It’s like magic! Watch this really cool trick I found to make your coloring book pages watercolor safe! Professional artists learn this in art school, but the average colorist has never seen it before. So after some experimentation, I figured out a relatively quick and easy way for the rest of us to be able to color our pages with wet media. If you like this trick, please give my video a “thumbs up” like and subscribe to my channel.
August 5, 2016, 3:43 pmHave you tried it on pages printed from an ink jet printer?
August 6, 2016, 2:13 pmHi Gina! I haven’t tried inkjet yet, but I’m fairly confident it will work. I’ll have to try that and let you know!
August 5, 2016, 6:12 pmLove your pics
August 5, 2016, 7:45 pmThank you Terri. 🙂
August 5, 2016, 10:51 pmThanks for this wonderful tip.
I was wondering how normal wax pencil work over it because often when I print pictures, the ink from the printing seems to come off as I color and make a lot of the page look dirty, so I was wondering if it would work to apply gesso over the printed art work, before coloring and then how the pencils would layer on top of that.
August 6, 2016, 2:15 pmYes, this will definitely help that problem. The gesso will create a “toothy” texture to your paper that will grab onto the wax of your pencil as you drag it across your paper. So you may have to adjust the pressure you apply as you color. But I encourage you to experiment with it an see what happens. Have fun!!!
August 6, 2016, 7:33 amI love this! I’ve done it before in my amazing coloring books. I’ve colored the picture with water color pencils then used a small brush that holds water in a little tiny plastic container and “painted” the water over the colored picture. Thanks for sharing!
August 6, 2016, 2:18 pmYou’re welcome Patty. 🙂
August 6, 2016, 1:17 pmLooks easy enough I think I will try it!
August 6, 2016, 2:18 pmCan’t wait to hear how it goes!
August 10, 2016, 11:53 amDoes this prevent bleedthru with alcohol markers?
August 17, 2016, 11:18 amHi Karen! I haven’t tried alcohol markers yet, but that’s a great test I’ll need to do! In face, I plan to do a followup video here soon where I test a bunch of different media like that. 😉
January 12, 2017, 1:37 pmYou showed what to buy in this video but unable to find the next one to use all these products you talked about
March 26, 2017, 11:06 amExcited to try this on cardstock
I really enjoy( and learn a lot) from your videos. Wondering how the monthly thing works
Hey thanks
March 29, 2017, 10:33 amThank you Laura. My “Premium Membership” is a $5 per month subscription that gives you access to my entire library of coloring pages and tools, as well as new pages and tools added each month. 😉 You can subscribe here: https://www.coloringbliss.com/premium-membership/
April 15, 2018, 7:13 amI can’t wait to try this! 😊 I love watercolors!
Jennifer can I leave my custom book in my cart till I get paid? Thanks for your tips and advice I finally feal comfortable posting my art! God bless you and your family 😇 😇
April 19, 2018, 8:59 amYes, you can leave your book in the cart and it should remember it for you. 🙂
March 28, 2019, 12:50 pmDid you ever experiment with using the gesso on printed off coloring pages using watercolor markers???
