Some coloring books ask you to be an artist. Bold and easy books ask you to show up, pick a color, and fill in a shape that’s bigger than your thumb. That’s the whole pitch. If you’ve ever opened an intricate adult coloring book, felt your shoulders tighten at the mandala, and closed it again … Read more
Every December, the good Christmas coloring books sell out or creep up in price, and every January I get emails asking which ones to buy. The answer is October. Buying now costs less, ships without the holiday-season stress, and — most importantly — gets the pages actually colored before the season ends instead of sitting … Read more
There’s a quiet wall most colorists hit: the tiny-print mandala book that used to feel relaxing now feels like work. Squinting to find where one line ends, a hand cramping forty minutes into a page, colors drifting outside lines you can barely see. Most “senior” coloring searches land on children’s books, which is insulting, or … Read more