Political coloring pages.
W 1962 In the year, cartoonist Mort Drucker collaborated with humorist Paul Laikin on the creation books John F. Kennedy , a satirical introduction to Kennedy, his family and administration, told from the point of view of his daughter Caroline . The book sold in 2 500 000 Copies.
W 1968 year in the United States began to circulate Black Panther coloring book ; the book features black men and children killing pigs disguised as policemen . Argued, that it was not put forward by the Black Panther Party, but through the COINTELPRO program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , aimed at discrediting the organization, which is the subject of dispute by other sources.
The term "Coloring Book" was adopted by the feminist artist Tee Corinne as a tool of female initiation. Corinne made pencil sketches of female genitals, which she then drew in ink and printed on card stock. She published a collection of them in 1975 year as The Cunt Coloring Book.
In August 2011 of the year, the American publishing house Really Big Coloring Books published We Shall Never Forget: The Kids Book of Freedom, containing detailed drawings in the SEAL Team accounting 6 shooting at Osama bin Laden at his house. The book has been criticized by some for portraying Muslims in a negative way. The company also released The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids , Ted Cruz To The Future (2013) and a book on the inauguration of President Barack Obama (2008).
Works of art
Photographer Jno Cook creates drawings based on the graphics of Robert Frank – The Americans , a w 1983 he published them in a limited edition as The Robert Frank Coloring Book . W 1994 The National Gallery of Art used these photos as gifts for the writers working on a catalog of Frank's retrospective works.
Coloring books for adults
Coloring books are a form of therapy for adults , which has gained popularity in 2010 year. Supposedly, it brings people a sense of their childhood , and helps in developing fine motor skills and vision, which reduces anxiety, it relieves stress in a way similar to meditation . Focusing on coloring can make it easier to replace negative thoughts and pictures with pleasant ones. Coloring pages can be used in everyday activities. Books are also a way to escape technology, which some may consider beneficial to human health. People can also use them, who do not feel comfortable in others, extremely expressive forms of art.
While adult coloring books were popular in the early years 60. XX century, they were rather satirical works, not therapeutic, which define the form of adult coloring books today. The first coloring books for adults, which have become commercially successful, were published in 2012 i 2013 r. and their popularity began to grow in 2015 r. In April this year, Johanna Basford released two coloring pages titled "Secret Garden" and "Enchanted Forest". , which became a best seller at Amazon . In November, Amazon.ca reported, that books were most sought after for items, of which nine of the top ten consisted of such books. Also this month, Crayola began offering his own line of adult coloring books. Publishers have also started adding pencils and CDs to their coloring pages, to increase the enjoyment of this activity. Sales in the US continued to rise early 2016 r., But at the end of the year, it started to decline, and fewer novices have tried this entertainment.
Coloring books for adults are offered digitally via e-books, digital applications and coloring pages, which you can color online or download. Users' digital work products can be saved and shared. Dominic Bulsuto put forward a theory, that the digital purchasing trend has helped the genre spread, noticing, that the relative anonymity of this act allows customers to feel more secure, browsing books, would be embarrassed to buy in real life.
Do 2016 r. Faber-Castell , a global supplier of colored pencils, had trouble maintaining demand for his products due to madness, while Blue Star Coloring sold over a million titles in one year.
They are available on the Internet free of charge printable coloring pages.