What an interesting prompt today from gc. Adult coloring books have been an interest of mine for a couple of years. Linda G Hill does a monthly adult coloring prompt that shows a lot of different talent as well. For Christmas this year my daughter gave me a different version of adult coloring books, an etching book.

The premises is opposite of adding color as you are scraping away black. The page has a design already made and depending on how much of the black you scrape away gives the page your own touch. There are guidelines like the one below but after I did the first one, well, I kinda do my own thing.

The contrast of the black background really makes the colors pop. This next photo is probably one of my favorites so far, as I am partial to butterflies.

If you pull just a touch outside the lines of given shape, you get a contrasting color which highlights the shape. I found this by accident and really liked what it did to add depth to the item. I also received new regular adult coloring books to play with and yes the do help pull the stress out of you, at lease they do for me. I keep mine by my bed for nights when the brain will not turn off. I highly recommend them if you haven’t tried them. Plus they are just fun.
And in closing, as I do with all of my post, I remind all of the immeasurable value of kindness. It could be the very spark for someone’s dark day to help them see the day’s beautiful light.

Gorgeous! I love these colour-on-black pages. 😀
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Thanks. They are even more fun I think. 1 tool instead of may pencils. But I like those as well.
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Something to help the mind turn off sounds like a very good thing. Might have to look into coloring books.
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Oh mercy…. art makes me a nervous wreck and gives me a migraine! Your work is beautiful so I’ll continue to leave that to all of you that have the talent for such beauty! 😁
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Oh its not talent.
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Never nice etching!! My friend just got me an adult coloring book as a relaxing activity.
I usually color my kid’s workbook pages while they work. It gives me something to do while they fidget and drop their pencils for the 100th time. lol
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I have a couple of adult coloring books that had forgotten. I may start using them.
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