Three New Adult Coloring Books: Kindred Creations, Gilded Calm, and The Many Faces of Mary Jane
Three books, out today. Kindred Creations, Gilded Calm, and The Many Faces of Mary Jane are all live at once, which was either an ambitious plan or a mildly unhinged one, depending on the week you ask. Either way, here is what is actually in each, so you can skip the guessing and pick the right one.
Every one of them shares the same rules. Thick, confident lines built for markers, not fine art pens. No grey shading, because grey shading is the publisher deciding your palette before you open the book. Single sided printing, so a marker bleeding through does not ruin the next page. And real adults on the page, not the same twenty-two-year-old drawn three hundred times.
Kindred Creations, for the woman who wants the cozy version
Autumn scenes with a person actually doing something in them: carving a pumpkin on a porch step, rolling out pie dough, arranging dried flowers at a market stall. Not generic leaf piles. If you want twenty minutes that feels like a slow Sunday, this is the one.
Gilded Calm, for the woman who wants the glamorous version
Art deco scenes, sunburst motifs, ocean liners and hotel lobbies, women with real jaws and real posture instead of fashion mannequins. This one rewards patience with metallics and sharp geometry. If Kindred Creations is a cardigan, Gilded Calm is a beaded gown.
The Many Faces of Mary Jane, for the woman who is done hiding her stash in a drawer
Thirty-one portraits, cannabis worked into every one, glam rather than stoner. Not a single joke about being baked anywhere in the book. This is the one for a woman who has made her peace with cannabis and would like her coloring book to reflect that instead of pretending otherwise.
Why three at once
Honestly, because they were ready at the same time and holding two of them back while the third went out alone felt like the wrong kind of patience. If you only have room for one, go by which description above made you smile. That is usually the right answer.
All three are live now in paperback and as printable PDFs. See all three books or grab three free pages first if you want to test the paper and the line weight before buying anything.
And if the cannabis culture one is the one that got you, there is a second thing worth knowing about: Letters from Mary Jane, a real letter in your mailbox once a month, not a box. The waitlist is open now.