You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up ~
Adult Coloring Books Are All the Rage!
by Epigenetic Healing Artist, Lori Daniel Falk
Anyone who knows me knows I really don’t watch TV. In fact I stay away from the mass media as much as possible, which for the most part is a good thing as it keeps me away from a lot of nonsense and negativity. That said, it also can keep one away from developing or emerging trends like the insanely popular adult coloring phenomenon! It appears not only is everyone doing it, everyone is writing about it too. Seriously, everyone from the New Yorker to Forbes Magazine to The Washington Post is writing about it.
This is not just a little trend here folks … According to a recent ranking at Amazon, five out of the top 10 best-selling books in the United States were adult coloring books. Nielsen Bookscan estimates that some 12 million coloring books were sold in 2015, a dramatic jump from the mere 1 million sold the previous year.
WHY, you may be asking? (I know I was!) The number one message on the street is that it’s relaxing. Many liken coloring to yoga or meditation. Think of it this way, “Colouring in a book doesn’t require artistic training to get started, yet it offers a great sense of accomplishment when finishing a piece.” Fueling it is the fact that most of us multitask all day long. So when it’s time to relax at the end of the day many of us feel guilty for sitting down and “just” watching TV. So we text, we knit, we paint our nails, we scroll through Facebook, and now apparently we color too. God forbid we’d say it’s OK to be lazy when we’re trying to relax !?!?!? Most importantly of all, it gets us out of the digital world and into reality … OMG you gotta admit we need more of that.
It also appears there’s a big social aspect to this coloring trend that many new fans find appealing about it. A recent search of the social media world found that when you put the #coloring hashtag into Instagram 1,079,251 posts come up. There are numerous Adult Coloring Facebook groups as well, some with as many as 40,000 plus members. Seems people all over the world are sharing their finished pieces of art on social media sites like Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter … and many are doing it (Coloring, that is) in social settings like Coloring Clubs, that meet at both homes and coffee shops alike. (I gotta tell you … working as much as I do, I would much prefer a Coloring Club to a Book Club any day … and that is NOT just because I’m in artist, it’s because I need to relax!?!) Face it, coloring is a fun way to get together and do something that engages a little bit of your creative side, but allows you to talk, hang out, drink coffee … or maybe have a glass of wine, or two!
And are you ready for this … this adult coloring book craze has even created a global colored pencil shortage. (Like I said, “You can’t make this sh*t up!) Faber-Castell, the world’s biggest colored pencil manufacturer, says they are experiencing “double-digit growth” in the sale of artists’ pencils and have been forced to run more shifts just to keep up. The trend can be felt globally – from South America to Asia. And the best part, which tells me this trend isn’t going to die anytime soon, is that people are now not satisfied with ‘just’ 36 colors. Pencil manufacturers are seeing a trend in people preferring bigger sets of 72 or even 120 colors for coloring. Gotta love it!
Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford is one of the forerunners of this trend. Her adult coloring books have sold some 16 million copies worldwide in recent years. One of the leading publishers of adult coloring books, PCG Publishing Group’s CEO, Camden Hendricks, was quoted in Fortune Magazine as saying “ … none of our indicators suggest any kind of slowdown in the near future. All of our data suggests strong, continued growth throughout the rest of the year, so we are nothing but bullish. Coloring books are not like other publishing trends — they have already proven to be more durable, and their appeal just continues to expand.”
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And so it is with all of this in mind, that we introduce you to our new series of Angelic Rx Adult Coloring Books for Relaxing. Our first one, “Angelic Rx’s for Manifesting” allows you to experience the wisdom of the angels while you focus on manifesting your hearts desires. Inside you’ll find 20 amazing art activities that will take you to a calm, peaceful and happy place of coloring bliss. These angelic images offer an easy way to de-stress and unleash your inner artist. Plus, each one has a message from the angels to assist you in your manifestation journey.
Angelic Rx’s for Manifesting Adult Coloring Book
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Publication Date June 2016
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Angelic Rx’s for JOY Adult Coloring Book
Let the angels lead you on a coloring journey to experience more JOY in every aspect of your life. Publication Date August 2016
Angelic Rx’s for Creating an Amazing Life Coloring Book
We all would love to have an amazing life filled with love, joy, health, wealth, peace and happiness. The angels will whisper their messages to you while you color their angelic images into all their brilliance. Publication Date October 2016
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As a Spiritual Life Coach, Visionary Artist, author and public speaker, Lori Daniel Falk is often referred to simply as a Contemporary Mystic. She has been gifted with a new artistic healing modality that enables her to communicate with, and share, the wisdom of the angels in both pictures and words. Her Angelic Message Portraits™ bring a feeling of wonderment and inspiration to all who view them. To date they have found homes in over 25 countries around the world, have graced the covers of numerous magazines, are a regular feature on the DailyOm and are exhibited at the Hay House, “I Can Do It” conferences. Lori’s latest book, “What the World Needs to Know NOW, Wisdom of the Angels,” is currently available at www.wisdomoftheangels.com. Her line of Hospice Greeting Cards are now being test-marketed by Blue Mountain Arts.
Questions should be sent to lori@wisdomoftheangels.com