Name: Quintin Cloud
How long
have you been a colorist?
9 months or so.
What
is/are some of your favorite medium(s)
- · Coloured Pencil
- · Coloured Pen
- · Pencils H9 to B9
- · Black Pen
- · High lighters
- · Fibre Tip Pens
Who are
some of your favorite illustrators and or coloring books?
- · Reina Cottier
- · Beverley Lawson
- · Holly MacDonald
Why did
you start coloring and does coloring help you with any issues or medical
conditions you deal with?
There are many reasons that got me started colouring
again, with the line of work that I do in the engineering field, there are
times that I get design block (The same feeling that writers get when they
write a new novel just that they call it writers block), and by colouring a picture or even drawing my
own picture and been artistic does help clear one’s mind, and with that a complex problem at hand is many times
solved by doing something completely different. I many times run quite late in
doing to evening house hold things that one has to do to keep the house in
check and instead of going to waste my time in front of a TV, I instead colour
just before I go to bed. I have also found that colouring with my 5 year old
daughter is also slowly helping her at junior school in getting her to colour
better at school and focus better on the task at hand or at least that is the
idea. I also found that when I have had
a less favourable days at work and I want to be left alone it does help to
colour and be creative in one’s own style and the only person who be unhappy
with your work is yourself.
What
would you recommend to anyone thinking about beginning the adventure of
coloring?
In this day and age where people are so busy in ones
day to day live and that soft gentle voice is saying to you, find time for
yourself and let that inner child out for some me time, well Colouring is a
great way to be a kid again without the pain of falling out of the tree to be a
kid again. What one must remember is that you do not need to be an art expert,
we all learnt to colour at school and yes some kids where better than others,
but at the end of the day what ever colour you use and how you apply it to the
picture that are colouring in is your choice, If you want Pink sky instead of
blue then do it, If you think the cat must be rainbow coloured, then great! One
does not have to go and buy a adult colouring book because it is the “in thing”
it does help sometimes should one be pressed for time, If you feel happy to
take your son and/or daughters colouring book and colour a page of two then do
it, and if you want to draw and/or colour a unicorn or Dragon go for it, you
are the only one that can say what picture make you happy. Remember that time
and practice will get you to the point that will bring happiness to you. One
must remember that is your picture and journey of happiness, no one else’s. Go
and be that kid again!!
Is there
anything else that you would like to share?
Why have you not started colouring yet? Go and get
started, and show the world what brings happiness to you.
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