Hey There Friends !!

When I sent out last week’s email and blog post I never ever imagined anyone would respond back to what a I wrote the way they did. The responses from all of you was truly heartfelt. Once again, it proves, the coloring community is full of the nicest people on the planet. It reminds me of an article I wrote almost a decade ago about virtual friendships. The friendships that are formed online are just as real as friendships formed off line. Often times, the online friendships are closer than off line friendships as they are based on common interests. Have you also noticed that those interests are always so positive ?  I want to share an excerpt from my previous article with you and let me know if this rings true for you .

Friendship is becoming a thing of the past, true friendship that is. The news is full of people whom you thought were “friends” and are now not speaking to each other, verbally that is. In the 21st Century, the emergence of technology has created new types of friends and friendships that exist in the virtual world.Four types of friends exist in the virtual world, message board friend, email friend, instant message friend and blog friend. Have we as a society, reached a point where we are unable to maintain “real world friendships”? What’s worse are when the so called real life friendships reach a rocky point in the friendship we then become a virtual friend. Avoiding real voices. Avoiding physical contact. It’s safe in the virtual world. Don’t feel like picking up the phone and spending some real, quality time on the phone with another person, just send them a quick email and go on with life in your isolated world.

Do you agree with this ?

In the meantime, here is what is happening this coming week  –

Happy Coloring  !
Anne Manera

COLORING CAMP RETURNS on September 9th !!!  Hope you can JOIN the FUN !

Click here to sign up for COLORING CAMP!! We will be learning about oil pastels, blending with markers, colored pencils, coloring with a #2 pencil and grayscale. Plus, activity pages and COHOSTS will join me including Albert from Black Widow Pencils direct from Australia. And my friend Puja Bhola Rios, columnist for the Huffington Post . Her column on Fibro and living with chronic pain is so uplifting and positive !  Coloring friends Lynn Miller and Melody Jones will be cohosts also. More cohosts are being added. This is going to be a blast and a half !

 

Monday August 27th 10am EST Live COLOR -ALONG 

Wednesday Live at 10am returns on August 29th this week’s topic – I will be participating in a Grayscale Coloring Book event in the Coloring CO OP Group. You can watch a Live COLOR -ALONG on my Facebook page by clicking here. 

NEW BOOKS !

 

Two New books came out this past week and I am super excited about them !  Check them out below and click on each image to purchase on Amazon . I also have a FREE page for you to color from each of these books .  Click here to get your FREE PAGES. Once you finish your page email it to me for a 20% off coupon . designer@annemanera.com

 

 

 

 

Painting Classes begin August 25th !!  I am so excited to bring back online painting classes . We meet in a private Facebook group and the class is held in the same format as a color along. A Facebook live video with step by step instructions allows anyone to paint. Sign up for each class individually .

Sign for any class by clicking here . And you can save 30% on each class with coupon code PAINT

  Saturday August 25th

 

  Saturday September 1st

 Saturday September 8th

 Saturday September 22nd

  Saturday September 29th