When the going gets tough, real women start coloring. They’re picking up adult coloring books by the droves, at bookstores and craft stores, on Amazon.com and even from the Home Shopping Network. The ...

Crayons, of course. Scented markers. Colored pencils, presharpened. And coloring books by the jillions. Why do people like coloring so much? For grown-ups, I can totally get the nostalgia — and the ...

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Coloring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus or bring about more mindfulness Like meditation, coloring allows the brain to switch off other thoughts and focus Coloring books are ...

They first became all the rage towards the end of last year and, since then, the trend has kicked off and now some of the most popular ones are among the best sellers in their categories on Amazon ...

When Penguin Random House announced recently that it had acquired world rights to the next two adult coloring books from Johanna Basford, the so-called queen of coloring, it was just the latest sign ...

A few years ago, Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford made her living creating complex black-and-white drawings for brands like Nike and Absolut Vodka. Her clients would joke about wanting to color ...

My parents weren't huge fans of colouring books when I was little. The only ones I remember having in the house were The Anti-Colouring Book, and its sequel, The Anti-Colouring Book of Masterpieces, ...

WASHINGTON — The amateur artists can be found coloring in airport lounges, doctor’s office waiting rooms and while they watch TV shows at home. They are forming coloring meetup groups at libraries and ...

Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article originally appeared in The Scoop in August. When a group of community members gathers every month at Woods Hole (Mass.) Public Library (WHPL), they try ...