I'm no artist, but it leaves me feeling accomplished. Some pics under spoiler cut to save space:Īnd plenty scenes and critters I'm yet to attempt ) Coloured pencils add a different layer but perhaps mine are too cheap as it can be hard work getting the colours to take and they don't offer the blending I'd like. Pages are hardy and I'm finding felt-tips work best, bringing vibrant colour while not bleeding into the next page. When your focus is narrowed to which colour will look prettiest and why there's only so many greens available among your chosen pencils then the things that bother you can sometimes be left outside the printed lines. It appeals to my love of creativity without being too taxing. It'll take me forever to complete but that's part of the point, something you can loose yourself to with some music or audio playing. There's an added hunt through the pages giving the book a sort of story. The level of detail here makes these different, the images are pleasing and enchant, several I'd be happy to have on a wall. Most of these adult-colouring-books bemuse me, many appear to me to be overpriced doodles that most people could manage. Strange to rate a colouring book but the art in this is exquisite, a mix of highly detailed to fairly simple with plenty of room for expression while colouring or adding details. I felt like this picture was too plain so I added a Harry Potter quote.  'Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.' -Albus Dumbledore This is my first project I've done since starting college and it was such a nice de-stresser. This was just so much fun and the color schemes make my eyes happy.:D This was a lot of fun to color after taking a long break. I'm so proud of this because it took me forever to do! This is probably one of my favorite pieces so far and I love the concept of just using pinks and blue tones as the basis for the piece. It took me a while to do this one because I was so busy, but I'm definitely going to take time when I feel stressed to do this while I watch a movie or TV. I messed up a little bit on one of the color patterns, but I really like the design the more I look at it. I used fine, fine tip Sharpies and Crayola color pencils. This image took me about four days to color. The end result or even just completing small portions of the page makes me truly happy to see that I've participated in bringing a simple image to life.  I've started my journey into adult coloring and so far have discovered that it's a relaxing process.

Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford

With beautiful prose, unique takes, and a broad range of tones and approaches to the horror genre, this is a collection to be savored-and just in time for Halloween. Soon, the echoes of these stories erase the line between the living and the dead. A lush and elegant collection of tales for readers of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, and Angela Carter, this is a must have collection of ghostly tales. When the electricity cuts out, the ghost stories they share to pass the time until it comes back on slowly become more real, more personal. The final, eponymous story leans the heaviest into a traditional horror tone as readers are dropped into the world of four artists as they prepare for an art exhibition contest. In the margins, the researcher’s roommate leaves her notes that begin casually, like those one would leave on the fridge, but slowly morph to mirror the painting’s nefarious history. 'A haunting is a moment of trauma, infinitely repeated. Wise is the author of Hooked and the bestselling Wendy, Darling. “I Dress My Lover in Yellow” is an eerie epistolary story told through a young woman’s research on an unusual painting. Wise, the acclaimed author of Wendy, Darling, comes a brand new collection of horror stories, The Ghost Sequences. Wise ( Wendy, Darling) showcases 16 brilliant stories in this immersive, ghostly collection, opening with the speculative “How the Trick Is Done,” in which a charismatic magician levels up his stagecraft when he begins dating a Resurrectionist, but things take a turn when the ghost of his former assistant returns with a broken heart. Wise, the acclaimed author of Wendy, Darling, comes a brand new collection of horror stories, The Ghost Sequences.Fans of Paul Tremblay.

The Veil Unveiled by Faegheh Shirazi