Meet the wonderful illustrator Johanna Basford, the creator of Secret garden, Enchanted forest, Lost ocean, Magical jungle, Johanna´s christmas and Ivy and the inky butterfly. In this episode we talk about her upcoming coloring book; World of flowers and why she loves flowers and leaves so much. We also talk about how her passion for drawing and coloring started once upon a time, and why she thought that coloring books for adults could be a thing, back then, when it didn´t exist and no one else believed in the idea. 

Katrine, @alwayscoloring, inspired so many people in the coloring community, with her art, her livestreams, her laughter and her friendship. After she passed away, very sudden, earlier this summer, a whole community has been in chock. In this episode I talk to two of her close coloring friends, Sarah in Australia, and Angel in US. 

She was such wonderful, talented, kind and popular person in the coloring community, and passed away way to soon, just 23 years old. In this episode I talk to her much loved boyfriend, Alexander. 

You don´t need to buy expensive pencils, to make magical colorings! Meet the talented Peni, from Indonesia, who creates amazing, pop-out leaves in Johanna Basfords "Magical Jungle", with just cheap, local, pencils. 

In this episode she tells us how she is doing these colorful jungle-pages, and what it is about the jungle that she loves so much. And why she´s not using green on her leaves. 

Other topics: Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland and Indonesian comedy tv!

In this episode you get to know Raphaela (@colouringwithlove), from Germany, a little bit more, and hear about her coloring story, which started when she was a kid, and colored with her family. We also talks a lot about our shared love for color alongs on Instagram, and if you still don´t know what that is, you will know for sure, after you´ve been listening to this!

Raphaela is also talking about why she wants to go back to her oldest coloring books again, and why she thinks that the forgotten WIP:s (work in progress-pictures) are worth some extra love this summer. 

Jenny Ågren (@jennychromos on Instagram) is making amazing colorings, and in this episode she shares some of her best tips with us. 

We are talking about how she layers with Polychromos, what pencils she uses for faces, how she´s coloring chrystals and gems, and how the coloring helps her with her depression and anxiety. 

And of course she explains why her motto is "practice makes perfect"!

Krystyna, from Poland, is an amazing colorista, who also draws beautiful coloring pages, with female faces. 

Her colorings have great contrasts between light and dark, which makes the pictures really pop!. In this episode she shares her best coloring tips, and tries to give us all more confidence to use our black pencils when we are coloring! 

Sarah, from Sidney, is a well-known person in the coloring book community, under the name @sarah_colors_offical. She has helped a lot of people improve their coloring skills, through her blog, her Facebook-page, her Youtube-channel and on Instagram. She is also known for her amazing coloring charts, like her famous coloring-doughnuts! 

In this episode you learn more about Sarah, and her coloring history, and how her HUGE love for colored pencils started, a long time ago. And what helps her when she´s losing her coloring MOJO. 

She also tells us about what has kept her busy since christmas, and why she has not been so active in the community during this period (a hint is that it´s something with a nose and tail, with the name Mario! ;-) 

Pernilla (@anpethcolor on Instagram) from Sweden, loves glitter! In this episode she gives us her best tips about what to use for sparkle, and how to use it, in the coloring books. We also talk about why she likes Polychromos, Hanna Karlzon's new coloring book Jewelry box, why she colors one picture at the time and which coloring book helps her getting the coloring MOJO back, when it´s gone. And a lot more!

Laura Rafferty has been doing art her whole life, and are doing amazing things with pages in coloring books. In this episode she talks about how it started once upon a time, about her love for acrylics, mixed media and why she is making up stories when she colors in coloring books. And of course we talk about her own coloring books and a lot more!