It used to be that coloring in books were something you bought to keep kids occupied at the kitchen table or on road trips. Toddlers through to teenagers have long enjoyed the pleasures of scribbling over, painting on, coloring in, or painstakingly creating masterpieces of pink, green, and orange glory. Now grown ups are getting in on the […]
Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils – why it’s not just about pigment quality
I’m a member of quite a few online coloring groups, as well as two face-to-face groups, and in the past year I’ve been bombarded on all sides with chatter about Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils. It appears that many folks of my acquaintance would happily part with a limb in exchange for a 150 box-set […]
How to Color In – Part 3: Learn How to Shade and Improve Your Shading Techniques
I hope you have enjoyed Part 1 and Part 2 of this series of blog posts on ‘How to Color In’. This third post is the first one to discuss specific coloring techniques, and we’re starting with the most basic coloring in technique – shading. What is shading? Pencil shading involves moving a pencil back […]
How to Color In – Part 2: What to Color In With?
Welcome back to our series on How to Color In (and here’s the link to Part 1 if you missed it). In this post, we’ll be talking about what to color in with. Sound simple? Not these days! There are a huge number of choices available to colorists these days, and if you’re new to coloring in (or […]
How to Color In – Part 1: Introduction & Basic Coloring In Materials
Introduction This post is the first in a series on how to color in. It’s one of those things that can be very simple, or very complex. It all depends on the type of pictures you enjoy coloring, and whether you want to challenge yourself with more difficult and intricate coloring projects. Maybe coloring in […]
Book Review: Coloring to Calm Volume 1 Mandalas by Shelly Fagundes
Title: Coloring to Calm, Volume 1 – Mandalas Author: Shelly Fagundes Publisher: Flying Donkey Press Format: eBook (includes link to print pdf copy) Release date: 13 August 2015 Available to buy from: Amazon Kindle Store Cost: US$2.97 Number of drawings to color in: 25 Type of drawings: Mandala line drawings Level of difficulty: some basic, […]
Review: Colorfy Coloring In App Ups the Coloring Games
These days there’s an app for everything, so it was only a matter of time before iPhone and Android developers jumped onto the adult coloring in craze bandwagon. The most successful adult coloring in app so far was released just last month. It’s free to download, and it’s called Colorfy. I saw my niece playing with […]
What do Ryan Gosling and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common? Adult coloring in books
What do Ryan Gosling and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common – aside from being genetically blessed in both the looks and acting departments? The unlikely answer: they are each the subject of an entire adult coloring in book. The very cool Color Me Good series of coloring books by funky independent label ‘I Love Mel’ feature […]
The Truth About ‘Mindfulness Coloring Books’
Coloring in books for adults have many benefits, but one that is being increasingly reported is ‘mindfulness’. It is being claimed that coloring in is a ‘mindful’ activity, and even a form of meditation. So first of all, what is mindfulness? I always go back to the definition given by my long-time yoga instructor. He […]
What is an Adult Coloring Book?
A quick glance at the current Amazon best-seller list reveals that at this moment, a quarter of the top twenty best-selling books are coloring in books for adults. That’s five out of twenty, a huge proportion considering that just a few years ago, coloring in books in best-seller lists were unheard of. So, what is an […]