Adult Coloring! (My Latest Haul & The Benefits of Adult Coloring)

Art was my first love, I was the kid who always enjoyed getting a new box of crayons and paint sets as gifts. Now that I'm older, that hasn't changed much lol. My home is filled with coloring books, crayons, colored pencils, markers, gel pens and the like. Adult coloring has been one of my hobbies for some time. I've started and stopped, but I always come back to it.

I just received some new goodies in the mail from Colo rit! I haven't colored in a while, so I was so excited to receive this package, and I couldn't wait to try everything. I received the Blissful Scenes and the Mandalas Volume IV coloring book, as well as the 48 Colored Gel Pen set. I'm pleasantly surprised with everything I received.

What I love about the coloring books:

Blot sheet

- Their coloring books have hardback covers, which are a good surface to color on

- Detailed coloring pages

- They include a blot sheet to prevent ink bleeding. This is very helpful, especially if you're using markers.

What I love about the gel pens:

- Vibrant color pigment

- Comes in a convenient travel case

-Comes with gel ink refills!

Benefits of coloring:

Besides the great variety of coloring books (you can get coloring books on anything, the Golden Girls coloring books is one of my favorites 😉) and supplies, here are a few benefits of coloring that I particularly enjoy:

🖍 It's nostalgic, it brings out the inner kid in me, and reminds me of a time when life was more carefree.

🖍 It increases creativity. I like to add extra details sometimes. I love to add makeup to all of the women that I color. I also follow several art accounts, and I like to mimic their techniques, such as color shading and adding dimension.

🖍 It's self soothing and calming. The colors coming together is very relaxing, and because my mind is focusing on coloring and thinking about what colors I'm going to use, I'm not focused on my problems and what's stressing me...which is very therapeutic for me.

🖍 It's teaching me patience. I want instant gratification, I want to color and look at my finished project. Some pages are very detailed, and depending on what coloring medium I'm using, it requires more time to color the entire page. So, I'm learning to be more patient.

I used all gel pens for this page

With all of that being said, are you looking for a new, calming hobby? Why not try adult coloring! Don't knock it until you try it! Colorit has a variety of coloring book themes and supplies that make coloring fun and creative! 💜 Major thanks to Colorit for sending me these goodies!

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