i'm taking on another kirby rosanna's
adult coloring page and this time we're
heading into space and whatever this
world within world scene is here are
those lavas
a coloring page like this brings a few
opportunities to try something new and a
few challenges that might intimidate a
new colorist we've got a space scene in
our background a completely different
sky scene in the middle here and we've
got some potential for some shiny
surfaces on our spaceman instead of a
simple starry background i'm going all
in on a colorful galaxy background today
this is something that can be really fun
to try and there's no perfect approach
i've chosen to use the derwent inktense
pencils again for the base layer because
i really liked how they performed in
this book when i colored the beautiful
fish page in my previous video because i
chose to blend them with an alcohol
marker instead of water they didn't
bleed through to the design on the back
of the page at all so i'm trying a
similar approach today but instead of
the alcohol marker i filled a water
brush pen with some isopropyl alcohol to
see if we can create a diy version of
the same thing you'll notice i'm
starting with the bright colors first
and i'm being quite rough with my lowest
layers while i decide where these colors
are going using the dough and inktense
pencils allows you to be a little less
detailed but i'm also keeping my layers
fairly light and using a circular motion
so all this means that i can rush
through this first step and focus more
on where i want the colors to go i'm not
using any particular reference image
here but if you're unsure of what colors
to use or where to place them a good
starting point is to look at other
galaxy photos or images online to see
which colors naturally occur or look
good together in these kind of scenes
and don't be afraid to just get creative
and have a go
my darker colors are all deep blues and
i'll finish off with some black later at
this point i'm working more to blend my
lighter pockets of color into my darker
color and in some cases i'm adding an
extra color in between to give them a
smoother transition for example i'm
adding a purple between the reds and the
blue or a green between the yellows and
the blue now it's time to see if our
makeshift alcohol blender pen actually
works i'm being careful here not to just
wash the alcohol over the whole area
once because dragging the blue into the
yellow or into the red will create a
muddy color so keep a tissue or a piece
of paper on hand to wipe your brush pen
regularly in between the colors this is
working but it definitely doesn't give
me as much control as an actual alcohol
marker it's letting out a lot of alcohol
at once at unexpected times and i'm not
sure if this is really bringing out the
color in the intense pencils in the same
way that water does but it is working
enough for the base layer that i want
and i always love trying new things like
this
so this is a successful experiment it's
time to add some white highlights yes i
am still on the base layer so this is
not my usual order of process here
i am still intending to add another
layer of color on this background but if
you look at any galaxy scene there are
millions of stars in both the foreground
and the background so by creating some
white highlights now in between our
layers and with varying sizes i'm hoping
we'll be able to create a sense of depth
and create some of these more subtle
stars in the background of our final
piece this kind of stuff is definitely
easier with digital art is that too many
stars
oh no no so we could just stop here and
if you're starting out this is a great
simple way to create a galaxy effect but
we are not done i'm moving to the
prismacolor pencils now and my goal here
is to refine some of these details
further i'm adding some extra colors
enhancing areas that need a bit more
vibrancy and i'm working on some of
these blends a little more
more than anything i'm adding a lot of
darker blues and blacks
all over this page
it's the blues and blacks that really
make this for me i love the deep dark
space with the splashes of color and the
stars they are now perfectly in the
distance
like we planned hot
plant although my prismacolor pencils
have left some waxy line marks because
i've used up all the texture of the
paper and i have been pretty rushed
through this so my karen dash blender
pencil is the perfect finishing touch to
smooth this out and i'm just wiping away
the excess wax build up with a tissue in
fact this almost looks printed now which
is an unexpected result but i love it
and yes i was pressing too hard
i broke the blender this isn't the first
time this has happened well i get back
to my white stars i'd love to hear from
you in the comments if you have ever
tried a scene like this and if this is
something that you'll be trying after
watching this video and if you haven't
already please press that subscribe
button but we've still got a lot to
color on this page so let's get ready
for our next challenge the planets
actually i have no idea what i want to
do for these planets yet we'll come back
to those the space suit most astronauts
are dressed in white and i'm not sure if
i want this to be a white suit or more
of like a silver or chrome suit but in
planning for this i'm reminded of the
stormtrooper i colored back in my how to
draw white video where i chose two light
sources and the shadow fell right down
the middle that was the first time i
tried a light source like that and i
haven't attempted it again since so i
think today is the day i've gathered my
colors in two sets i've got a warm set
and a cool set so we're going for a warm
light on our left and a cool line on our
right in each set of colors i've got a
range of light dark grays and then i've
got a few yellows and blues as accent
colors one of the things i found great
about kirby rosanna's coloring books is
that he includes quite a bit of shading
for you in his line work so if you're
unsure where to start i always just
start by blocking out these shadows in
these areas first i've also lightly
drawn out where i think each of my
lights will fall so i have a little bit
of a reference point to work from and
from here i'm just trying to think
through what i already know about
lighting and shadows to choose which
areas should be dark and light but
adding my accent colors in the lighter
areas as well it's a little bit of
guesswork but a fantasy scene like this
can also be pretty forgiving if you do
want to learn more about lighting
shading and coloring shiny objects i've
got a playlist on my channel with a few
helpful videos for beginners to take you
through the basics like how to know
where to put those first shadows and how
to create shiny effects like gold i've
also created a written guide of this
coloring page on my blog where you can
see the pencil colors i've used at each
step i'll pop a link in the description
i've decided to add some pink although
i'm not really clear on my plan for how
this fits in i just like pink and blue
lighting together so i'm taking a chance
and hoping it pays off at the end and
like everything i'm learning to trust
myself more in the process sometimes a
page just takes a little more work to go
from ugly to amazing so don't give up
halfway if things aren't quite looking
like you expect i do want to add some
extra shine to this suit and helmet so
i'm bringing out my white pen again and
highlighting around the edges and in the
lightest areas okay i think it's time we
color these planets i've been unsure how
i want to approach these because if i
just color them in like a sphere i'm not
sure they'll look right in our overall
scene but now i have an idea
i am only going to color the very edge
and the rest of the planet will be a
shadow this looks strange now but just
wait i'm working with my paint pens
again to create a lens flare along the
edge maybe even smudge it a little and
color over it again with the pencils
until i get this just right and we've
got ourselves an eclipse
and that
i'm really happy with that finally it's
time to head into our other world inside
our helmet do you think it's inside the
helmet or is it like
a reflection from the helmet
actually a reflection makes more sense
even though this is still
an impossible scene so i've decided to
limit myself to a somewhat monochrome
color palette to suggest that the space
helmet itself has a gold color to it and
the scene is a reflection i'm working
with the dough and inktense pencils
again and i've chosen just five colors
ranging from dark to light a monochrome
color palette is one of the easiest to
work with because you're just coloring
light and shadows the clouds were
probably the hardest part here and i
just followed the basic shading that
kirby rosannas had started in the line
work creating a slight shadow at the
bottom of each cloud and leaving the top
of the clouds white after a quick layer
of the isopropyl alcohol in my makeshift
blender pen i'm doing some final
touch-ups with my prismacolor pencils
with just four colors again that i match
to the inktense colors as closely as
possible and to help give my helmet its
round shape i'm adding a black shadow
around the whole edge and blending it
into the medium and lighter colors until
it fades into the scene one final touch
it is probably unnecessary but a white
highlight just reminds us that this is a
reflective helmet
and not a gaping hole in our spaceman's
head are we done am i done should i add
more stars this page has taken me just
under five hours which is less than i've
spent on some of my past coloring pages
because the derwent inktense definitely
speeds up the process plus this all gets
easier with practice so if you're
overwhelmed at the idea of ever being
able to color something like this don't
panic just start somewhere and give your
creativity a chance to grow but if you
did find this video helpful and want to
see me color more from kirby rosanna's
adult coloring books here's another
video for you to enjoy