Thoughts On This Piece

This underwater coloring page was the first project in my children’s book illustration class. It was truly one of the most fun and freeing projects I had done in a long time because most of my projects focus more on basing stories off of reality and how real things interact with each other, and to be honest, that’s a lot of stress!

To be fun and cartoony was a great breath of fresh air and much needed because of being in a time of uncertainty and insecurity. Creativity is so limited with the standards you set yourself in your art, and having someone just tell you “Hey! Be a kid again and draw fun stuff!” is such a joy. I feel that every artist should take some time to enjoy a fraction of the creativity kids experience in their lives through their art. Life’s too short to worry about perfection. (Yeah, yeah. That advice is for me too.). Make a coloring page of your own! It’s much excitement to be had and the best thing is that it doesn’t have to make sense.