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This is the pocket size version of a larger format coloring book. This pocket size coloring book has 32 designs (versus 50) larger book but has only 12 designs which are Bible-inspired. This coloring book is approximately 6 x 8 inches and the images from the larger book have been reduced and cropped to fit into this format. That resulted in the loss of some parts designs and in the coloring spaces being made smaller. The designs are detailed and intricate but I don’t feel that most will require unusually small nib coloring medium to finish the designs.

The designs are fun and flowing and provide an all around coloring book with some Christian designs. I generally look for Christian coloring books in which all the designs are Scripture based but I like this series (and the larger format series from which these were taken.) It is a great way to get coloring designs of all kinds in one book. The huge plus is that it is hand-drawn artwork versus computer generated. The Scriptures in the book are taken from The Holy Bible, New Living Translation and The Holy Bible, New International Version.

There is an elastic closure band on this book which is very convenient for taking the book along with you. It will keep it from opening in your purse or backpack. The designs are printed on one side of perforated paper and the designs extend a bit past the perforations. You will lose a small portion of the design if you remove the page. The binding is glued rather than sewn but you can remove the designs at the perforations. I was able to get the book to lay fairly flat by push quite hard and breaking the spine. The publishers has used a green ink on the three unbound sides of the page and in some of the designs but thankfully none of the ink crept onto the coloring page.

My alcohol and water-based markers all bled through this paper to some degree. My gel pens and India ink artist pens did not and did not create shadows on the back of the page. My soft lead coloring pencils worked well but did not go on as thick as on some better grade books. My hard lead pencils worked as expected and did not dent the back of the page. I recommend either removing the page before coloring or cutting down some card stock or other heavy paper to act as a blotter with this book.

These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile:

Markers: 1) alcohol-based Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) Bic Mark-its (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, and Staedler triplus fineliners

India Ink: Faber-Castell PITT artist pens (brush tip)

Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo in the following sizes – 0.28/0.38/0.5/1.0 and Tekwriter

Coloring Pencils: Prismacolor Premier Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, and Faber-Castell Polychromos