Coloring Books For Adults

I once thought I was the only adult who still had a big box of crayons and a pile of coloring books stashed in the bedroom. My excuse is that I am an artist and I always loved to color. Sometimes after a long day of webcoding, writing, and doing "serious" artwork I want something to unwind with that is fun but doesn't put much of a demand on my intellect. I am not much of a TV person, and some days my brain is just too tired even to read. Out come the crayons!

Then I stumbled onto a conversation at another social website, Gather.com. Several adults had admitted to enjoying sitting down and coloring. I got drawn in (bad pun - sorry) because I had posted a coloring page I drew for my website Color-Your-Own.com. It was great to chat with other adults who shared the same "secret hobby".

Later on, several adults in high powered, high stress jobs confided to me that their favorite way to relax was to sit down with a good coloring book when they got home. Some people who are into the New Age movement expressed their feeling that coloring was a form of meditation.

Coloring Books for Adults updated 2/13/2012