Goddess coloring book for relaxing at home: SoulGoddess

Has the heat been keeping you indoors lately? Today, I’d like to recommend a hobby that’s perfect for doing at home.

The SoulGoddess coloring book, where you meet goddesses

It’s a coloring book, and its theme is incredibly unusual: a goddess coloring book.

Anyone who says, “I’m the princess—the goddess—of this neighborhood,” come on over! You can experience the fun of drawing a self-portrait.

Tarot master Jeong Hoedo wrote the goddesses’ messages.

The SoulGoddess coloring book includes 40 goddesses from around the world. When I think of a goddess, I somehow picture a blonde Western beauty, but SoulGoddess is even more interesting because it contains distinctive goddesses from many countries. It’s a book that shows through its illustrations that a goddess does not have to be a slim beauty, so I think it would be educationally good for children too.

Each goddess has a symbolic role. Oshun is the goddess of rivers and femininity.

Hera is the goddess of marriage and family. As the guardian deity of June, there is a saying that brides who marry in June can be happy under Hera’s protection.

Abuk, the goddess of rain and abundance, has such a girl-crush charm.

Aphrodite—the goddess of beauty, so naturally the illustration is truly beautiful too.

Interestingly, Ungnyeo from the Dangun myth is introduced as a goddess too. Ungnyeo is the goddess—or rather, the embodiment—of patience.

You have once lived as all of these goddesses. If you think of yourself as an ordinary human, you are a goddess with amnesia. These goddesses are sleeping within your soul.

Coloring Flora with watercolor pencils

For my first goddess to color, I chose Flora, the goddess of flowers. She looked easier to color than the other goddesses... That was arrogance.

I worked with watercolor pencils. First, you quickly lay down color with the pencils, then blend them with a water brush for a watercolor-like effect.

This is what it looked like when it was about halfway done. Coloring took more time than I expected, but as I colored without thinking about anything, I completely lost track of time.

Ta-da! It’s finished. The colors are a little different from the original, but using your own colors is part of the charm of a coloring book, isn’t it?

While coloring, all those stray thoughts disappear, and finishing leaves you feeling so proud. It’s the best hobby you can do while staying at home.

The day I finished Uhope with oil pastels

Next is Uhope, the goddess of peace. Revered by Indigenous Americans, Uhope is the goddess of peace, harmony, mediation, and friendship. Hoping peace would settle in my own heart too, I began coloring.

This time, I used oil pastels for richer color. Ta-da! I skipped right over all the in-between steps, and it’s finished.

This is the finished illustration, made with oil pastels and colored pencils. Maybe because I like shades of blue, I found coloring it incredibly soothing. As I drew while imagining the goddess’s power, it felt as if I truly gained a little of that power too. Unlike an ordinary coloring book, it has a sense of something sacred within it, and feeling reverent is an added bonus. I recommend the SoulGoddess coloring book to anyone who wants their own healing time in an otherwise dull daily routine.