimp a try.

Here is my first colored in image. The image itself was created with Leonardo AI. I learnt two things during the process of coloring:

1. It takes more time than coloring something manually. My graphic tablet is not working properly anymore, and I work on a laptop. That means that my right index finger is doing the work. 

2. With coloring an image digitally you can endlessly change the colors, try out new combinations and such. On one side this is okay; on the other side one is tempted to overwork the image.

With all that said I love the process!