Each book in the Coloring Books for Grownups series contains 50 outline drawings ready for coloring, and is designed for older children and adults of all ages who are looking to escape the stresses of modern living and simply relax.
This, the fifth book in the series covers a wide range of different floral designs and, whether you favor those colorful spring flowers or the wonderful shaeds of green so often found in the gorgeous leaves of many perennial flowers, this book will allow you explore the colorful world of flowers.
Coloring for grown-ups is very popular today and there are many explanations for this interest. Some of the reasons for its popularity include...
Coloring Reduces Stress And Anxiety
Psychiatrists have known for a long time that coloring relaxes the fear center of the brain and permits your mind to get some rest. In fact, Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, gave his patients mandalas to color over 100 years ago. In today's hectic world the stress reducing properties of coloring are possibly more valuable than ever.
Coloring Trains Your Mind To Focus
Remaining inside the lines as you color takes focus and, while you concentrate on this stress-free and relaxing activity, you can forget about your worries. Coloring is a mind exercise that lets you set aside everything for the time you spend doing it, and this is very important in our demanding world.
Coloring Helps In The Development Of Fine Motor Skills And Vision
Coloring forces the two sides of the brain to communicate and involves the use of logic (used to color forms) and creativity (as we mix and match colors). In turn, this brings those areas of the brain responsible for vision and fine motor skills into play, and helps in keeping these active and in developing them further. This is the aspect of coloring that is being seen more and more as particularly valuable for older individuals, as many in the medical profession believe that it can delay, or even prevent, the onset of dementia.
Coloring Gives You The Chance To Be Social
Although you might believe that coloring should be a purely solo occupation, its growing popularity is rapidly turning it into a social one. Families, friends, co-workers and others are getting together to eat, drink and enjoy the chance to socialize, through their common interest in coloring. Undoubtedly, this is a perfect excuse for a party, as coloring requires only a minimum of concentration and can easily be done in a group.
Coloring Allows You To Express Yourself
When it comes to coloring there are no rules and your coloring book is just that - your coloring book. If you mistakenly make the dog's hind leg green because you thought that it was part of the grass, who cares? If you decide to make the sky yellow, does it really matter? You may be as creative and experimental as you like because this is your project, and yours alone. When it comes to selecting colors remember that the American artist James Whistler once remarked, "Mauve is just pink trying to be purple."
You may of course already be a fan of adult coloring, in which case you will know and appreciate its value. This may however be a new enterprise for you and one which you are looking at for any one of several different reasons. If this is something new for you then I encourage you to give it a try. There is a reason why so many people are fired up about the world of adult coloring, so jump on board and start enjoying the benefits for yourself today.
