Colorist Kimberly Egberts used Staedtler Ergosoft Aquarell pencils and discount store TwinMarkers (alcohol based, mainly from Action) to color the fruity page on the right. To color the peachy page on the left, Kimberly used Derwent Lightfast, Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils, and a Caran d’Ache Luminance pencil (801, Ivory). Kimberly said, “The fruits were an easy way to start, as they formed guidelines for color placement. The larger surfaces appeared to be a pain for lower quality, striping markers, but created perfect opportunities to blend and shade your heart out.”  Although she had great outcomes, she did share this honest opinion, “To me, bridging the gaps between interrupted pen strokes was a relatively challenging aspect of this book, as well as distinguishing and determining different elements on more detailed pages.” 

As for techniques that Kimberly used, she explains, “My fruity page was done using a 24-pack of watercolor pencils and cheap alcohol markers, showing the possibilities for colorists with limited supplies. I started by filling out an object with a light-colored marker. Next, I went over it with the pencils, preferably while the ink was still wet, to benefit from the watercolor effect. Different shades and colors were blended together to create the shaded effect. The peach page has been built up from many pencil layers. I used between 5 and 8 different shades for each object. I generally used the polychromos to create basic layers of color and the Lightfasts to create texture and vibrancy.”