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When you're bored with "cozy" coloring books
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items No Bobbie Goods or Coco Wyo here! Some of these are BARELY even coloring books, tbh, but they still go on the coloring cart!
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Movie Lovers
Book Lovers
Is this even {reverse} coloring?
Color by Number
Not JUST Coloring
Kinda Funny :D
Movie Lovers
Movies, anime, Netflix series… same same. Lots of details on these books, but don't be afraid to add in your own twist using white acrylic marker and black liners.
Its pretty much the entire series in a coloring book of over 100 pages. Color while you are rewatching in preparation for the next season.
Stranger Things (Color All Five Seasons!)
You get the best moments of the show, puns…but the lines are a little too thin to use markers on.
The Official Bob's Burgers Coloring Book
The illustrations are very detailed, and the compositions are chef's kiss. Go crazy!
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Its Art Nouveau and Art Deco inspirations with just a dash of steampunk. Another book for the acrylic paint pens or colored pencils.
Wicked Official Coloring Book: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture ...
All the coloring pages are perforated, so you can display the finished artworks. Lots of classic scenes!
Harry Potter Color-by-Number
Everything Grabie is fantastic, but this set makes it easy to color over lines you don't want (in white) and create new lines in black (like if you wanted to add a hat or a speech bubble.
Grabie Black & White Fine Tip Acrylic Markers 0.7mm
Book Lovers
Most of these are a collection of fan-based art; ALL of these are for my romance girlies.
I hope you are ready to have all the feels again, because we get 40 hand-drawn illustrations from the fans. That means multiple styles of art to color through.
Fourth Wing: The Official Coloring Book
This one has quotes on the opposite page to keep you in the mindset of the spring court and overall romantasy headspace.
A Court of Thorns and Roses Coloring Book
FEELS cozy without being in the cozy style, plus we get 37 illustrations
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House Coloring Book
Very fall-centric and we get 37 illustrations, again.
The Pumpkin Spice Café Coloring Book
over sixty dramatic illustrations of dagger—wielding warriors, enemies turned lovers, dragons, fairy folk, and other romantic icons — all hand—drawn by women artists with a flair for the fantastical, set within a cover featuring text and art debossed...
Romantasy
Neat intro to reverse coloring, if you haven't tried it before, and fits the theme of a our romantasy books. I'm still looking for a dragon one.
Ink Tracing Reverse Coloring Book: Fairytale
Another fun fantasy book but less detailed on the illustrations. Illustrations are smaller, also.
Fantasy World Coloring Book MAGIC MEADOWS - ROYAL KINGDOM - MERMAIDS' BAY
I cannot express how much I LOVE these pencils. They aren't too waxy, and you can buy refills! The hard bodies protect the lead from breaking, so I'm not constantly sharpening my pencil, and the sharpener that comes with it makes the lead NEEDLE shar...
KALOR 36 Premium Refillable Mechanical Pencil Set
Is this even {reverse} coloring?
If you are a stationary dragon and have way too many pens in all the colors, these books are going to be WAY too much fun. Most people use a black pen, but I like using a pen a few shades darker than the image.
I'm including all three of the original reverse coloring books, because you get a different experience with each. I couldn't pick a favorite!
The Reverse Coloring Book
When you get tired of individual flowers, try doing a landscape. These pages would be perfect for junk journaling, too… maybe do some outlining then add a few stickers… ideas are flowing …
Watercolor Scenic Landscapes
More flora-focused than the first book - love this series for when I'm listening to a movie and avoiding laundry.
The Reverse Coloring Book: Through the Seasons
This book feels like we're collaborating with the watercolor artist, except there's no pressure to meet any deadlines or make it look like something other than exactly what you want it to be.
Watercolor Florals
This is for my house plant parents and lovers of all things green. They would be perfect for framing and hanging on your plant wall! 33 pages, which is great for the price.
Reverse Coloring Book of Plants
If you do Zentangles, you will probably love this one the best. All sorts of pattern outlines and lots of room to add your own tangles.
The Reverse Coloring Book: Mindful Journeys
Try something a little different than a black pen, if you're feeling wild and spontaneous. Grabie's set is great, because they're not the needle tips. Ink flow is great.
Grabie Glitter Gel Pens
Color by Number
Let's make this exciting… instead of coloring EVERY page exactly as told, consider using a limited palette (e.g., all greens or only 6 colors) … or do it inverted!!! There's no rule that says you can't color these images using the same techniques and...
Double-sided images, so make sure you are using acrylic paint markers or pens, not alcohol or water markers. There's a BIG range of movies on this one!
Disney Mystery Coloring: Family: A Color by Number Book: 9798217298136
All the pages have a color code system at the bottom, so you can test on that same page (if you want) if the colors match. Double sided.
Disney Mystery Coloring: Disney Villains: A Color by Number Book
thick, uncoated paper, and printed single-sided, there is no risk of bleed-through whether you prefer color pencils or markers
Color by Numbers Nature: 40 mystery pictures to reveal
happy little trees, majestic mountain ranges, stunning seascapes, idyllic forests, and peaceful streams - 90 pgs
Bob Ross Color-by-Number
I know they're inexpensive, but the coverage is decent. They also don't bleed through the paper.
JusArt Acrylic Paint Markers Brush Tip 30 Colors
Not JUST Coloring
Coloring is only one of the elements of these books. If you want a quick brain break from coloring, but you don't want a full on activity book, these are the best ones, imo.
highly accurate line drawings, organized by body area—head, neck, thorax, upper limbs, abdomen, reproductive system, pelvis, lower limbs, and whole body systems
The Human Body Coloring Book: The Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide ...
detailed illustrations of the body’s anatomical systems in a spacious page design with no back-to-back images
Anatomy Coloring Book with 450+ Realistic Medical Illustrations ...
Intricately detailed black-and-white line drawings of creatures, characters, and patterns form massive compositions of mind-boggling complexity
Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge ...
coloring AND word searches - great for travel or appointments when you want to NOT be on your phone. great brain breaks when at work, too!
Feel the Love Word Search and Coloring (Coloring Book & Word Search)
As you adventure through these wild pages peppered with bees, birds, and berries, keep an eye out for the twelve magical wildflowers featured in the Plant Hunter’s list
Wonderful Wildflowers: A Coloring Book and Floral Quest:
Now you get to color AND do the outlines. So… not a sketchbook, but also you didn't have to come up with what to draw? Very fun.
Trace and Color: Classic Trucks
yes, they make adult dot-to-dots, so I hope you brought your reading glasses!
Extreme Dot-to-Dot Spectacular Places
I'm not the only person who needs one of these… I can't take my coloring cart to a friend's house!
JJRING Craft Organizer Tote Bag for Art Storage
Kinda Funny :D
Love these as gifts for people who color or when you just want a change of pace. These coloring books always make me giggle.
TOP quality book. You can use colored pencils, markers, gel pens, watercolors, crayons, or whatever tool you want to fill in these designs. Dive into the world of tooting creatures
Color Me Farts: A Hilarious Adult Coloring Book
Use with pens and colored pencils - markers won't do very well with this one. Deff need to color these then pass them out at work.
The Screaming Goat Coloring Book
Just a fun little gag gift or to put in your bathroom basket next to the sea shells. 20 pages, so pretty small, but good as a filler item to get to that free shipping.
Poop Coloring Book: Something to Do While You Poo (Pocket Edition)
so it LOOKS like a regular mandala book… but look closer. Fun when you want a change of pace - great as a gag gift too.
Nelson Mandala Coloring Book
Stickers by Number
Easy to work on a little bit at a time, but a little tricky to put together. Do NOT skip using tweezers, and don't let the cat on your lap.
Coloring without coloring, and you're remaking actual art pieces… just with stickers.
Paint by Sticker : Masterpieces
original illustrations, easy-to-use pages of numbered stickers, and thick paper with perforated pages
Stranger Things: The Official Color-with-Stickers Book
Not a lot of sea-themed stuff in the coloring space, plus this one has spiral binding
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Under the Sea - 2 Books in 1
forest scenes, animals, and natural settings - its 28 pages, and honestly if you wanted to use them for junk journaling, it would be worth the price for that, too. VERY different feel from the other books!
Sticker by Number - Vintage: Forest
Use with the sticker books if you have difficulty placing the smaller stickers. I like the bent/L-shaped ones for the aesthetic, and the needle- and paddle heads for practicality.
Anti-Static Stainless Steel Tweezers 10Pcs
ADHD Friendly
Very simple, kinda silly, and no pressure do make it look “pretty”
Breadwig Coloring Book Volume One
Yes there are florals in this book BUT there's so much more than that. This is another great one for my zentanglers.
Lines of Imagination: Abstract Backgrounds
Not the best paper, but you get 80 pages and the patterns are nice
Neurodivergent
The markers that come with the books are stamps, and you treat it kind like a color by number… but you just stamp all the little numbers. You end up with a pointilistic piece. Very zen.
Lifelines FlowArt Activity Pads 4-Pack + Markers