Adult Coloring Books, Supplies & Tips - Adult Activity Art Books
This article features coloring books about Canada and /or illustrated by Canadians. The Canada Colouring Book Maps of Provinces and Territories with Symbols and National Parks in Canada. Each map features the capital, motto, official flower, tree, bird, and mammal. On the companion page for each region, learn where all the national parks are located and color the […]
Is Fall your favorite time of year? Do you start singing Autumn Leaves on September 1st? Take a stroll through our collection of our favorite coloring books featuring fall themes like pumpkins, autumn leaves, hot cocoa, scarecrows, and harvest celebrations. Pull out all those bittersweet, orange, russet, burnt sienna, and yellow sticks of color and […]
Dover Books offers free samples of their coloring books every week. It’s a great way to see if you want to purchase the whole book. Some people save these to their computer and print at home or save up several and take them to the local Office Depot or Staples store. From Whimsical Gardens – […]
Vintage ephemera is so popular for art journaling and junk journals alike. If you are lucky enough to have your own old papers and photographs from your relatives you have a big advantage to start. Painting watercolor florals on vintage ledger paper is just so satisfying and gorgeous but using printables can be very close […]
We were so excited to see Johanna Basford’s announcement this week that THIS year she is gifting her fans with not just ONE colouring books but with TWO! Johanna’s Christmas & Magical Jungle by Johanna Basford We HAVE been begging for a Christmas Coloring Book and she decided to grant our most fervent wish. Along […]
I stumbled upon DO Magazine in an unlikely spot at the Sprouts market and instantly fell in love. This magazine not only has interviews with your favorite coloring book artists and pages to color but it also features coloring tutorials and all sorts of things to do with your coloring outside of the books. DO […]
Art trends are so interesting and along with the Adult Coloring Book Craze…. this doodle idea of Zentangle has also become ridiculously popular but what do they all mean? It sort of sounds like a new language and it kinda is. What is Zentangle? Zentangle is an official trademarked name for specific “Tangles” that the […]
Stoners swear that smoking the occasional joint or enjoying a gummy helps them relax down in to their creative space, and coloring books are an obvious choice. With many places legalizing marijuana aka pot aka cannabis aka whatever the Gen X’ers are calling it, there are more studies on the effect it has on the […]
Zentangling has been credited a few times on this site as being my “gateway drug” to adult coloring books. I haven’t done as much of it since finding mixed media art, but Zentangles are actually starting to pop up on my Instagram feed so it seems to be having a bit of a resurgence in […]
Zentangle has added their stamp of approval an some of the supplies I’ve listed below but I tend to use the non-official aka less expensive versions more. There are a couple of reasons for that. If you are getting to an age where your eyesight isn’t as sharp as it used to be, tangling on […]
