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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: Ponyfan on November 06, 2015, 12:07:31 PM
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I just bought Lost Ocean last night. :) I'm looking forward to coloring in it.
Ponyfan
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I love them. Just bought my first the other day and it may be Lost Ocean as well, ha ha.
I've always enjoyed coloring and really liked the idea of the mandala/zen tangle books that were coming out. They can be sort of expensive though which has held me back from getting them. But got a decent deal on mine. Haven't started coloring in it yet though.
Have you colored any of yours?
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I have the Language of Flowers that I haven't colored in yet but Lost Ocean was the first one I saw that really grabbed me and made me want to color in the book. :)
Ponyfan
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I photocopy the pictures and then color in the copies. They last forever, and it offsets the price! :)
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I have the Secret Garden, but I can't say that I enjoy it so much. It's just leaves and petals, a bit boring.
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I love coloring books but I've never had any interest in an adult one. I have a g3 MLP one, the "Cutie Mark Crusaders Doodle Book", a Pixie Hollow one and an Inside Out one sitting here right now. Next on my wishlist is either Frozen or one with tons of Disney Princesses. I'm also intrigued by the Harry Potter coloring book that's being released soon.
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I saw em at Micheal's on Halloween night, needless to say I do not have the patience for that :P "Relaxing and Peaceful" my rump XD I'll stick to the kid's coloring books... ;)
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I love them and have several! My favorite is Creative Cats.
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I still love coloring I have several of Those adult coloring Book's My Favorite one right Now is The Day of The Dead one I even have The Color Rama one that they avertised on TV i love Regular Coloring books to my favorite are The Crayola one's and The Dalmation Press One's I am 36yrs old now yall forgot to wish me a Happy Birthday on here October 16th but Yeah I still like coloring to so does My Mom and she is 59yrs old
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I've been buying them for years actually, initially the Dover series, and now the newer ones.
They help calm my day!
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i have the inly quest one the enchanted forest i bleive its called
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I have a couple that I got for my birthday last year.
They're pretty but I still prefer children's coloring books.
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I also like kids coloring books. :) I have several that I've bought two copies of so I can keep one set blank and color in the other. I got the adult coloring book NatureScapes today.
Ponyfan
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I just bought Creative Cats, but have yet to colour in it. Also a Sherlock one, but I don't know if I can bring myself to colour in that one!
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Ive seen them but haven't gotten one yet
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I color everything and everything so these would be fun!
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I prefer ordinary coloring books. I just.... Can't bring myself to pay $20 for a coloring book with random images that tend to not interest me much, detailed or not.
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I've been interested in them and has actually planned on getting one myself today :D
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I love mine!
I got a couple at Hobby Lobby. I want to say they were just $5 or maybe it was $7. (But not $20!) They had lots of different books to choose from. Not just the patterns.
Need to pick it back up, though right now I am spending my free time on making ornaments for an exchange we are doing at work. (That and my pokemon game, lol!)
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They are very expensive here, but I get bulk on Amazon once a year!
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I got a couple at Hobby Lobby. I want to say they were just $5 or maybe it was $7. (But not $20!) They had lots of different books to choose from. Not just the patterns.
Really? Cuz all the ones I've seen have been $20. I think the cheapest was $15 on clearance and I'm just like "It's a COLORING book!" I guess I should check them at Hobby Lobby. $5 I just might do especially if there are more than random patterns.
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Bed Bath and Beyond in my area had a large selection for $6 and there were several different kinds there. They are made by Creative Haven
Ponyfan
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I got a couple at Hobby Lobby. I want to say they were just $5 or maybe it was $7. (But not $20!) They had lots of different books to choose from. Not just the patterns.
Really? Cuz all the ones I've seen have been $20. I think the cheapest was $15 on clearance and I'm just like "It's a COLORING book!" I guess I should check them at Hobby Lobby. $5 I just might do especially if there are more than random patterns.
$5.99 for several different ones!
http://www.hobbylobby.com/search/?text=coloring+book
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I still have all my childhood coloring books, including pony ones. Got to have some serious downtime to color, though.
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ME! And even any coloring book lol, I love coloring, so relaxing.
My favorite book is all these type of images, No mater what colors you use, they always look amazing lol.
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The one above is just called "Balance" I got it for preeety cheap on amazon, I wanna say around $5
I also got a few more from amazon , "magnificent mosaics" and "adult coloring book - stress relieving animals" (which im not as fond of to be honest) all of them where each around $5
Iv also got a book called "mystery mosaics" which just looks like a grid with a bunch of numbers with coordinating colors, xD so you kinda dont know what the picture is going to be when you start. (unless you cheat and look at the index at the back haha)
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I got myself one today instead. It's water themed with hundres of lines and I got so excited. There were another one with celtic patterns but it was more expensive.. Funny thing is I used to do these "eternity drawings" as I called them when I was younger with lines and patterns that I coloured. This is like the same thing without me having to draw it myself :).
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I have just brought 3 but not started colouring them yet:) I got
Harry potter
Game of thrones
and a Halloween inspired one :)
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I feel like I really need these in my life ><
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I spent six hours colouring yesterday evening.. :lookround: Certainly is addictive.
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I have some of these, I love them but they bring out some kind of OCD in me. I get so frustrated when I color in a wrong bit in a wrong color! ALL those triangles were supposed to be green, but I miss like 1 triangle and accidentally color it blue and for me the whole book is ruined :stressed:
I get so lost in them though!
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I have some of these, I love them but they bring out some kind of OCD in me. I get so frustrated when I color in a wrong bit in a wrong color! ALL those triangles were supposed to be green, but I miss like 1 triangle and accidentally color it blue and for me the whole book is ruined :stressed:
I get so lost in them though!
I hate this too! Thats why iv started using colored pencils more... even though you cant totally erase them, i can at least make them light enough to color over. xD
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I've seen a few online, but been a bit hesitant to buy one. Whats the paper like? Is it thin like kids coloring books, or is it thick enough to use markers like copics on it without disintegrating?
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The adult coloring books are usually a heavier paper, not like cardstock heavy, but not thin either. Theyre also usually only one sided, so if your pens do bleed through, you dont have to worry about ruining a picture on the backside. I usually keep a piece of blank paper in each of my books that I use behind whatever picture im coloring in, just in case it bleeds a bit beyond the back side.
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These sure have blossomed in popularity lately!
I bought one that focuses on cats about 6 months ago. I haven't colored in it yet.
Here is my problem. I am an artist. Instead of coloring in someone else's art, I feel like I should be doing my own stuff to color. But dang it sound soooooooo fun to color! And I saw some coloring books at Wal-Mart for adults and they look so super fun! Uuuuugh I am so stubborn.
Someone.....please.....talk me in to coloring. Maybe it will cure my artists' block.
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You should color, it's a good stress reliever and it can help with art blocks. I've printed my own work just top color it in different mediums to shake things up LOL. It can be fun to experiment!
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Saw a huge kiosk brimming with intricate design adult coloring books at Michael's today. Coloring books are certainly trending!
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I got two a while ago, Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland, and one offbrand(?) kind of thing from WHS called Wild At Heart. I only started the Wild At heart, but I love it so far <3
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What does everyone use to color in these. I figured colored pencils would be best to start with for me instead of using markers or gel pens. I didn't want the color to bleed on to the other pages. I started coloring with Crayola Twistable colored pencils but would love to hear recommendations from everyone. :)
Ponyfan
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I use Polychromos pencils from Faber Castell, they're amazing.
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I've been making my own crayons with the Crayola machine... SO MUCH FUN!
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I saw some Disney adult coloring books at B&N! Neeeeeeeed! :frolic: Oh, also colored pencils for me!
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This is my book. Secret of the seas and I love it!
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Full of small details which I :heart:
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This is how I spent the entire Saturday while listening on the news of France. My way of coping. I tried to use only six different pencils.
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and six different pencils of green.
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I use coloured pencils as I have a tons. I would love to use markers but I have too few that works, I need to get some more with the next paycheck.
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I guess I will stick to colored pencils for now. I might try different things later but I would hate to use markers and then find out that they bledthrough to the next picture.
Princess Lala can you post a picture of the Disney adult coloring books? I was just at Barnes and Noble this weekend and didn't see any.
Beldarna. I have the same book. :) It was the first adult coloring book that really grabbed me. In the US it's called Lost Ocean but I think Secret of the Seas is a great name too. :)
Ponyfan
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This one, dear! http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/disney-princess-catherine-saunier-talec/1122602907?ean=9781484757406&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP294&k_clickid=3x294 The pictures inside it are LOVELY! I would recondmend going to Half Price Books first!
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My, the Lost Ocean one seems to have grabbed me too! It's just ... well, I really feel like I should be doing my own art, too. Also I don't know where to even begin with so many empty fields. Of course, if you post more coloured in pages I might change my mind.
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Thanks for the link PrincessLala. I'm still working on my first picture.
Ponyfan
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I use Polychromos pencils from Faber Castell, they're amazing.
Where can you get these? Are they hard to use? I've seen them on the adult coloring group's facebook page and they look amazing!
I picked up Lost Ocean and Secret Garden. I'm hoping to start coloring over the weekend. Maybe it still inspire me artistically again. I really want to take and illustration class.
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I have some of these, I love them but they bring out some kind of OCD in me. I get so frustrated when I color in a wrong bit in a wrong color! ALL those triangles were supposed to be green, but I miss like 1 triangle and accidentally color it blue and for me the whole book is ruined :stressed:
I get so lost in them though!
Yes this is me!!
I do love it though. It's very relaxing. I use gel pens. :biggrin:
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I'm buying 2 copies of the Harry Potter one tomorrow- one for me and one for my best friend! I'm going to surprise her with it when we're both home for Thanksgiving break :biggrin:
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I finished my first adult coloring book picture and I am working on my second one. I haven't started coloring in Lost Ocean yet. I might pick up some more Creative Haven ones also.
Ponyfan
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I have a couple.....one with realistic birds and one with Christmas trees. I haven't tried them yet, but I hope to find time for them soon.
My daughter Anita uses them and finds them very relaxing.
I found some at the local library for only $6.
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Found the Harry Potter one @ Costco last weekend... I'm still hunting for the Frizen one. :)
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I saw some at Coles/Chapters on the weekend that were really interesting - it also had a bit of an activity / treasure hunt thing (saw 3 like that). If I do get any (and hubby seems interested too), I'll go for those.
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I got Designer Desserts today at Hobby Lobby for $6. I also got some today from Amazon. :)
Ponyfan
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I've always loved coloring books. I have been buying the more intricate ones for years and years. My most recent one was a book of insanely intricate mandalas. A couple weeks after buying it, the adult coloring book idea started popping up everywhere lol. I'm still working on that book, so it will be a while before I'm ready to do another.
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I still have a lot to do on this picture but this is what it looks like so far.
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Ponyfan
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OOh that one looks yummy! XD I have some pics from the coloring book I'm using right now.
This one takes up an entire page and took me weeks to color. I kept it at work and did a little bit at a time on my lunch breaks to sort of reset my brain for the second half of the day.
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And these ones are silly and little and didn't take much time at all, but I think they're cute anyway lol.
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They're really pretty Zennabug. I've been coloring a little at a time also instead of sitting down to do the whole page at once.
Ponyfan
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I've never heard of adult coloring books. I have at least four G4 coloring books that people from work bought for me randomly that I need to work on. I bought the pony wedding one for Cadence and Shining Armor a while back and I'm still working on it. I have to be in the mood to color I think, but I use colored pencils because crayons are greasy.
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I too, am looking forward to Lost Ocean. its not for me until Christmas though! Doh!
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I finally caved and bought Animorphia! I'm so picky about coloring books and most of these focus on small intricate designs and those bore / confuse me but this one looks good. I'll probably try and find those disney ones, it looks like there's a Disney animal one coming out next year. I think I still prefer kids coloring books though :P
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I just purchased the Game of Thrones coloring book tonight. Any suggestions on colored pencils I could buy? I want to have lots of color options.
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I went to Barnes and Noble today and although the in store computer showed they had the Disney ones in stock the employee helping me couldn't find them so I ended up ordering them online. Barnes and Noble online has them for cheaper than the list price. I had to get two copies of each so I can color in one and leave one blank. :)
Ponyfan
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I have always loved colouring and am loving these adult colouring books :)
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My Disney ones arrived. :)
Ponyfan
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In the US Target has Lost Ocean on Sale for $10 this week.
Ponyfan
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You guys inspired me to get an adult coloring book for my sister for Christmas. :) She's usually so hard to buy for, but she's very artistic and I think she'll enjoy it! So thanks for this thread! :art:
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A friend got me the secret garden for Christmas :)
It looks fun though im scared to colour inside and ruin it o.0
In thinking of possibly scanning in some pages.
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I'm thinking about buying Secret Garden because it looks really interesting and I could use a fun way to relax after a hard week of work. The trouble is, I can never seem to stay within the lines...
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I was given Enchanted Garden today at Christmas so we will see what happens!
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I was given Creative Cats as a gift. It looks fun and I'll get to use my Prisma pencils for something other than doodling.
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I ended up getting 3 more at Christmas o.o I think its the year of the coloring book!
One is a harry potter one, the others are like the secret garden.
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I ended up getting 3 more at Christmas o.o I think its the year of the coloring book!
One is a harry potter one, the others are like the secret garden.
Haha! Your mom showed us the Harry Potter one when we were over - just minutes after her acting like she didn't remember/know you liked Harry Potter. :P LOL
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I got Lost Ocean as a christmas present from my mom. :)
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I got three coloring books for Christmas! Animal Kingdom, a Christmas one, and a tiny silly little MLP one from my husband. :) I also got new colored pencils that are all color, no wood. I'm actually really enjoying them; they have great blending.
It's also worth noting that I got two Fluttershys (one TY plush from my sister and a little G4 from my husband, who remembered that I like yellow ponies with pink hair), two teddy bears, kid craft kits, and a Frozen calendar. Most little kid Christmas ever! And I totally dig it lol.
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I went to Barnes and Noble today and although the in store computer showed they had the Disney ones in stock the employee helping me couldn't find them so I ended up ordering them online. Barnes and Noble online has them for cheaper than the list price. I had to get two copies of each so I can color in one and leave one blank. :)
Ponyfan
If it helps, Barnes and Noble seems to be stocking them with the kids coloring books. At least mine is. :)
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I buy kids' coloring books all the time (and sometimes get the adult ones), but I hate that they're always "Coloring and Activity Books" -- come on, I didn't buy this for your bad word searches, I bought it to color pictures!
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I got one for Christmas I love it!
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I bought myself some new pencils for my book. They're so vibrant and lovley :).
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I already had Lost Ocean. I recently bought some books from the dollar store. They had about 5 different themed ones. Couldn't pass them up for $1. Then I found some $5 ones at Walmart and my daughter bought 1 and I got 2 I think. Different themes. Then I got Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest together with a pack of color pencils on Amazon for an overall price of like $20. Can't wait to get into them. I'll have a very very long flight soon and will bust into a couple during the flight I'm sure
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Oh, you guys posted some beautiful pics already :)
I looooove coloring books too! My birthday was on february 10th and my in-laws gave me a selection of three books plus a box of Faber-Castell colored pencils and my husband gave be a box of amazingly thin fineliners for the really small details <3 I can only say : I LOVE IT! Coloring detailed pictures calms me down, soothes me and is so much fun <3
I had one of those books by Johanna Basford before (Secret Garden). Now I have one with owls, the Doctor Who edition and the Game of Thrones edition. I have only completed an owl pic though, so I dont have much to show. (I can show it later, when Im back from work I guess).
How do you use your books? I promised myself only to start a new pic when I have 100% finished the previous one to prevent me from flipping the pages every now and then lol... I was like that as a kid and never got back to a picture I had started because suddenly I didnt like the colors I used before and so on lol. You know what I mean? :)
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I have a couple of pictures started that I haven't finished yet in different books. :) I also got Colorama Magic Path at Barnes and Noble last weekend.
Ponyfan
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I'd rather have a 'kids' colouring book. Looks far more interesting.
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We picked up one of the Harry Potter ones a couple weeks ago, along with some colouring tools. Finally cracked it open this afternoon. Haven't gotten far but enjoying it so far. It's nice and relaxing, can have a movie on in the background and just veg out.
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I bought a horse one that one of my online artist friends did for Breyerfest. I cannot go this year, but I ordered one and it should be here soon. I'll be excited to get at it.
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I bought a horse one that one of my online artist friends did for Breyerfest. I cannot go this year, but I ordered one and it should be here soon. I'll be excited to get at it.
Ooh, that sounds like a fun one!
My mom recently bought herself some coloring books and we've been coloring together when I'm visiting.
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A moomin coloring book came out this month and I bought it :) It's really cute!
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I think I may end up changing my mind and give one of these a go. I haven't quite made up my mind which book I want or which medium I want to color in, but if I'm going to do it I'm going to get a book I really like (and have really researched) and a good quality set of colored pencils, gel pens or markers.
I love seeing how everyone's coloring is coming along and how unique and different various peoples' takes on the same drawing can be. I was afraid the details would be too small for me to see, but I got to take a closer look at some books at Costco and that made me feel a bit better about trying one. Maybe I'll grab one there if mom and I decide to go out this weekend.
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I have so many adult coloring books now. I love the Lisa Frank ones. :lovey: :lovey: :lovey:
Ponyfan
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The trend popped up over here about a year ago, so it's still pretty new. I love the fact that adult coloring books seem to be of such great quality, just book-wise :) The paper and binding is always really nice, and the designs are well thought-out. But the prices!!
Also, the mandala coloring book for adults I have has some motives in it that are just to intricate and tiny to color in. I think I might just stick to mandala coloring books for kids. They're not as pretty on the outside, but they're a lot cheaper and I can actually color everything! :biggrin:
My boyfriend's mom gave me "The Garden of Time" by Daria Song for Easter, and I've been loving it :) Coloring in the tapestries on the walls takes forever, but I like that I can use more realistic colors and explore a nice story while coloring.