Comments on: Intuitive Abstracts with Colored Pencils https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Scott Costa https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/#comment-122064 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:25:00 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31602#comment-122064 In reply to Päivi.

Thank you for the reply, Paivi! Sounds great. Happy creating and stay safe you all.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/#comment-122063 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:18:08 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31602#comment-122063 In reply to Lynne Braga (Louisa Ellingham).

Thanks so much, Lynne! Windows is a great word for this technique! Maybe just take an old piece and start coloring over it, leaving windows to the most interesting parts?

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/#comment-122062 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:16:21 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31602#comment-122062 In reply to Scott Costa.

Hi Scott, thank you for your comment! Colored pencils are so much fun. Both Mystical Minis and Intuitive Coloring are suitable for a beginner.

]]> By: Lynne Braga (Louisa Ellingham) https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/#comment-122057 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:30:05 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31602#comment-122057 I can’t get over the variety of techniques and how you bring everything so beautifully together into these little coloured “windows”! I don’t seem to have the innate ability to relax into abstraction…I’m always in too big a hurry to produce something that is recognizable. But I SO often want to go the other way!!
There is a lot of art that goes into high fashion, so I’m not surprised that you are attracted to it and also we see art in needlework and fabric design, costumes, etc.
Thanks for this excellent post…I know I will be returning to this one to keep learning!

]]> By: Scott Costa https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-abstracts-with-colored-pencils/#comment-122054 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:58:51 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=31602#comment-122054 Hello Paivi! Wonderful post here that is right up my alley. I have been binging on all things Peony and Parakeet over the last few weeks. I am brand new to colored pencils, drawing and alike and stumbled upon your work through a “dark, moody, abstract” Google search. I very much appreciate your philosophy, your abstract, soft eye, and art world in general. My “vocabulary” is limited to the most basic of shapes. Is Mystical Minis for a beginner as myself?? Maybe Intuitive Coloring?? I Did purchase and enjoyed Coloring Freely. Sorry for the ramble, Paivi ! Thank you!!

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