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| 'Countryside to Colour' colouring pad |
Happy March!
It is a lovely day for colouring. Adult colouring or colour therapy colouring books are becoming extremely popular in our society. With health benefits from mindfulness practice to relieving stress, it is no wonder more and more people are turning to colouring in our fast paced lives.
I have yet to buy my first colour therapy book, however I began discovering colouring before I was aware of these new books and their health benefits.
Several years ago, I had become interested in watercolour paints and bought a colouring pads with detailed countryside images that could be easily filled in with paints or crayons. After finding one just for colouring I had completed a few images but soon had lost interest.
When becoming ill last year, I was keeping myself creative while I was recovering so I could keep my mind off being ill and focus on something that I could gain a sense of achievement from. I found my colouring pad and would listen to music, finding myself miles away as the time flew colouring beautiful images of the countryside and I think that is simply the idea of colour therapy.
As I did more and more, I began to create a small gallery on the spare bedroom wardrobe in which I decided to recouperate in, so make me feel more cheerful and give something for people who came to stay, a chance to look at and admire.
It's been a great way for me to see how far I have come in my recovery, particularly when I have matched the seasons to my mood. I'm not much of an artistic drawer, but there is something satisfying about colouring in a great drawing no matter what your ability is.
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| 'Countryside to Colour' - colouring pad |
