Hi, I’m Karen and welcome to My Colourful Country Life.
This is a calm and creative space dedicated to adult colouring, where I focus on helping you colour with confidence.
On this channel, I share step-by-step tutorials, colour combinations, pencil comparisons, and honest reviews of colouring books and art supplies. I also explore what works best on different papers, so you can get better results with the pencils you already own.
If you enjoy slowing down, learning about colour, and understanding the why behind your colouring, you’ll feel right at home here. Whether you’re new to the hobby or have been colouring for years, my goal is to make the process feel approachable, practical, and achievable.
I’m also the creator of Palette Kit, a tool designed to help you find colour combinations, explore different brands and make the most of the pencils you already own.
Grab your pencils, get comfy, and colour along with me.
My Colourful Country Life
🎨 I'm starting to plan my colouring projects for 2027!
I would like project books to continue, but I'm thinking about changing the format to allow a little more flexibility.
Option 2 was based on a comment suggestion from my planner video, I’m thinking maybe 5 books chosen and each month I can choose a page from those books or let the spinner wheel choose, this gives a bit more flexibility and if time allows I can always colour in more than one sometimes.
Which would you prefer?
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Hey all, thank you so much to everyone who popped up in my impromptu live earlier. It helped iron out some issues so I can hopefully do it more regularly. I fixed the rotation now and have worked out my best internet connection… I am fairly rural so it may still end up a little fuzzy but we’ll check that out on the next one 🥰
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Hey friends, lots of questions lately about the paper I'm using in my books to prevent transfer so i thought I'd pop up a post here so it's easy for everyone to find. It is the one in this image down below and you can find it on Amazon here: link.amazon/B01mFoR98
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🌊 NEW MELPOMENI NEWS 🌊
Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou has quietly revealed a brand new release called The Waves of Time.
This will be her first independently published book and it’s a little different from her previous colouring books. She describes it as an underwater inspired colouring journal, combining black and white illustrations with space to dream, reflect, plan and create throughout the year.
It’s currently planned for Autumn 2026 in the Northern Hemisphere, which is Spring here in Australia. The cover and sample pages will be revealed soon.
More details to come….
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DARK BOTANICALS 🌿
Coming October 2027.
This colouring book invites you to explore a mysterious garden filled with strange blooms, twisting vines, and captivating carnivorous plants. From delicate yet deadly flowers to shadowy foliage and otherworldly growths, over 50 images reveal nature at its most enchanting and unsettling. Perfect for those who love gothic aesthetics and unusual plants, this is a garden where the wild things grow.
A reference guide at the back of the book explains the inspiration behind the featured designs.
Available for pre-order here:
UK: link.amazon/B0floOLIm
US: (not yet available)
AU: (not yet available)
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First time off the farm all week and I went to the post office to find some wonderful happy mail waiting for me.
I’m not sure which lovely person sent these out to me as there was no note inside, so I just wanted to jump on here and say thank you so very much 🤗 What a lovely surprise!
If you did send me an email to let me know they were coming, I’m sorry if I haven’t seen it yet. I’ve been out in the paddocks every day this week and I’m a little behind on my emails 😅
Whoever you are, thank you so much. It really did make my day and I’m excited to open them up and check out the colours.
🤍🤍🤍
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If you ever wonder what I’m doing when I’m not filming….
I’m chasing cows… 🐮
Fixing Fences…. 🔨
Falling over and landing in cow poop 💩 🤦🏻♀️
Thankfully dodging the wombat holes… 🕳️
All in a days work lol
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*REUPLOAD*
Hey guys, there was a bit of an issue with the audio in today's upload. I'm just fixing it now and I'll re-upload....
No point having an instructional video where we can't hear the instructions 🤦🏽♀️
I also keep calling the book Seasons.... it's Summer Nights.
So that's how my Monday is going 😆
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❄️ Sharing another winter warmer for my fellow Southern Hemisphere friends.
And for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, here's a little Christmas in July to help cool you down. 😉
This colour along is from Johanna's Christmas using Arrtx coloured pencils.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/e3K89Lc9v_Y
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What better way to celebrate Christmas in July than with a Grumpy Owl in a Christmas Sweater 🦉😆
🎨 Watch here: https://youtu.be/tk82UhhU9Rk
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