Daily Archives: December 4, 2015

This is a very pretty book of coloring designs which evoke stained glass artwork. I have done stained glass work (windows, lamps, and trinkets) over the years off and on, so I know what a stained glass pattern looks like. The designs in this book cannot be confused with a real pattern. They look like what an artist would conceive of based on looking at a variety of windows. The first two pages of the book are a visual table of contents of what is included in the book. The designs range from flowers and birds to abstracts and geometric shapes. They are all in the form of windows versus other stained glass artwork. It will be fun to experiments with colors in with these designs and, unlike the Dover stained glass designs, these are printed on regular paper versus translucent and fragile paper.

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.