Move over Sudoku—coloring books are the new mental workout craze, and they’re not just for kids anymore (adult coloring books are rapidly becoming more popular)! Since the release in 2013 of The Secret Garden by Johanna Basford (which became #1 on Amazon’s best-seller list), adult coloring books have become a growing global trend—and it’s not hard to see why.
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The trope of the "starving artist" is so old, it's practically not even a trope anymore. Instead, it's more like a creepy bedtime story we tell potential working artists, as if to scare them out of the pursuit of art and in to some other career path.
As an artist, creator or hobbyist, it is hard to always have creative ideas. We caught up with illustrator Whitney Sherman to get drawing exercises to spark your creativity when you are stuck.