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The same spring I started school visits and drew coloring pictures for dozens of classes based on what the children wanted me to draw.
They were a spontaneous live drawing performances, which always surprised with how many benefits they brought to the group: developing stronger bonds and teamwork, expanding imagination, making everyone feel seen and heard etc… Everyone had their own characters colored by all the other kids in the class.
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I also celebrated the seasons and holidays drawing new coloring pictures for each almost every year.
Altogether I drew around 100 coloring pictures in total!
Each picture had typically at least 25 characters in them, and they were filled with action. So much FUN!
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One of the highlights on this journey was to create a coloring picture for the official Finland 100 years celebration together with a class of third graders.
The resulting A3 sized coloring picture was available for download, and was colored by over 2400 Finns!
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I enjoyed the journey with all my heart and I’m forever grateful for all the 800+ kids I worked with and the thousands of children who has colored my coloring pictures.
Thank you
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Stay tuned!
In the next chapter of my journey…
I’m going to give my all to bring more books to life – Coloring books included!
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