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Silly Old Lady Hobby Question

Posted: Jun 30, 2013

Some time ago I asked about making jewelry and am going to try to do learn to do that when our community ed classes start up again in the fall. In the meantime, I have a funny question. (Maybe I am going into second childhood.) Do any of you draw or paint? I love to sketch and I also like the Dover coloring books, which are quite detailed and good for adults. Does anyone else on here like to draw/color?;

Coloring - NY MT

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Hi! I have always loved to color. Where do you purchase the Dover coloring books? My grandmother always sat and colored with me as a child and now when I go visit my grand daughter we sit and color too. I find coloring very relaxing :) My sister paints with water colors and chalk is actually very good at it. She is retired now having worked 36 years as an ER registered nurse. Enjoy your hobby!

Coloring - Dover - Old Pro

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I love my Crayolas! Here is the Dover site:

http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-coloring-books.html

Enjoy!

Love coloring! thanks for the site - sm

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I enjoy using colored pencils. They blend so nicely! I'm delighted to hear that so many people enjoy coloring. We enjoy the natural history coloring books - sea life, butterflies, etc.

Coloring - Anonymous

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It must be an MT thing because I also love to color but I have trouble finding good coloring books - I remember the ones I had in childhood, I don't think they are as good now. I will check out the Dover site. There are also anatomy and physiology coloring books. I also like paint by numbers and jigsaw puzzles. A few years ago I went to a workshop/class at work, I don't even remember what for - they supplied paper and crayons, it must be a stress reliever. I also remember it being in the morning and that we had scrambled eggs. Coloring and food, what more could a person ask for?

The Simple Beauty of Just Coloring - sm

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I just bumped into this charming, brief (~2:00 minutes) video about art and coloring.

I remember you! - I had offered some suggestions

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I am one of the people who recommended taking some old bracelets and using the beads.

Anyway, it is so interesting that you mention coloring. I totally cannot draw, but I just LOVE to color. I am 58 years old, and have not colored since I was like 22, when a girlfriend "confessed" that she loved to color. We had gone on a vacation for 2 weeks together with our husbands, and my GF and I colored every day for the 2 weeks!

It is so funny that you mention it now. In recent months (due to some stressors in my life), I have wanted to buy a coloring book and crayons and go for it! I feel so silly, but I think I will just buy the stuff and do it!

I cannot draw for the life of me. I have always wished I could, but nothing but a stick figure comes out. I can almost do 3-dimensional, like a house, but it's very cartoonish. Wish I could to more with that. :( I want to draw/paint so bad, but it's not within my talent.

I have to say that I have a flair for writing creatively. Not stories, but little poems.

Drawing on the right side of the brain - sm

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It isn't that you don't have the talent, but that you are stuck trying to draw like a 1st grader ... the way schools wanted you to.

Give the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain a try. Things may change!

That's an excellent suggestion. - Another good book

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is Drawing with Children. It sounds like it's focused on children, but it also works for adults who need some help getting started unleashing their inner artist. It's available on Amazon. Get the later edition; it's better.

Thanks! - nm

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xxx

Yes, I appreciated the suggestions - Old Pro

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And I am going to use them with I make the bird-themed jewelry. (We have a lot of birds in our back yard!) Isn't it funny how adults feel silly when we want to color? I had the thought the other day that sometime when we are about 30 or so, we somehow just decide that adults "shouldn't play." Well, I have decided to PLAY! I do draw, albeit not too well, and I have decided to just go for it and have fun! Coloring fans of the world, unite! I'm betting that if you try some of the Dover books, you will be amazed, if you would rather color than freehand. Besides the Dover website posted above, go to Amazon and enter "coloring books for adults." There are many! Have fun!

I took a yoga class once - where we used to color

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mandalas. This is a very meditative and relaxing way for adults to "color."

Yes, I have a couple of mandala coloring books - Old Pro

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and I really like them. One is from India, the other from Tibet.

paint by numbers - NK

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Does anyone remember painting by numbers? I loved doing it and did an Emmett Kelly one that I loved. I just did a quick Google search and see that kits are still available. If I could find another Emmett Kelly, I would do it again. :)

I found some wonderful free mandala free coloring pages - Old Pro

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http://www.education.com/worksheets/mandalas/?cid=55000.0093885186&s_kwcid=TC|8363|mandala%20coloring%20pages||S|b|15613659175&gclid=CPPjz_3_o7gCFY9AMgodCmoAtw

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