Publisher's Synopsis
Each book in the Coloring Books for Grownups series contains 50 outline drawings ready for coloring, and is designed for older children and adults of all ages who are looking to escape the stresses of modern living and simply relax.
This, the sixth book in the series is based on the world of domestic and wild animals, including some considered to be rare and exotic, but is really designed to spark your imagination into creating your own images of animals that can perhaps be best described as strange or amazing animals.
Coloring for grown-ups is very popular today and there are many explanations for this interest. Some of the reasons for its popularity include...
Coloring Lowers Stress And Anxiety
Psychiatrists have long known that coloring relaxes the fear center of the brain and allows your mind to get some rest. In fact the founder of analytical psychology, Carl Jung, gave his patients mandalas to color over one hundred years ago. In the hectic world we inhabit today the stress relieving properties of coloring are more valuable than ever.
Coloring Trains Your Brain To Focus
Remaining inside the lines as you color a simple black and white line drawing requires focus and, while you are concentrating on this stress-free and relaxing activity, you can forget about your worries. Coloring is a mental exercise that lets you put aside everything else for the time you spend coloring, and this is important in our busy world.
Coloring Helps In The Development Of Motor Skills And Vision
Coloring forces the two hemispheres of your brain to communicate and involves the use of logic (necessary for coloring forms) and creativity (as we mix and match colors). In turn, this brings the areas of the brain responsible for vision and fine motor skills into play, and helps to keep these active and develop them further. It is this aspect of coloring that is being seen more and more as particularly valuable for older individuals, as many people believe that it can delay, or possibly even prevent, the onset of dementia.
Coloring Gives You The Chance To Be Social
Although you may feel that coloring ought to be a solo activity, its growing popularity is rapidly turning it into a social one. Friends, families, co-workers and others are now getting together to eat, drink and enjoy the opportunity to socialize, through their common interest in coloring books. Without doubt, this is a perfect excuse for getting together, as coloring takes only a minimum of concentration and can be done easily in a group.
Coloring Lets You Express Yourself
When it comes to coloring there are no rules and your coloring book is just that - your coloring book. If you accidentally color the cat's hind leg green because you mistook it for part of the grass, who is going to care? Should you feel like making the sky yellow, what does it matter? You can be as creative as you wish because this is your coloring book, and yours alone.
You may already be a fan of adult coloring, in which case you will already appreciate its value. This may however be a new enterprise for you and one that you are looking at for any one of a number of different reasons. If this is something new for you then I encourage you to give it a try. It is no accident that so many people are excited about the world of adult coloring, so jump on board and start to enjoy the benefits for yourself today.
