Marianne Walker

Do you like coloring? Who doesn't? I like markers and I like coloring!

Since 2000, I have been helping people learn how to color with Copic Markers. I love teaching art and coloring concepts to all age groups, from young to old. I teach everything from drawing superheroes to zombies, paper crafting to anime, preschool to assisted living.

I am the North American Product Director for Imagination International, Inc. I have a BFA in Multimedia Design with a minor in Journalism. I am happily married to a street artist, and I am a mother of two great, creative kids. I love reading, drawing, baking, gardening, going to church, and I try really hard to be a generally nice person.

I like to tell people that my job is to fly around the world and teach people how to color. Yeah, it's a tough job, but someone has to spread the awesomeness of coloring to the people of the Earth.

So far, I've written a bunch of books. With Colleen Schaan, we worked on the Coloring Guide series with Annie's Attic. Through Imagination International, I've been working on the Coloring Foundations series of tutorial books. I want coloring to be easy and fun, but I also want to help people learn new artistic concepts like shading, depth of field, color theory, and more. I also write tutorials and lessons for teachers and students on cool things like doodling, drawing zombies, or writing comic strips.

You know what would make me happy? If you, right now, stopped reading this and went back to coloring. (You'd probably be a happier person as well!)