I love to take some time out of every day to make something. I spend a lot of time at my computer so love to shut my laptop and pick up my latest paper cut or adult colouring book. I’ve always enjoyed colouring in and I’ve had a lot of practice with my own children who love to colour. Thankfully someone came up with the idea of colouring books for grown ups and it’s been lovely to have some gorgeous colouring books for myself.
I know my readers also seem to enjoy the craze of adult colouring books so today I’m going to tell you about Colouring Shakespeare: over 30 stunning illustrations from Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets and speeches. These include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, as well as Sonnets 18 (‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’) and 166 (‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds), among many others.
This is a unique colouring book from talented artist Judy Stevens, featuring 31 illustrations inspired by and accompanied by William Shakespeare’s (1564–1616) most famous poems and quotations. It combines original artwork with the immortal words of the bard, in honour of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. This is also a foreword by celebrated actor, director and writer, Simon Callow.
“What colours to find! Just let them come to you. They are everywhere in Shakespeare.” (Simon Callow)
Everyone has heard about the benefits of adult colouring books. You can allow yourself to express your creativity through selecting colours, shading, and tone, or by adding pattern and texture. While concentrating on this process you’ll find your mind is free to wander, relax and revitalize.
Win a copy of Colouring Shakespeare
I’ve teamed up with Modern Books and have one copy of Colouring Shakespeare: over 30 stunning illustrations from Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets and speeches to giveaway. If you’re not lucky fortunate to win this competition then Colouring Shakespeare was published by Modern Books on 20th October 2016,RRP £9.99 and can be found in all good bookshops.
To enter the competition please answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget below and leave a comment on this blog post. The competition ends on 28th November and the winners name will appear on this post. Find more competitions at The Prize Finder.
99 Comments
Jo Hutchinson
November 13, 2016 at 10:50 pmI love colouring books with nature and pretty flowers.
melanie stirling
November 13, 2016 at 10:53 pmI like colouring in birds.
Spencer Broadley
November 14, 2016 at 7:33 amI like woods with animals
Jen Schofield
November 14, 2016 at 11:17 amAnimals or patterns
Tracey Ryder
November 14, 2016 at 11:34 amlove animals and flowers
Emma Wallace
November 14, 2016 at 11:42 amI love my Harry Potter one 😀
Sarah Rees
November 14, 2016 at 11:50 amI like my Mandala colouring book
Emma S
November 14, 2016 at 11:50 amI love colouring in flowers and animals.
amy bondoc
November 14, 2016 at 11:51 ami like colouring in flowers
kim plant
November 14, 2016 at 12:15 pmanimals xx
Simon Tutthill
November 14, 2016 at 12:16 pmHave to say I love flowers
Sarah Mackay
November 14, 2016 at 12:45 pmI love mandala’s to colour in
lorraine stone
November 14, 2016 at 1:00 pmI like books that are like stories.
Ellie Wood
November 14, 2016 at 1:44 pmI like a good garden!
Caroline H
November 14, 2016 at 1:56 pmI really like lots of leaves, tropical jungle type colouring.
kerry Locke
November 14, 2016 at 2:20 pmFantasy .. like fairies and dragons etc….
Elizabeth Lawson
November 14, 2016 at 2:33 pmMy favourite colouring books have an Olde Worlde or medieval theme. I also love books with lots of greenery – vines, wildflowers, birds and the like.
Ray Becker
November 14, 2016 at 3:32 pmflowers
Karl Borowy
November 14, 2016 at 6:44 pmANIMALS OR FLOWERS
Laura Jeffs
November 14, 2016 at 6:57 pmPatterns, mandalas but also fantasy themes
Emma Ellams
November 14, 2016 at 7:16 pmButterflies, I have a colouring book that’s full of them & I love it
bella smyth
November 14, 2016 at 7:32 pmI love colouring books with pretty flowers
Matt McAndrew
November 14, 2016 at 7:53 pmAnything pornographic 😂
Emma Nixon
November 14, 2016 at 8:08 pmStreet, city scenes
jo
November 14, 2016 at 8:15 pmSo you know I was born on the same day Shakespeare was born and died, right? Fingers crossed 🙂
fozia
November 14, 2016 at 9:02 pmAnimals or patterns
Matt Froggatt
November 14, 2016 at 9:44 pmI’ve never had one before, but I’d like to try one.
Katie b
November 14, 2016 at 9:56 pmMandalas!
Rebecca Nisbet
November 14, 2016 at 10:03 pmi like the ones where there is alot of detail in them
Kelly Dutton
November 14, 2016 at 10:06 pmMainly mandalas and patterns
caroline walliss
November 15, 2016 at 6:48 amI love flowers.x
Jess
November 15, 2016 at 10:49 amI like intricate patterns 🙂
Lynsey Buchanan
November 15, 2016 at 4:04 pmI like colouring animals
Jo Carroll
November 15, 2016 at 8:56 pmI love the ones with the really intricate patterns. x
Solange
November 15, 2016 at 10:17 pmI love animals and flowers.
Lisa Wilkinson
November 16, 2016 at 9:54 amI like geometric patterns
leanne weir
November 16, 2016 at 2:41 pmI like flowers
leanne weir
November 16, 2016 at 2:41 pmI like flowers
Shelley Jessup
November 17, 2016 at 12:28 amI love anything to do with animals. I’m entering this for my sister in law
Jennifer Haden
November 17, 2016 at 10:07 amI really love one’s with cute characters, disney, ect 🙂
sb
November 17, 2016 at 11:35 amflowing lines
Hannah Scudder
November 17, 2016 at 11:46 amI love my Harry Potter colouring book.
iain maciver
November 17, 2016 at 11:59 amlove colouring animals
Annabel Greaves
November 17, 2016 at 2:58 pmI love flowers
laura stewart
November 17, 2016 at 6:38 pmanimals mainly cats x
Alice Dixon
November 17, 2016 at 7:29 pmI like colouring flowers and trees
Samantha O'D
November 17, 2016 at 9:19 pmI have been colouring a woodland theme book. Loving the mix of plants and animals
Mark Bradbury
November 18, 2016 at 9:36 amanimals and flowers
sarah rees
November 18, 2016 at 11:19 amgame of thrones
Nigel Rummey
November 18, 2016 at 1:58 pmHistorcal Scenes
Dawn Wilkinson
November 18, 2016 at 4:33 pmFlowers and nature.
Rachel Smethurst Newport
November 18, 2016 at 10:04 pmI love them all, but nature scenes are my favourite
Joanna Coleshill
November 19, 2016 at 7:19 pmFlowers are my favourite
Vicki Weston
November 20, 2016 at 3:55 pmgeometric patterns
Rachel
November 20, 2016 at 7:41 pmI love my secret japan colouring book
Susie Wilkinson
November 20, 2016 at 8:05 pmI prefer to colour people or animals
carole n
November 20, 2016 at 9:41 pmi love anything natural – flowers and wildlife
Corinne Peat
November 20, 2016 at 9:59 pmI love to colour places!
JULIE WARD
November 21, 2016 at 2:57 pmCartoon characters, plenty of colour and amusing
Eileen Tingle
November 21, 2016 at 9:41 pmButterflies
Robyn Clarke
November 22, 2016 at 4:11 pmI usually go for butterflies and flowers
Susan Smith
November 23, 2016 at 5:49 pmFlowers and garden birds
Angie McDonald
November 24, 2016 at 1:43 amThe Harry Potter one!
Laura-Jane Baker
November 24, 2016 at 9:50 amNature scenes – they’re so relaxing to colour
Dorogi Eva
November 24, 2016 at 8:30 pmAny drawings for children
Ann Skamarauskas
November 25, 2016 at 5:10 amanimals 🙂
Hazel Smithies
November 25, 2016 at 4:15 pmI love colouring people and flowers most
Rachel Ray
November 25, 2016 at 11:48 pmDefinite pictures – like characters or buildings
Charmian Filewood
November 26, 2016 at 5:47 pmAnimals or flowers
Sheri Darby
November 26, 2016 at 10:16 pmFlowers
hannah taylor
November 27, 2016 at 9:57 amMandala patterns x
Ann Williams
November 27, 2016 at 12:24 pmI love colouring patterns as I feel free to use whatever colours I like.
Keith Hunt
November 27, 2016 at 2:49 pmTropical Wonderland Colouring Book
Anita roberts
November 27, 2016 at 2:53 pmFlowers and birds
Katie Wi
November 27, 2016 at 4:47 pmCeltic patterns
Richard Tyler
November 27, 2016 at 8:14 pmCity Landscapes
Margaret Glover
November 27, 2016 at 8:32 pmButterflies
Victoria B
November 27, 2016 at 9:45 pmNature / Animals
sharon martin
November 27, 2016 at 9:54 pmi like to colour most things but flowers & butterflies are my favourite
Jane
November 27, 2016 at 11:29 pmI like the Harry Potter ones
lucy knight
November 28, 2016 at 8:42 amlove doing ones with unicorns and flowers
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
November 28, 2016 at 9:04 amI like ones with animals in or cakes!
carol boffey
November 28, 2016 at 9:40 ami like animals
Andrea A
November 28, 2016 at 10:43 amMy favourite type of adult colouring book contains flowers.
Kirsten Barthy
November 28, 2016 at 10:49 amI like colouring patterns
Lia Burns
November 28, 2016 at 1:05 pmI love anything with flowers x
Susan Williams
November 28, 2016 at 2:06 pmAnimals and trees.
Diana
November 28, 2016 at 2:08 pmFlowers 🙂
natalee gosiewski
November 28, 2016 at 5:02 pmi like colouring kids books i have never tried adults colouring
Wendy Malone
November 28, 2016 at 6:11 pmloveing colouring the new poldark book at the moment.
Annette Oliver
November 28, 2016 at 6:37 pmI like mythical creatures
Emma Fox
November 28, 2016 at 7:57 pmI like flowers and nature 🙂
dana
November 28, 2016 at 7:59 pmmandalas
Philip Underwood
November 28, 2016 at 8:05 pmAnimals, flowers and nature.
Dawn Hull
November 28, 2016 at 8:55 pmBooks with animals (cats in particular).
ElizM
November 28, 2016 at 9:34 pmsomething I can learn from at the same time- when I was at healing school we used the human anatomy colouring books for our anatomy and physiology exams – perfect!
Emma
November 28, 2016 at 9:52 pmGeometric designs
claire little
November 28, 2016 at 9:53 pmanything really
Natalie Crossan
November 28, 2016 at 10:47 pmFlower ones x