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Stay in the lines Make all the strokes go the same direction Choose complementary colors These are the basic rules to complete your adult coloring books the "right" way. Aren't they? But what if there isn't a "right" way to color? What if the only "right" way is the way that makes you happiest? Last week I received a few completed coloring pages from a very special person - Jack. Jack is 21, has autism, and was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He has discovered "coloring helps him calm down during busy...

When I was in college studying art history one of the classes that both impressed me the most and I came the closest to failing was Study of Japanese Prints. Japanese prints are famous for their delicate flat colors and minimalism. They are an absolutely mesmerizing example of eastern art and I have been impressed with them ever since I took that class despite perhaps not performing as well as I would have liked. So you can imagine my excitement when I found this selection of coloring books inspired by...

Coloring by @eugelauria Do you ever complete a coloring design and wonder, “What now?”. You have a beautifully colored design but there is a ton of white space around the design. This is when a lot of people can get some “colorist’s block”. Even though they have finished the design they don’t quite feel like it is complete and want to add something else, but don’t know what that is? Well creating a background is a wonderful option, and here are 5 different background options you should try out. Create A...

Nowadays there are tons of different options that colorists can choose from when it comes down to their coloring medium of choice. There are pencils, gel pens, special paint and even chalk, but today we decided to focus on a classic and one of our favorites: markers. Markers may not be completely erasable like pencils and may sometimes bleed through which can cause problems in cheaper coloring books that use thin paper, but they do produce a much more professional finished product. Here are our favorite markers with a detailed...

Creatively Calm Studios has been around for awhile now and over the last year we have created over 360 unique designs. The amazing thing about our designs is that our artists are based all over the world and that is something that I think you can really feel when you color our designs as opposed to others. You just really get to feel how vibrant and diverse life is all in the same coloring book. So after creating close to 400 designs I decided to turn back the pages and...

Whether you are new to coloring or have been coloring for a while you may have heard of grayscale, but may find yourself a bit unsure about what it is, and that's ok! Grayscale coloring has started becoming more and more popular within the coloring community but has not really had the same mainstream appeal that normal coloring has. In this post we will try to explain what grayscale coloring is, share some tips on coloring grayscale, and hopefully convince you to give it a try yourself. What is Grayscale...

Here at Creatively Calm Studios we love adult coloring books and since we know you do as well we wanted to provide you with a way to celebrate all matter of holidays with your favorite hobby. We have researched for hours and hours looking for the best coloring books with which to celebrate some of the most popular holidays. So this year when a holiday rolls around come back to this blog and get yourself the appropriate coloring book. The Best Saint Patrick’s Day Adult Coloring Books In this post you...

We are all emotional creatures, whether you feel angry, afraid, happy, or sad what you surround yourself with and the activities you do can have a huge impact on how you feel. Thankfully today there are so many different coloring book designs out there that they can match just about any emotion. Feeling Angry? How Mandala Coloring Pages Can Help We can all get angry sometimes, it’s totally normal. It is important however to be able to control your anger because if it gets out of hand it can begin...

The world can sometimes be a scary place. From natural disasters to war and crime it is easy to sometimes be overwhelmed by everything and succumb to fear and find yourself just laying in bed for days at a time. The good news is that this is something that you can definitely find help for and it is really pretty easy. The issue is actually in our heads. Because we are very imaginative creatures it is very easy for an idea or fear to root itself in our heads and...

We all get sad sometimes. Whether it’s because of a sad movie, the end of a relationship, or the passing of a loved one, we have all dealt with it at some point. The most important thing when we are in a state of sadness becomes how to get out of it so that we can go back to being happy and enjoying life as quickly as possible. Here at Creatively Calm we believe that one of the best ways to get over sadness is through color therapy and more specifically through flower...