Creative Crop: 10 Best colouring books for grown-ups
updated the 21 January 2016 à 13:58
Get on the colouring-in craze for some serious stress-relief sessions.
Whatever happened to the times when colouring books were (strictly) meant for kids? The messy affair has gotten equally—or more—popular with the adults.
Mind you, these books are intricately designed to specifically help you de-stress and develop a sharper mind.
The question is, does it work? As mentioned in an article by Independent, Hephzibah Kaplan, Director at the London Art Therapy Centre said, “When choosing a colouring-in book with more complex or abstract images the convention is generally to keep different colours within different lines. This requires a relaxed focus where the outline is containing and the mark-making repetitive and smooth. So a bit like repeating a mantra where repetition is a means to relaxation, colouring-in is also a type of mediation.”
The next time you feel stressed, try colouring in pages of the intricate designs and trust us you’ll get hooked in no time!
Sharon Salim
