GDG “Annual Colorist Choice”, host review by Inge Boogaers-Kanters

GDG “Annual Colorist Choice”, host review by Inge Boogaers-Kanters

This gorgeous cover is colored by a great colorist, Véro Pignot, she brought these drawings alive like a dream!

Do you like to see the rest of the book too, than enjoy this video with me….

I sendet this book to Inge Boogaers, just after she became the newest Dutch Global Doodle Gems Artist, to see what GDG is about, and to meet her new digital colleges. Let’s hear what she has to tell us about GDG “Annual Colorist Choice Collection” Volume 1.

“When I received this coloringbook I was really surprised! It has a great amount of coloringpages in it and they are so different in style! You almost never see that in a coloringbook, because normally a coloringbook is made by one artist. The concept off Global Doodle Gems, worldwide artists collected in one book is fantastic. Let me explain to you why”.

“I am a person who loves all kind of styles to color. I think I am not the only one to say that I normally buy almost every coloringbook I run in to. I just like them all! That means I have a great collection of coloringbooks, and they are everywhere. Sometimes I am going through all these books to find something I would like to color at that specific moment and it always ends up in a great mess”.

“Now there comes in the Global Doodle Gems Coloringbook! If you like all different styles but you don’t want a cabinet full of books or you just don’t have the money to buy them all, this is the perfect book. Because it represents so many artists you have got a big amount of styles and drawings in just one book! Just go through the book and you will find that one drawing you are just in the mood for. Are you going on a trip? You just have to pack one book 🙂 …..and this book is a trip around the world of Art for itself”.

“Well, enough about that. When I opened the book I was a little worried about the paper. It’s looks quit thin if you compare to coloringbooks you buy in your local bookstore. When I started coloring I discovered my worries were gone immediately”.

“The paper is very, very good quality for all kind of materials. I worked with different coloringpencils, alcoholmarkers, Koh-I-Noor aquarel wax pencils, Tombow Dual Brush pens and Sakura Koi Brush pens. It all works great on the paper and I must say as a markerfreak, I never had a book where the colors ended up so bright! I really love it. If your favourite material to color are alcoholmarkers too, than I can really recommend this book because that one thing we always worry about is thought of! All coloringpages are printed on one side of the book. You don’t have to worry you lose the drawing on the back and that is really great. Off course you need to put a piece of paper between the page you are working on and the next page, but if you work with alcoholmarkers you already know that I guess”.

“Another nice thing I noticed  is the information on the left side pages. There you can find for each drawing the name of the artist and the country where they are from. I really like that, because this way they give artists the credits they deserve instead of being put up anonymous in a coloringbook. Way to go Global Doodle Gems”!

“This specific book is a special one. The book starts with an information page explaining where this book is about and some words from the judges. I will quote the first part for you so you have an idea what kind of coloringbook this is”:

“We had a huge nomination round on our Global Doodle Gems Coloring Group, colorists nominated their favorite drawings by submitting their colored pieces from Global Doodle Gems Books published from the first year July 2015 to April 2016. Over 500 drawings were nominated for the book. We had A jury of 7 judges from the large Coloring Groups Worldwide, vote on their favorites and here is the result. We hope you will enjoy it!”

“It was hard to make a choice, but I choose 8 totally different works to color. I will show the pictures and tell about the material I worked with and about the drawing and how it is to color it”.

Topaz Monarch Butterfly by Alfred E. Villanueva from The Philippines
It has been published in ‘GemInsects’
Colored with:  Different kind of alcoholmarkers

Ladybug girl by Bev Choy from the USA
Its has been published in Global Doodle Gems Volume 1
Colored with:  Alcoholmarkers and coloring pencils

Mandala by Ena Tera Art from Granada, Spain
It has been published in Global Doodle Gems Volume 7
Colored with:  Alcoholmarkers and a Blender marker

Cat by MWMS – Johanna Ans from The Netherlands
It has been published in Cat Gems
Colored with:  Alcoholmarkers and coloring pencils

Girl with baby Dragon by Laurie Beauchamp from the USA
It has been published in Dazzling Dragons
Colored with: Alcoholmarkers and A Blender marker

Flowers by Leaf Yeh from Taiwan
It has been published in Global Doodle Gems Flowers Collection Volume 2
Colored with:  Alcoholmarkers, Coloring pencils and background with Koh-I-Noor Wax Aquarell pencils

Twister coloring page by Maria Wedel from Denmark
Its has been published in The Twister Book Chill Pill Volume 1
Colored with: Sakura Koi Brush pens and Tombow Dual brush pens

 

Love Tree by Peggy Sue’s Artwork from The Netherlands
It has been published in Global Doodle Gems Valentines Collection Volume 1
Colored with: Marco Raffine Coloring Pencils

 

I want to say that most drawings have no name, but I named them for myself so it will be more clear what work I am writing about. I hope the artists don’t mind.

My experience:
I really love this book. A big plus for:

*the variety of drawings,
*the one sided coloringpages,
*the quality of the paper,
*the artists credits (I think that is important),
*and off course the great artworks.

Are there any negative things? Well, not really, but if I have to mention something I would say it is sometimes hard to read the names because of the font that is used. I think the font is a little old-fashioned, and not one that atracts younger adults, but that is my personal opinion of course!

For aquarel I wouldn’t use it, because I don’t think the paper will stay in good shape with water, like 99% of the coloringbooks available in the world.

It is only available at Amazon and it would be great if you could buy this book, and the other Global Doodle Gems books, in local stores.

I hope you enjoyed my review and if you are going to buy the book I am very sure you won’t regret it!

 Inge Boogaers-Kanters

Do you like to join our club and be a member of our Global Doodle Gems Fangroup, please jump in, meet other great colorists and our artists.
And if you like to buy a copy yourself, be my guest and push the button below!

Thank you very much Inge for your great review, you did a hell of a job!

Your blogger Johanna Ans

 

 

GDG Adventure on the KreaDoe event 2-6 November with Kleurglossy

GDG Adventure on the KreaDoe event 2-6 November with Kleurglossy

What a great adventure was this! From the day that I  got the call from Personalia, the publisher from the Dutch color magazine Kleurglossy, I was in the eventmood! What do I have to bring along, what can I bring along….so started to collect as much as colored pieces that I have from the Global Doodle Gems books, and ordered them book by book in big presentationbooks! A damn good idea! Of course packed my collection GDG books to show the Dutch people as much as possible of what we have on our GDG shelves.

Wat een avontuur was dit! Vanaf de dag dat ik het telefoontje kreeg van uitgeverij Personalia, van de Kleurglossy, was ik in de beursstand. Wat moet ik meenemen, wat kán ik meenemen… begon dus maar met het verzamelen van jheel veel ingekleurde platen om die in presentatiemappen te doen, een heel goed idee bleek achteraf! Natuurlijk pakte ik een groot deel van mijn eigen collectie GDG boeken in om de Nederlandse kleurders zoveel mogelijk te laten zien wat wij bij GDG op de plank hebben.

 It was a petty, that the newest Kleurglossy was not in the stand, because we would be in the next Kleurglossy…. but that will be fine on 18th of November, than the 1th celebretory will be published, with a present from Tombow on it!

Jammer dat de nieuwste Kleurglossy nog niet uit was, want daar staan we in met Global Doodle Gems…..maar, dat word goedgemaakt op 18 november, dan komt het 1ste jubileumnummer uit, met een cadeautje van Tombow erbij!

How do I make the stand also a Global Doodle Gems stand… hmm, creative mind as I am, I started to make business cards, make cards with the names on from the people behind the stand, looked around in my house what was useful to bring along…. two easels to present my profile picture, the gorgeous drawing made by Alfred E. Villanueva, colored by Peggy Sue and our newest GDG book Typical Dutch, balloons, decoration, and there we go!

Hoe maak ik nu snel even iets zodat het ook een echte Global Doodle Gems stand word, creatief als ik ben, begon ik met visitekaartjes, naamkaarten door wie men die dag geholpen werd, rondkijken in huis, en verhip, schildersezels, 1 om mijn profielfoto op te zetten, getekend door Alfred E. Villanueva en ingekleurd door Peggy Sue, en de andere werd een Hollandse standaard voor het nieuwste GDG boek, Typical Dutch. Ballonnen, een slinger, en hop, vertrekken maar!

  

And than, there we are… Manuela Bremer,my friend and also a colorist from the Dutchie Team, brought me to the event, Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht, so excited, both of us. All our stuff on a small handtruck, big shoppers in our hands…let’s go! Oh my gosh, how big this event is, almost 170 different stands with craftmaterial, I came into heaven! My GDG collegue and friend Peggy Sue Karunding was also a volunteer for that day…..and we needed all those eyes and hands! Look how much Kleurglossy magazines there are to share with the visitors!!! We start with half of the stand for Global Doodle Gems!

En daar zijn we dan… Manuela mijn vriendin en inkleurder van het GDG Dutchie kleurteam, bracht me naar de Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht, zo spannend, voor allebei! Onze spullen op een kleine steekwagen, bigshoppers in de handen…daar gaan we! O mijn god, wat is dit groot, bijna 170 stands met hobbyspullen, ik kwam in de hemel! Mijn collega tekenaar en vriendin Peggy Sue was er ook als vrijwilliger die dag…. en wat hadden we al die handen en ogen nodig! Kijk hoeveel Kleurglossy’s die we gaan uitdelen aan de bezoekers!
Peggy, Manuela en Johanna Ans…. we beginnen met een halve tafel voor Global Doodle Gems!

How great it was to meet my collegues Mireille Westerduin & Karin Speijer Kamp for the first time, also Connie van de Bos who came with them. I met so many people personal this event, people that I only know from Facebook coloringgroups..that was really great! The first day, was a very hectic day too, thousands of Kleurglossy’s sheared with the visitors, we where broken at the end of the day. And I was disapointed in people too…. they stole 8!!! books from my personal collection, my Global Doodle Gems books…. I hope that they have fun with it, and share there colored pieces on the groups, so that it has a goal to steel them! We ended our day with a nice dinner, talked about our first day, how it was and felt!

Hoe leuk was het voor het eerst mijn collega Mireille te ontmoeten, Karin van het GDG Dutchie kleurteam, en Connie die ook geweldig kleurt. Ik heb zoveel mensen ontmoet, die ik alleen kende van de FB kleurgroepen, dat was echt heel erg leuk! De eerste dag was een hectische dag, duizenden Kleurglossy’s hebben we uitgedeeld, we waren helemaal op aan het einde van de dag.  En ik was teleurgesteld ook in de mens… ze hebben verdorie 8 boeken van mijn privécollectie gejat, mijn GDG boeken dus…. ik hoop dat ze er gelukkig mee zijn,en dat ze hun gekleurde platen showen op de kleurgroepen, dan is het niet voor niets geweest. We hebben onze dag afgesloten met een heerlijk etentje, even bijkomen van alles!

Day 2, my volunteer for today was Karin, I was so happy that she would help me out, because just by yourself, is almost not possible. We had more room that day, more room for our GDG Books, and our presentation. Also room for coloring…and what kind of coloring…with brand new stuff from our neighbor on the event, TOMBOW!!!! For me a set of 96 TOMBOW Dual Brushpens and Karin could color with Tombow Irojiten…. oh my gosh…. for me a total new brand that I never used before…with a team of great colorists in front of me…. a little nervous and scared…hihi.

Dag 2, Karin is vandaag mijn hulp, oh wat ben ik haar daar dankbaar voor, in je eentje is bijna onmogelijk. We hadden meer ruimte dan de dag ervoor, meer plek om een GDG presentatie te maken…en om te kleuren…en met wat voor materiaal! Onze overbuurman was Tombow Nederland, en via hen kregen we dus een set 96 Tombow Dual Brush Pens op tafel en een setje Iroijten…. o mijn god…voor mij totaal nieuw materiaal wat ik niet eerder had gebruikt…met een team van ervaren Tombow kleurders tegenover mij… een beetje nerveus was ik wel!

Day 3, Peggy and Johanna Ans, we are getting into the flow….our first GDG books to sell arrived, that was a bumper, that not all arrived, but, we where sure that we would have a great day again! Of course the great brands from Tombow again on our table, so we could demonstrate our coloringskills too. I could see that I colored better this day…starting to get the feeling of the Tombows…. I do love the colors! Also had new stuff to test, talked with the Posca people the day before, and this day Peggy and I also will do a workshop with Posca pens, I will do a birdshouse and Peggy a toiletry…. also great stuff, waterbased paint in a pen! And Peggy had the oppertunity to color with the Tombow Irojiten, for the first time…and she was really really excited about them!

Dag 3, Peggy en Johanna Ans, we beginnen in het ritme te komen…. onze eerste GDG boeken voor de verkoop zijn binnen, teleurstelling even, want we rekenden op 15 verschillende en hadden er maar 3…maar stellig van plan er opnieuw een leuke dag van te maken. Ik begin te wennen aan mijn Tombows, het ging al stukken beter dan de eerste dag, de kleuren zijn ronduit geweldig! Ook had ik nieuw testmateriaal op tafel liggen, had de tweede dag gesprek bij Posca, en vandaag gaan Peggy en ik er beiden een workshop volgen…ik een vogelhuisje en Peggy een toilettas, ook heerlijk spul, die Posca, verf op waterbasis in stiftvorm! En Peggy vandaag voor het eerst kleuren met de Tombow Irojiten…en ze was er dus echt helemaal weg van!
 

Day 4, we had a warning, Saturday will be a very busy day and it was…we had the rest of the GDG books, so we had to arrange them nice on our table…and we both were very proud of our stand! We could tell a lot about Global Doodle Gems, what and who we are, tell about our unique concept, and in the meantime, coloring with such a great material, we both where in love hahaha. Of course we also gave away some GDG books, to the people that brought us gorgeous coloringmaterial.
 
My first try with the Tombow Dual Brush pen on the Sinterklaas drawing from the book  GDG Typical Dutch, artist Peggy Sue, was a real adventure, I had to find out, how those pens worked, but it was fun! My second was a drawing by artist Mireille Westerduin, from the same book, I only colored with the blender pen and blending palette, really lovely result!

Mijn eerste poging met de Tombow Dual Brush stiften is de Sinterklaastekening uit het boek GDG Typical Dutch, van tekenaar Peggy Sue Karunding, dat was een leerzaam avontuur! Ik moest echt ontdekken hoe om te gaan met deze stiften. Mijn tweede tekening is van Mireille Westerduin, uit hetzelfde boek. Daar heb ik gekleurd vanaf het blenderpalet met de blenderpen, en ik vind het resultaat erg leuk geworden!

Dag 4, we werden gewaarschuwd, zaterdag is een hele drukke dag, en dat werd het… de rest van onze GDG boeken waren geleverd, dus we konden opnieuw gaan inrichten…en trots dat we waren op onze stand! We hebben veel kunnen vertellen over Global Doodle Gems, wat en wie we zijn, over ons unieke concept, en intussen lekker kleuren met gewoonweg fantastisch materiaal. Uiteraard hebben we ook boeken uitgedeeld, aan de mensen waar wij prachtig kleurmateriaal van hebben gekregen!

 

And we also had great collegues in front of us, workshops in the Tombow stand with Julia Woning with her lovely drawings Dikke Dames (Fat Ladies) and Nienke (Handlettering with Tombow) and these Tombows are really great for that!

Leuke creative collega’s ook bij de overburen, Julia Woning met workshops Dikke Dames kleuren, en Nienke deed workshops Handlettering met de Tombow, die daar dus uitermate geschikt voor zijn!

Some examples, Julia Woning’s X-Mas cards by BBNC Publisher

And then it will be the last day, our body’s are getting to feel tired, but we both will not think about that, its Saturday and the people will come for supersales…I am sorry, but we already have a great price… but we showed how to color our books, gave tips and tricks, that was our extra extra for the last day…. People where really excited about our books, they look different as the most we can buy in the Netherlands, we heard that many times…so we were very proud! Thank you very much team Tombow, for your great help, and your great gift, yes folks, I could take my set of 96 Tombow pens home with me, cried many times about it, so happy! We had beautiful presents those days, get a very good offer for the daylight lamps that Maurice from Tombow arranged for us to borrow during the event, we went back home, happy, proud but also really tired!

En dan is daar alweer de laatste dag, ons lichaam verteld dat we moe gaan zijn, maar daar willen we nog niet aan gaan denken. Het is zaterdag, de dag van de koopjesjagers, maar onze prijs was al scherp, dus extra tips, kleurtechnieken op aanvraag laten zien…. De bezoekers waren enthousiast over onze boeken, vernieuwend, anders dan ze gewend waren, dat hebben we vaak mogen horen. Heel erg bedankt team Tombow, voor jullie hulp, maar vooral ook voor de leuks cadeautjes, ja ik mocht de set van 96 Tombowstiften mee naar huis nemen, voor de daglichtlampen die we voor een topprijs mee konden nemen, nadat Maurice die had geregeld voor ons, te gebruiken tijdens de beurs. We gingen naar huis, blij, trots maar ook erg moe.

The result of coloring with the Tombow Irojiten by Peggy Sue Karunding, a drawing done by Ellen Wolters from the book GDG Typical Dutch. It was an amazing and gorgeous piece of work Peggy!

Het eindresultaat met de Tombow Irojiten, ingekleurd door Peggy Sue Karunding, een tekening van Ellen Wolters uit het GDG Typical Dutch boek. Prachtig mooi werkstek Peggy!

An extra thank you for team Tombow, they helped me through my first Event experience, I have permission to use this picture from there page Tombow Netherlands

Dank jullie wel Maurice, Katja, Mieke, Divina, Rita, Inge, Suraya, Julia, Nienke, Gerard, Cocky, Jolanda en Michel… voor alles wat ik heb mogen leren van jullie tijdens mijn eerste beurservaring. (foto met toestemming van Tombow Nederland, Maurice)

Thanks Personalia Publisher Seb and Natasja for this great oppertunity for Global Doodle Gems to share a stand!

Johanna Ans, your blogger for Global Doodle Gems