Hermit Crab Tropical Paradise

 I've been eye-balling this page for quite a while and so I've finally colored it!

And YES - there really ARE blue hermit crabs!

Either way, it adds interest when coloring, in which 'anything goes'!

I added a little bit of purple mixed in with blue on the body of the crab

because of this beauty I saw on the internet. WOW!

Look at the blues, purples and even PINKS!

I read up on hermit crabs and they mostly take over abandoned snail shells,

but they also (unfortunately) make their home in our plastic garbage.  

Very sad.

That's why I colored the 'house' a different color from the crab.

It's 'shell' is like a plot of paradise!

The shell has two colors. 

The base color is Cadmium Orange Hue & the accents are in Pumpkin Orange.

As you can see, I meticulously drew over the lines as accents

 to make them stand out.

Sometimes when you take your time coloring, 

you can produce something appeasing to the eye.

In this close-up, you can see starfish, shells & 

even a baseball mitt strew across the landscape.

All of the vegetation is colored in various greens.

I think doing that makes it look a little more realistic.

For instance, the coconut palms are different from the other types of palms.

Take a look in the up close photos below.

I'm going to start with the encampment!

If you notice, there's a purple lotus flower sitting on a lily pad!

That's because it's on the following page in this coloring book.

Kerby Rosanes hides a little something from the following page!

Just to show you about the lotus flower, 

this is the next two-page spread that I colored quite a while back.

Now let's go all around the page.....

Thank you so much for visiting!

Hope you're having a great day like I am!

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Kerby Rosanes Worlds Within Worlds Coloring Book

 

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils

Sakura Eraser

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray