Wisps and Whims Coloring Book

Description

Inspired by the fascinating ways various things interact, overlap and intersect. You’re invited to investigate connections in the web of life through the pages. Feel free to cross the lines and play with possibilities. Each choice can evoke different moods, energies and interesting perspectives. What colorful touches will you add?

All 33 scenes were hand-drawn and scanned straight from a sketchbook. It can be worthwhile to embrace the beauty of imperfections, the vitality of a quirky human touch and unexpected turns taken along the trails. You can adopt a snail’s pace if you like, tell inner critics to take a hike, pause to be present and catch your breath.

Reap the benefits of art therapy and stress-relief in this nature-themed coloring book.

Explore the scenes while participating in the creative process through your color choices or use scenes for writing and story prompts as they are. Follow your own whims and wonder. What if a leaf is really a feather or a wing? What if there’s a family of stick figures hiding in a garden or a snail has polka dots or a sky is full of new constellations? You’re encouraged to add your own doodles along with color that can be soft and subtle or bold and bright or whatever fits your personal style. Color outside the lines or draw over the lines in unusual ways. This is the fun of co-creating!

This playful coloring book has some lines that intentionally overlap in ways that prompt you to decide which parts are in front or back of a particular area and relationship. You might see hints of hidden pictures even though it wasn’t made to be that way. You can hide some treasures within the images yourself if that appeals to you. There are guide lines you can follow, change, or ignore. Each choice can bring about different experiences, points of view and results. That’s one way a creative practice can be so potent!

May you enjoy getting lost in the process or finding your way to a calm center. It can be a curious escape or a mindful meditative moment for presence, rest, relaxation, reverence, reflection, rebellion or connection. It can also be a lovely way to pass time on planes when traveling or to celebrate curiosity, collaborate and color with friends and family. It may lead to interesting conversations or sharing cherished memories across generations. Bravo for taking time to slow down and look between the lines.

Makes a great gift for nature lovers, plant lovers, or sending get well wishes with a soothing activity to appreciate during healing and recovery or to donate to schools, youth centers, medical waiting rooms, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, rehabilitation programs or shelters.

Delve into a peaceful creative escape with a modern twist on the folk art of Appalachia for relaxing meditation or communion with nature whether you choose to add color or not! Scenes were often drawn while observing botanicals, insects or animals in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Thank YOU so much for supporting artists/authors like me while giving yourself this gift at the same time!