Coloring Fun for Adults

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Complex Coloring Pictures for Relaxation - Crafts -Therapy - Adult Coloring

If you loved coloring pictures as a child, or you want an interesting hobby that results in a work of art, why not start coloring again as an adult? Adult coloring is fun, relaxing and good for your mind. You can stay inside the lines of coloring page drawings, or add your own artistic details and creative, colorful touches to the coloring pictures you find.

As an adult coloring artist, you can color line art pictures with crayons, colored pencils, chalk, water colors, markers or pastels. I like to get creative with my adult coloring projects. Sometimes I use my computer and a graphics editing program to add color to a drawing, then I print the picture and cut out around the coloring outlines and paste the finished pictures together to make collages. I've made all sorts of interesting posters, greeting cards and art from my adult coloring projects. Coloring page artwork makes wonderful stencils and craft patterns. Try using line art from a coloring book picture to design your own craft patterns. The simple lines and shapes of coloring pages work particularly well as craft patterns for stained glass, mosaic art, paper piecing and quilting.

NOTE: All adult coloring pages and printable coloring sheets linked from this page are rated G and suitable for viewing by everyone. I really appreciate comments and feedback. Be sure to visit the Guestbook in the Goodies section of this lens.

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Free Adult Coloring Pages - Printable Art or DIY Line Drawings 

Finding design pages and complex coloring pictures for adults and older kids to color

Repeating design adult coloring poster


There are thousands of free coloring pages available online, but many are based on cartoon characters or children's popular stories. I'm always on the lookout for new pictures and line art that's more complex - there's a big linked list of my favorite adult coloring pages in the Printables section of this lens - check 'em out, they're free!


You can create your own coloring books or coloring pages from digital photographs - it's not hard to convert a photo to a coloring page if you have a scanned photo or digital camera image plus PhotoShop or a similar program - really!


Coloring is a wonderful creative activity for therapy, relaxation or meditation. You can color pictures to keep your mind active or to quiet it down - coloring isn't just for preschoolers; in fact, adult coloring is cool!

Coloring Tools Poll - Crayon, Marker, Pencil ... 

Do you color with crayon, colored pencil, markers, or something else?

I've always been a colored pencil lover. I have markers, pastels, paints, pens and crayons galore, but my first choice to color or draw is my collection of blendable colored pencils. To get more artsy I use a bit of water on a brush to create a wash, or add outlines and details with fine line permanent ink markers. There's a wide variety of art tools, pencils and paints you can use for your adult coloring projects. Which coloring tools do you prefer?

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Featured Adult Coloring Printable 

This week's adult coloring page - Thor's Hammer

Design Your Own Coloring Pages 

If you're a wee bit handy with Photoshop, you can design your own printable coloring pages using Photoshop tools: brushes, fonts and custom shapes.

mushrooms coloring page celtic knot coloring vw bus coloring norsk symbol thor's hammer coloring

Check out Photoshop Tips (with links to free Photoshop brushes to add to your collection) and this article about how to make printable coloring pages with Photoshop brushes.

Adult Coloring Blog 

The best coloring pages, posters and pictures for adults to color.

Adult Coloring Blog posts new updates weekly with printable cool complex coloring pictures and posters (all rated G) for older kids and adults to color or use for craft designs. The selection varies from posters to masks to pop culture and sometimes you'll find a mandala or a geometric pattern you can print and color in.

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Shop for Adult Coloring Books 

Relax, Get Creative, Experiment with Color and Texture

Here's one example from the wonderful selection of Coloring Books for Grown Ups you can find to buy online.

Islands: A Coloring Book for Adults (30 Drawings, 30 Poems)

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/08/2009)Buy Now

The selection of coloring books for older children and adults includes coloring pictures of mandalas, human anatomy, geometric patterns, historic buildings, masters paintings, fashions, unicorns, cats and just about any other topic you can imagine. Adult coloring books with mature content also exist, for example a coloring book of nudes, Magical Men.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso"

Featured Coloring Book Lenses 

More inspiration for adult coloring page enthusiasts.

Squidoo Be Do Be Dooo 

I've always liked to draw pictures ...

I spend part of every day making new digital art. Some of it is inspired by photos, other ideas just pop into my head. Every new season and holiday bring me new ideas ... gee this is sounding like the Squidoo muse.

Lensmaster Pastiche, aka Lee Hansen, has been a member since August 12 2007, has rated 1,345 lenses, favorited 502, and has created 121 lenses from scratch. Lee Hansen donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund and Room to Read. This member's top-ranked page is "Make Your Own Costumes, Masks and Face Paint". See all my lenses

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Pastiche is a visual artist who draws coloring pages for grown ups and kids plus creates clip art and commercial graphics.

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