Kea Software

If you have a flat-bed scanner, then you can create great, personal coloring pages by scanning in images that you and your children have drawn.  Here's a simple example...

1. Sketch with a pencil

For the first step it is always best to draw lightly with a pencil.  Any mistakes can then be fixed with an eraser.

Use an HB pencil, and a good quality eraser (Faber-Castell or similar).

Our example shows a very simple guinea-pig character.

2. Draw over with a black marker

Once you are happy with your pencil sketch, draw over the outlines with a black marker.  The thickness of pen used will depend on the style you want.  Here a medium-tip artists pen was used.

Give the ink a moment to dry and then erase any remaining pencil marks.

(If you want to go through step-by-step you can download the full-size image here)

3. Scan the image

Put your picture on the scanner and scan it in, saving as a jpeg file.  To make it easy for the Parent Tools to find it save the file into My Pictures\Kea Coloring\import\.

Next steps

Now that you have your picture scanned in, go back to the instructions for Creating a Coloring Page.