Coloring for Fun and Healing
Coloring for Fun and Healing
What is fun and healing at the same time? Coloring!! Yes, coloring.
What do you color with?
You can use crayons but I rarely use those. I use artist grade markers. Believe me after you’ve been coloring for any length of time you can see a difference between sharpees and artist markers. My favorite brands right now are copic and prismacolor. I found them to be of high quality and also easily obtainable from either online discount art supply sites or local shops like Hobby Lobby and Michaels.
What do you color?
I use mostly adult coloring books. Adult, as in, not for children, not simple shapes, not adult as in x-rated content!
I’ve tried a few brands of adult coloring books and my favorite by far are the ones from Dover Publications. They are also readily available from Amazon as well. (links to some of those are provided below)
When do you color?
I mostly do my coloring when I am watching TV or netflix or videos on youtube but you could easily color and make that your only activity.
In what ways is it healing?
It is extremely relaxing to me even to the point of being therapeutic. It is an almost mindless activity so it frees up your mind from stressful thinking. It is so easy to do, no real skills are involved. You don’t have to make anything perfect or worry about how good something looks which is another plus towards the healing side.
Here are sample coloring pages that I’ve done from some of my favorite Dover coloring books.
From Magnificent Mosaics (Dover Design Coloring Books)
From Dover Publications-Decorative Tile Designs Coloring Book
From Paisley Designs Coloring Book (Dover Design Coloring Books)
From Creative Haven Floral Designs Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)
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