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Artist-Made Coloring Books You've Never Seen
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items I'm always looking for coloring books designed BY people who color FOR people who color in any medium. These books have thick paper, hand-drawn illustrations, and there's a good variety of everything from 2-minute pages, to cozy storybook style, to c...
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ADHD Friendly
More like a story book
Thickest paper
Something... Different
Frame It
ADHD Friendly
These coloring books are designed to reduce choices and time. Pages can be finished quickly, and the overly simple or nonsensical designs make it so choosing colors/shading/textures/etc. is almost a mute point. I turn to these when I want a quick dop...
You get special stamp markers with each set, and all you do is stamp the page (kinda like a color by number). Its very relaxaing, you don't have to pick colors, and there are no lines to stay within. Then you end up with this cool pointillistic art p...
Lifelines FlowArt: Color by Letter & Dot-Art
Perfect for when you DON'T want to think about getting the colors wrong - nonsensical doodles with hidden stories
Color Me Crazy: A Coloring Book for Everyone
So Keith was an artist widely recognized for his colorful paintings, drawings, sculptures, and murals with their graffiti-inspired themes. The coloring book has bold lines, patterns, and doodle-like characters and shapes. That means no stress on colo...
Keith Haring Color Block
Taller than V1, but still perfect for random colors or even rainbow
color me crazy volume 2 by Jason Holliday Medium: ohuhu ...
Mini coloring books designed to NOT be overwhelming. One simple image per page on thick paper - can complete a page in 1-2 mins
A Brighter Year
Someone already colored this book, but then the lines disappeared. The only choice you have to make here is what color do you want to trace in - black? something close to the base color? VERY easy to complete a page in a few mins.
Brandon Campbell's Just Add Line: Coloring in Reverse
More like a story book
I love these books when I want to put a lot of effort into my work, even if that means I only finish coloring in their coat for today. Brambly Hedge is an actual story book you are coloring while the others are designed to feel like a story. It would...
You ARE the color artist for the story. Perfect for colored pencils and cozy without being “simple”.
Brambly Hedge: Festive Coloring Book
almost a story book where you follow these two characters through life
Fungi & Fir Coloring Book - Forest Coloring Co
very large book, simple and easy to color and customize, love the thick paper
Teddi Brown Coloring Books
Intricate details with a blend of Japanese/cottage core. Made by Japanese illustrator Kanoko Egusa on premium off-white paper.
Leon's Journey Coloring Book: A Curious Cat's Seasonal Adventures|Paperback
Thickest paper
If you use alcohol markers or want to try using watercolors, these are the next books to invest in. The paper gives you a completely different experience than normal paper, because its designed to handle a lot more moisture.
ACTUAL marker paper and top spiral binding - portraits is my fav
Ohuhu Double-Sided Bleedproof Coloring Book
I LOVE this one. great for beginners with alcohol markers or watercolor - designs are beautiful and just a nice change of pace
Watercolor Set Of 50 & Coloring Book Bundle
thick cardstock for all 10 of the pages, plus we get 35 stickers to play around with
Postcard Coloring Book
I LOVE all of their watercolor coloring books, because you can use them with alcohol markers, too. I like to use water-based markers, then go back in with a wet brush to move the ink around. STUNNING.
Grabie Watercolor Coloring Book, 15 Sheets
NOT a coloring book, but if we're going to color with watercolors, we might as well have a compact paint set. This one comes with the waterbrush, had two palettes that fold out, and then all the paints twist out and look like paint swatch cards. I us...
Foldable Watercolor Set of 56 (not a coloring book)
Gorgeous illustrations (20) - some are neutral, some are for birthdays, etc. If you have acrylic paint pens or gel pens, you could make these so vibrant, then give them away or make it into a collection
Happy Day Coloring Postcards
Something... Different
You may get to use your brain a little more on these coloring books, but it is worth it. The final pieces are absolute masterpiece illustrations, and you get to play a hand in their creation.
Not only do you color, but it is a search-and-find challenge, too!
Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge
very fine lines, perfect for watercolor or colored pencils
Floral Watercolors
Instead of coloring, what if you used that big collection of pens to trace the illustrations? I like using a darker color than what's on the paper, but lots of people just use a black pen!
Hidden Gardens 2 - Reverse Coloring
Frame It
THICK pages that are double-sided. One side has a place for you to take notes with a tiny version of the picture (so you can test how you want it to look) - the other side is the full image. LOVE these illustrations!
On the Bright Side - Elyse Burns
patterns instead of characters, details instead of vast emptiness
William Morris Artists' Colouring Book
Whataburger but in a coloring book with fine-lined illustrations - love this one as a gift for someone
WhataWorld: A Whataburger Adult Coloring Book