When we say colouring books, we always relate it to kids right? Selama ni, watching kids colouring, I know, deep inside, we feel like joining them too. Don't worry, admit it, I don't judge because I feel the same way too! Kadang-kadang sakit hati jugak tengok diorang ni color suka hati aje..mm..more like conteng-conteng rather than coloring.
Fret notttttt! Now we can color too and looking like a professional artist (ehemm) with adults colouring books! Yesssss...now you hear me right. We have adults coloring book, yay! I first discovered this at MPH because they are promoting this new trend/hobby now. I took a look of the books and as usual, being me..I ended up buying one. The next days, I came again and buying some more together with some coloring tools..
I loveeeee this thing. Well, I always love arts heck, I even took Pendidikan Seni when I was in high school for my SPM. And I am actually blessed to be able to draw, but not like those professional artists of course. Just a simple drawing - women, men, anime..more like sketch really. I haven't draw that often now, of course because of the time constraint so when I saw the coloring books at MPH, I was like "Whoaaaa...this is it mannn. I want to do this again!"
I could be lost for hours doing this but I unable too, so I steal a little time here and there when my baby is sleeping. I use mix of coloring tools like color pencil, marker pens, sharpies and Stabilo pens. Yes, I spent quite a penny especially on the Stabilo mini pens set.
In my collection, so far I have Johanna Basford's Secret Garden artist's edition. It is quite limited and I have to be for waiting list for this. Luckily, one of the waiting list people canceled her/his order, so it's mine Wohooo! It is the same like the normal Secret Garden coloring book, only it has fewer illustrations and the paper is thicker. So, even you used marker pens, the color will not went through the paper. Another good thing is, you can tear the page out and frame them. I'm planning to do that for my new house soon (3 years more to be exact). Other than that, I also have a flower motives book, and a small flower handbook for travel-friendly. These are some of my 'art' work. If you check #johannabasford and #colouringbookforadult hashtags on Instagram, you'll be blown away by many of the arts! Those people are so talented! Wow..just wow. Mine biasa-biasa aja :p
For the time being, I am waiting to get my hands on Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest too. Yeap, they were sold out at MPH! I am now on their waiting list, and so anxious to receive a call from MPH. I heard that Johanna's latest coloring book, Lost Ocean will be in store next week (or it is actually been released?) *updates: I got it already! With umm..some other stuffs too :p
I hope I can continuously doing this, or at least to color every pages until finish. And I hope my baby will not discover this and chew my coloring stuffs!
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