Name: Lily Kerns
How long
have you been a colorist?
All my life I gues, back in the days when a 16 color box of Crayolas was a
treasure. Officially howevr, I was past 30 when I took an adult oil painting
class. The small painting group we
formed spent an entire year just studying color. Then some twenty years later, I took a fabric
dyeing class and learned even more.
What
is/are some of your favorite medium(s)
- · acrylic
- · pencil, especially the woodless ones, both black and colors
- · watercolor pencils (Derwent and Caron d'Arche)
- · fabric
- · Computer graphics--Corel Painter, Photoshop, CorelDraw
- · you name it. I've probably tried it!
Who are
some of your favorite illustrators and or coloring books?
- · I love mandalas-- especially delicate graceful ones.
Why did
you start coloring and does coloring help you with any issues or medical
conditions you deal with?
I enjoy working with color of any kind. At the moment I am concentrating on designing
coloring book pages and only coloring small parts of my print outs. Too many to fully color them all! I can lose myself in both coloring and
designing.
What
would you recommend to anyone thinking about beginning the adventure of
coloring?
Just do it. Use
what you have. The more colors (hues,
values, intensities) you have the better. I love the acrylics because the
variations are endless. It doesn't have to be realistic color!
Is there
anything else that you would like to share?
I teach a creative color class at
http://academyofquilting.com It focuses
on understanding color and using it intuitively. After all, one has been looking at color all
you life. You may not know the technical
terms, but you do know more than you probably think. I also have two Creative Color boards at
http://pinterest.com/segwaygrandma/ these images were chosen specifically for
their use of color.
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