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Dover B&W Sampler - colouring by Anne.
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Remember the fun you all had as children - using crayons and a colouring book. Well that ain't
just for kids. I subscribe to Dover Publications who send a sampler once a week with a lot of black and white
sketches, some simple, some almost easy enough !! and some really difficult - especially the greys and blacks they provide.
This here is a sample of what can be done if you have a Paint programme in your computer. I use mainly the
Photo Studio 5 programme which comes with the Canon Lide Scanner, to do this kind of work in. But many of
you have different kinds of programmes for art work, tubes etc. At the right here is the original I worked from to produce
the above.
I also use Paint box a great deal - mainly to reduce the sizes of pics, (it's great for doing
that) as well as other using it for text, colour etc. ... but a lot of people are loathe to touch that programme
for some reason - I can tell you it is excellent, and like anything else, takes getting used to and learning.
My colourings - more of which are below here - are a great source of relaxation and satisfaction
to me.
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Below is the original Dover Publication
black and white sketch - easier to deal with,
depending on how much you want to put into it.
The above has a lot of texturing in it.
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A few more colourings. You can take any of these colourings on this page
that you like, however, if you use them I would appreciate acknowledgement that they are Dover Publication Sampler originals,
coloured by Anne Byam.
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| Click on image for a much better view |
The above Fish Leaping, was originally greys with black and white, and it was
later embossed and given a 'soft edge' look to it.
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| The detail on this is worth a better look - click on image |
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