Colours (August IndieWeb Carnival theme) sach.ac/2025-08-31-02

I don't draw with lots of colours these days, even though I can have as many as I want. Usually:

• black
• highlight
• maybe gray
• maybe an accent colour

I've drawn with more colours before. I think it's when I feel more relaxed about time. A+ is playing Minecraft with her cousins. I could do many other things, but I want to draw.

I looked at 18 years of sketches and picked some things I like.

• 2020-02-06: I like painting.
• 2015-03-06c: I like softer colours.
• 2017-01-30a: This doodle was fun.
• 2012-03-21: I like the contrast here.

I came across this collection I made, too: highlighter (style I tend to use), decorations (Luigi Mengato), toned text (Kazumi Koyama), contrasting text (Timothy J. Reynolds), accent text (Eva-Lotta Lamm), spacer (Makayla Lewis), areas (Per Axbom), glow (Katharina Bluhm), background (Eva-Lotta Lamm), flood (ItsLilpeanut), text and outlines (Heather Willems), colourful outlines and fills (Liisa Sorsa), everything (Lynne Cazaly), shade (Makayla Lewis), shaded cartoon (Hamish MacDonald)

I circled the ones I want to try.

In Syllabus, Lynda Barry assigns colouring sheets. Don't rush. Students figure out that thicker colour = more fun.

The library always has crayons and sheets. I've been colouring while waiting for A+. I press hard and fill the space.

I like seeing these across the room as I draw in bed.

Someday I'll get the hang of this!