Mystery Lady Talks About Johanna Basford and Secret Gardens

Say 'adult coloring book' and some will walk away but the Mystery Lady is an accomplished painter and she's intrigued by these books based on some YouTube videos from Johanna Basford and other information she has discovered.

The results are highly dramatic and most intriguing to the Mystery Lady is the gradation of colors.

The 'painting' is done with special pens which contain some special kind of ink which reacts with water you will drip wherever it needs to be to work within that segment.  These 'pencils' can be expensive with a set of them going for eighty dollars or more but the Mystery Lady has dug out ways to do it much more economically.  First she has to discover whether it's worth pursuing so start out cheap and see how it goes.

The Mystery Lady is accomplished and I could hear the excitement in her voice about these.  She encouraged me to tell Yevette about them and of course I did but I was curious too and you see the result.

Here's an example of the adult coloring books from Johanna Basford:

The only definition in here is the shape and what you make of it is on you.  The first example shows you what can come and this one shows the starting point.

As to what's art, you tell me.