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This is a very cute and fun Christmas coloring book. The style of the designs range from whimsical to elegant with a few stop offs at simply cute. It includes Christmas trees, Santas, stockings, and lots of fun items associated with the holidays. The designs are easy to color with only a few having intricate and small areas. I like that some of the designs have a heavy black background as it will save me a lot of time and ink not having to color it all in. It will also give a great pop to my final coloring.

The pages are printed on thin white paper which is not perforated. The designs are printed on one side of the page with the back left blank. The designs stop well short of the glued binding and can easily be removed with a pen knife if you so choose.

My gel pens and markers all leaked through this paper. My coloring pencils went on well but left a shadow at the back of the page, too. Not a problem, though, as I can put a piece of chipboard or a couple of heavy weight pieces of paper under the page I am working on to keep the ink from leaking through.

What is really quite nice about this line of books by Grace Sure is that she is also making them available for you to print additional copies if you purchase the book. You can either purchase the book and get the access to the on-line version. If you prefer, you buy the Kindle version of the book or, at the time I am writing this review, you can use your Kindle Unlimited to borrow it, too. You can decide to print the designs on whatever paper can use in your printer. When I have this option, I use my laser printer on chipboard. It keeps it safe from my water-based markers and water colors and gives me a good surface to color on. I may do this for a couple of prints but I am happy with the quality of the printed book for most of my coloring needs.

A free sample of this coloring book was provided for test and review purposes.

This is an absolutely adorable book of cats not only in hats but in costumes, too, for the most part. There are so many cute ones to color, I’m not sure where to start. The cover art picture is cute, but I am a Sherlock Holmes fan, so that may be my jumping off point. The Carmen Miranda inspired kitty is also a contender for my first coloring project. I was in cat rescue in the past and seeing these kitties makes me think of all of the kitties I fostered and adopted over the years. I will have fun putting some of those cats personalities into these pictures.

The designs are printed on one side of a nice medium weight non-perforated paper. The binding is glued rather than sewn but all of the designs stop well before the bound edge, so you can easily cut them out if you choose to do so without losing any part of the design.

All of my markers seeped through the page. My gel pens left a shadow on the backside of the page. My coloring pencils worked well with this grade of paper. If I choose to use anything other than pencils, I will put a heavyweight paper or chipboard under the page I am working on to keep any ink from damaging the rest of the book.

There are 60 architectural images in this book. There is a wide variety of building styles from older Dickensian style town scenes to traditional homes and buildings to very modern architecture. The designs range from open and easy to color to more intricate with a little more challenge. This is a great coloring book for me to use when I feel the need to have straight lines and order in my coloring. I do a lot of wild designs but sometimes coloring something like a building helps to get my mind in straight order (especially useful when I need to make a shopping list afterward!) While I love my house, coloring in this book gives me an opportunity to think what if I lived or worked here? How would I want it to look.

This is my second coloring book by Penny Farthing Graphics. They are published via CreateSpace which is generally used for self-publishing. The designs are drawn by a variety of artists from all over the world and are licensed via Shutterstock.com. What we end up with is a great coloring book (although on thin paper) with a large and varied selection of designs.

The pages are printed on thin white paper which is not perforated. The designs are printed on one side of the page with the back left blank. The designs stop well short of the glued binding and can easily be removed with a pen knife if you so choose. The designs all have either frames to finish the edge of the design or have all of the design elements finished so I am not left hanging without a proper ending point. I really appreciate this care in design as it gives me a more finished looking final page.

My gel pens and markers all leaked through this paper. My coloring pencils went on well but left a shadow at the back of the page, too. Not a problem, though, as I can put a piece of chipboard or a couple of heavy weight pieces of paper under the page I am working on to keep the ink from leaking through.

I am really looking forward to coloring in this book. I’m also really pleased that CreateSpace is offering an avenue for artists (or groups of artists) to self-publish their designs. Added to that, Penny Farthing brings in so many designers in one book, it is a real adventure to color. Between the two, colorists have a huge choice of artwork to choose from.

A free sample of this coloring book was provided for test and review purposes.

This is a really interesting and fun-to-color coloring book of 30 hand-drawn designs by artist Kevin Poorman. The designs range from floral designs to inspiring words to really different abstract designs. A number of the designs have a heavy use of black and for those, I will probably use neon or pastel colors to make the colors pop in the design. A number of the designs have intricate details and areas which I will color with a wide swathe of a single color rather than try to color each tiny spot. It works well with many designs with such intricate details to take this approach.

I am enjoying the wide range of this book as so many books develop on a single theme while this one is really a peek into the artist’s mind and workbook.

The book is printed on one side of thin white page which is typical of CreateSpace publishing. The paper is not perforated but there is plenty of room to be able to cut a page out if you desire. The binding is glued rather than sewn.

All of my markers and gel pens leak through the paper of the book. My coloring pencils work well on this paper. If I decide to use markers or gel pens, I will put a waste sheet of heavyweight paper under the page I am working on to keep the ink from ruining the rest of the book.

I received a free copy of this coloring book for test and review purposes.