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Be Relaxed and Color

Channel Your Anxious Thoughts into a Calming, Creative Activity
By Lacy Mucklow
Series: Creative Coloring
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Be Relaxed and Color by art therapist Lacy Mucklow and artist Angela Porter offers a collection of calming colouring templates designed to soothe adults' minds. With themes of cosy comforts, relaxing routines, peaceful environments, and quiet getaways, the book provides a peaceful escape from modern-day stress and screen fatigue. It encourages readers to turn anxiety into satisfying creative accomplishments and unwind through mindful colouring.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for adults seeking a creative and relaxing pastime to reduce stress and promote mindfulness. It suits both novices and experienced colourists looking for a screen-free way to find calm and boost creativity.

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Be Relaxed and Color features gorgeous coloring templates for adults who are looking for creative ways to calm their anxiety. Shut off your worries and color your way back to relaxation.

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In this calming book, art therapist Lacy Mucklow and artist Angela Porter offer fun colouring templates for grown-ups looking for creative activities to help ease their minds. With the chaos of the world and our screen-centred lives, it can be difficult to unwind and relax. Mindful activities like colouring have proven to be calming for adults who need a little me time.

Be Relaxed and Color features stunning pages made to soothe your mind as your worries float away. With themes showcasing peaceful and comforting images, such as cozy comforts, relaxing routines, peaceful environments, and quiet getaways, you'll be able to channel your anxiety and stress and turn them into satisfying accomplishments. Shut off your worries. And colour your way back to relaxation. Have some fun while putting your mind into a peaceful and serene state. Instead of looking at a screen when you need some time to relax, Be Relaxed and Color offers a creative, relaxing alternative.

Also available: Be Calm and Color; Be Stress-Free and Color; and Be Grateful and Color. Experience waves of calm as you colour your way through the books of the Creative Colouring series. These colouring books include something for everyone, regardless of age or artistic experience, from adorable kitties and cute kawaii characters to hilarious memes and calming mandalas. Let go of your stress and find peace in all the beautiful patterns or adorable characters. Whether you are looking for an easy, relaxing pastime or to get those creative juices flowing, this series has it covered. Creative Colouring books are the perfect gift for friends or loved ones (including yourself!).

Series: Creative Coloring

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    Relieve stress and anxiety with over 120 beautiful colouring templates in Be Calm and Color. Soothe your anxiety in a creative way and harness the calming benefits of colouring with Be Calm and Color. Colouring provides many of the same benefits as mindfulness and meditation. It allows you to be present and focus on one task. Whether you're trying to...
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  • Be Relaxed and Color
    Be Relaxed and Color
    In this calming book, art therapist Lacy Mucklow and artist Angela Porter offer fun colouring templates for grown-ups looking for creative activities to help ease their minds. With the chaos of the world and our screen-centred lives, it can be difficult to unwind and relax. Mindful activities like colouring have proven to be calming for adults who need a little...
    By Lacy Mucklow
    Paperback
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  • Kawaii Kitties Colouring
    Kawaii Kitties Colouring
    Kawaii is a Japanese idea that can be translated to 'cute' or 'lovable', so it's no surprise that cats are the ultimate subjects of kawaii artwork, which depicts adorable characters with minimal lines and detail. Kawaii Kitties Colouring gives you tons of colouring pages to choose from, so you can spend hours giving your kitties their own personal style. There...
    By Taylor Vance
    Paperback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780785838685

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Crestline Books

Illustration: 100+ b-w illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Angela Porter

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Colouring and Activity Books for Adults Health & Wellness Lacy Mucklow Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Creative Coloring Stationery

About the Author

Lacy Mucklow (MA. ATR-BC, LPAT, LCPAT) is a registered, board certified, and licensed art therapist who has been practicing art therapy in the Washington, DC area since 1999. She has experience working with a variety of mental health populations and settings, including schools, home-based counseling, and hospitals with adolescents, families, and adults. Lacy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Studio Art from Oklahoma State University, and a Master of Arts degree in Art Therapy from The George Washington University.Angela Porter is a self-taught artist who finds inspiration in nature, especially ammonite and other fossils. Much of her work is abstract with flowing lines, shapes, and colors that create textured and detailed artworks. She works with technical drawing pens, watercolors, inks, colored pencils, and metallic paints and pens. She lives in South Wales.

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