Mandala Wisteria

 Today's coloring is a beautiful drawing of a Wisteria tree.

The colors I used are below,

but I stayed mainly with the first 4 that are listed.

Thanks for viewing my mandala!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Beautiful Blooming Mandalas by Zara Zen

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils 150 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Mandala Peony

 I chose to color another page from the blooming mandalas coloring book.

This time, though, I used a combination of Prismacolors & Polychromos.

As you can see, 

I decided to showcase the peony

by brightly coloring the shapes that surround it.

The outside shapes, which are predominantly wavy & circular,

were colored in the light pink just like the peony. 

These are the colors I used:

Here's some more photos.

Thanks for coming by

and have a blessed week!

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Beautiful Blooming Mandalas by Zara Zen

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils 150 set

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

The Ever-Changing Favorites Coloring Wall

 I said it in the very beginning that this Favorites Coloring Wall

would be ever changing because new favorites come into play.

I replaced a mandala coloring with my newest coloring

that I think came out really pretty - the Mandala Bird of Paradise.

I chose pink & orange cardstock for the background.

It's all about making myself happy!

Until the next change....

Have a blessed day!

Lisa >^..^<

Mandala Bird of Paradise

 I just bought another unique mandala coloring book.

This one combines the mandalas with florals.

I chose to start with the Bird of Paradise.

I chose to use Kalour colored pencils because of the vibrancy

 & numerous choices in each color family.

These are not my favorite colors to use because of several reasons, 

which are found in these two previous critque posts:

https://iluvcatsandscraps.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-new-kalour-colored-pencils.html

https://iluvcatsandscraps.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-second-critque-of-kalour-colored.html

Even with all of my complaints about these colored pencils,

this 8" x  8" coloring may just be a favorite and end up on my

 Favorites Coloring Wall in my craft room!

Here are two previous posts regarding this wall.

https://iluvcatsandscraps.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-craft-room-part-one-my-favorite.html

https://iluvcatsandscraps.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-craft-room-favorites-colorings-wall.html

To get everything as smooth & solidly colored as possible,

I had to go over each color 3 times.

YES!  THREE TIMES.

Very time consuming in my opinion.

But, had I not done this, I don't think this coloring would be as nice.

However, the outcome is really pretty

because I LOVE bright, vibrant colors.

I began coloring the flower.

Every single color used on this page, 

with the exception of the light purple used for the background color in the center,

was used on the flower & its leaves & stems.

These were then used throughout the entire page. 

These are the Kalour colored pencils that I used:

Here are some more photos:

Once again, I thank you for visiting my blog.

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Beautiful Blooming Mandalas Coloring Book by Zara Zen

Kalour colored pencils - 180 set

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

A Second Critique of Kalour Colored Pencils & a Happy Discovery

 I've given my opinions before on Kalour colored pencils.

Those opinions can be found here:

https://iluvcatsandscraps.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-new-kalour-colored-pencils.html

I now have more opinions/critiques on this brand 

since coloring with them several times.

While coloring my latest page, I opted to use Kalour pencils.

I keep trying to use them in hopes that I'll really fall in love,

which hasn't happened yet.

What I find is that they 'skip'.

What I mean by that is that they don't flow smoothly, 

leaving white in between what appears to be tiny spots of wax.

To prove this point, here are a few photos.

Focus on the light green next to the magenta.

This is the first pass and as you can see, it's 'spotty'.

Going over it again, helps but not quite 100%.

It will do.

Another example. 

This time, I've double colored the left side

and the right side has been done only once.

Now both sides have two coats of color.

Kalour colored pencils are famous for their vibrant colors

and boy do they have NUMEROUS blues, greens, every color family.

They're very inexpensive.

BUT

They wear down QUICKLY!

They can't be 'blended' using a colorless blending pencil

like I use with my Prismacolors & Polychromos.

However, a made a 'happy discovery' regarding blending.

I wasn't real happy with the amount of wax build up and

decided to erase some of it to see if it would help.

Using my Sakura Eraser,

I started erasing the area and guess what happened?!!

It was BLENDING the colors!

WHAT?!

I wasn't applying much pressure & continued doing this.

here is a photo where I only did the left leaf; not the stems

and I also blended (i.e. erased) the pink, green & blue part.

As you can see, there's a remarkable difference in the left leaf vs. the right leaf!

This technique will work on larger areas, but not intricate, small areas.

It's kind of 'sad' in a way that an eraser is what's needed to smooth & blend.

I won't be using this brand often

because it frustrates me.

But, for the low amount of cost, 

they can be worth it for some & still produce beautiful colorings.

I'm just particular and like a smooth finish versus a spotty, waxy, rougher finish.

That is all. 😁

Have a blessed week!

Lisa

Intricate Pattern 6-4-26

 I gravitate to the colors used in today's intricate pattern coloring.

I'm going to try harder to use color palettes that I'm not 100% comfortable with

to change things up a bit.

But, I must say, this one turned out beautifully.

The colors are so pretty together!

I used only Polychromos colored pencils.

Thanks for dropping by to see my coloring.

Coloring is such a wonderful hobby.

I'm so glad I discovered it!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Intricate Patterns coloring book by Jade Summers

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

My Craft Room - Favorites Colorings Wall Updated

 The blank space on My Favorite Colorings Wall in my craft room

really continued to bother me.

So, I dug in the closet frame box and pulled out a very nice 

8" x 8" square brass frame.

I used a cool set of letter dies and various colored cardstock scraps

to spell out "My Favorites".

😁

This sure beats house cleaning!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa

The dies I used:

Lifestyle Crafts - "Espresso"