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If you\u2019ve stumbled across my Extract Water article<\/a> or spotted my 30 Day Map Challenge 2025 entry<\/a> (see map<\/a>), you may have noticed that I have a habit of sneaking watercolor paint into my mapmaking whenever I can. So, when the Esri Experience team encouraged employees to color to a page from the recently published, Color Me Mappy: A Cartographic Coloring Book<\/a><\/em>, my paintbrushes practically leapt out of their jar.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udedf\ud83d\udd8c\ufe0fThis project was SO much fun!<\/p>\n

It gave me an excuse to be creative, get lost in cartography, color, and blend together two things I love:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0fmaps & art<\/strong> \ud83c\udfa8<\/p>\n

How did I make this?<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

To start, I printed the page on watercolor paper, gathered my favorite paints, and let the mapmaking mess begin!<\/p>\n

I drew inspiration from Holi, the Festival of Colors, as a way to honor my Indian roots and fill the page with the festival\u2019s joyful, vibrant energy.<\/p>\n

Did that mean taking a few creative liberties? Absolutely! Sometimes you have to let the creativity flow and follow where the paint wants to go!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I recorded most of the creation process to share the behind-the-scenes peek of my creation process to show how I brought it all together.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Color-Me-Mappy-Video-by-Elizabeth-A-Menezes.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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A huge thank-you to the Esri Experience team for dreaming up such a fun challenge, and to Molly Green-Hogeweg for creating a coloring book that turns cartography into a wonderfully colorful adventure. \ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n

Ready for your own cartographic coloring adventure?<\/h2>\n

Curious about what’s in this wonderfully map-filled coloring book? Hop over to the Color Me Mappy<\/em> ArcGIS StoryMaps story<\/a> to preview the pages.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2984131,"id":2984131,"title":"Paint Splat (1)","filename":"Paint-Splat-1.png","filesize":15943,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/make-a-holi-festival-inspired-map-from-a-color-me-mappy-page\/paint-splat-1","alt":"holi inspired color splat","author":"319752","description":"","caption":"","name":"paint-splat-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2984109,"date":"2026-10-05 23:10:17","modified":"2026-10-06 17:48:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":214,"height":204,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","medium-width":214,"medium-height":204,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","medium_large-width":214,"medium_large-height":204,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","large-width":214,"large-height":204,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","1536x1536-width":214,"1536x1536-height":204,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","2048x2048-width":214,"2048x2048-height":204,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","card_image-width":214,"card_image-height":204,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paint-Splat-1.png","wide_image-width":214,"wide_image-height":204}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

And if your crayons, pencils, or paintbrushes are already calling your name, click here to get your copy of Color Me Mappy: A Cartographic Coloring Book<\/em> from Esri Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Happy coloring!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2954934,"post_author":"319752","post_date":"2026-02-09 09:00:37","post_date_gmt":"2026-02-09 17:00:37","post_content":"","post_title":"Extracting Water from SAR Satellite Data","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"extracting-water-from-sar-satellite-data","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-08-12 10:15:16","post_modified_gmt":"2026-08-12 17:15:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2954934","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2946119,"post_author":"314602","post_date":"2025-10-29 14:31:13","post_date_gmt":"2025-10-29 21:31:13","post_content":"","post_title":"The ArcGIS Pro Team Takes on The 30-Day Map 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