KIDS INDIA MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2017 ISSUE | Page 16

" Creativity and individuality ," says HBS Managing Director Thomas Grothkopp , " will remain a trend topic in 2017 ." This is confirmed by Claudia Förster , PR manager at Staedtler , which again achieved a record year in 2016 . " Colouring-in books for adults are still a big thing for Staedtler ." In October – just in time for the upcoming Insights-X – the company will be launching another book by English colouring-in book pioneer Joanna Basford .
And even an age-old topic is celebrating a revival : the mandala is making a comeback . On Staedtler ' s website , mandala fans can find free mandala colouring-in pages they can print off and colour in . They can also use the ' Creator ' to create their own designs thus cleverly intertwining the digital and analogue worlds . With crayons , fine liners and accessories , Staedtler can provide precisely the right " tool ". removed from the wall after use . It can be coloured in using coloured pencils , felt-tipped pens , wax crayons , stamps and watercolours – everything possible . Stabilo offers colouring-in beginners a wealth of motley-hued artistic fun with " My First Painting Set ". The 78-page book contains the most beautiful pictures from best-selling colouring-in books for children ' s from publisher Edition .
EVERYTHING ' S SO WONDERFULLY COLOURFUL HERE ! The colour spectrum of coloured pencils and paints sets is continually being expanded – for example , with neon and pastel tones or additional colours . Examples include the new Artista creative series by Carletto , painting by numbers from Ravensburger , and the Triplus set from Staedtler .
WRITTEN WITH LOVE The next trends for adults are already becoming evident : " Hand Lettering " and the " Bullet Journal ". " Hand lettering " could be interpreted as being " the art of beautiful writing ". Examples of decorative writing are ubiquitous on Instagram and Pinterest .
" Bullet journals " are notebooks that are evolving into personal organisers . The fact that " hand-lettering " could become the new " colouring-in for adults " is something of which Faber-Castell and Staedtler are convinced . But companies are also keeping a weather eye on the next generation . The " 24 Colour Grip Pens with A4 Pixel-it Colouring-in Book " set from Faber-Castell also gets to grips with the issue of digitisation in the analogue world . The highlight of this book is that , at first , you can ' t even guess what picture will come to light when the individual parts of the picture are coloured in . And when the colouring-in book has been completed , children can download new images from a microsite .
Particularly attractive and perfect for every child ' s birthday party is the new three metre long self-adhesive colouring-in roll , which can easily be
The Artista " Gel Pens " set offers children 8 glittery metallic and neon gel pens , on top of the templates . The same applies to Ravensburger , whose " painting by numbers " range now comes with luminous colours , so that the finished pictures glow in children ' s bedrooms at night . The sets contain a canvass , acrylic and fluorescent paints as well as a frame . With 42 colours , Staedtler has always offered one of the widest colour palettes . Now the Nuremberg-based company is adding more colours to their ranges : its ' triplus color ' felt-tipped pens and its ' triplus fineliner ' series have had 16 and 6 new colours added to them respectively .
There ' s also something in this year ' s range for parents who want to keep their couch mess-free . Vivid is presenting " Color Wonder " under the umbrella of its Crayola brand , which promises a creative and , at the same time , clean artistic experience . The ColorWonder pencils , which are initially colourless , are used on special paper , and it is only on this paper that the actual colour is revealed .
As the range of articles shows , painting and colouring-in are activities that are not just popular with children and adults . They also demonstrate that
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