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Jobs For Those Who Love to Color

If I Ain't Readin'
5 min readAug 1, 2021
Beautiful Mandalas by Erica Jean Smith

I love to color and have been thinking lately: Are there jobs out there for those of us who love to color between someone else’s lines?

You bet there is!

Below is a list of jobs that require your love for coloring, because let’s face it: Coloring involves bringing something plain to life and it still uses techniques of blending, and understanding how to use light and shadow.

coloring mandalas
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Coloring Book Artist

This one I am familiar with. Just because you can color, does not mean you can necessarily draw, but many who can draw can color well too.

Take me for example. I am not an artist, but I have been learning to color like one, and over the course of one year I decided I love coloring mandalas. Using stock images and computer programs to manipulate the images and using my own creativity, I built my own coloring book Beautiful Mandalas. It took some work and it will require marketing, but I can see myself doing more of these in the future.

Earnings for a coloring book artist: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a crafts or fine arts person earns a median income of 49,120, this amount…

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

Written by If I Ain't Readin'

Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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