The Adult Coloring Trend

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With adult coloring books becoming such a huge trend these days, I feel like I missed out on something I could have started myself when I was teenager. I will be 52 next month, but when I was in my early teens, I use to create these wild and crazy abstract art that has no rhyme or reason. I enjoyed doing them. Now my work is often questioned because of this adult coloring trend just because I don't have a book published. Basically I still enjoy creating and coloring my own work. This is is a picture of one of my works that I just finished drawing before adding color. I only use permanent markers for all my work because it is easier for my hands since I also have osteoarthritis and pencils require too much pressure in order to get the right shade of color. That pressure is very painful for my hands. I love the ease and smoothness of markers. Maybe someday I will create my own book, but for now I like coloring my own creations more than I like coloring someone else's work.