Daily Archives: December 16, 2015

24 Great Doodle Animal designs printed on one side of non-perforated paper

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Iiiireader

Animals Coloring Book for Adults

By: Happy Coloring

Rating: 5 of 5

There are 25 various animal designs in this great coloring book. They are of the outline of an animal with doodles added to making coloring them a fun experiment in colors. The designs include at least one: wolf, dog, cat, tiger, lion, bear, owl, elephant and more. Some of the designs are head shots while others are full body images. I like that there is a variety in poses as well as animals as it gives me more to choose from when I pick up the book to color. Doodle animals are a favorite of mine because I get to imagine animals in wild and fun colors.

The designs are printed on thin white non-perforated paper which is typical of CreateSpace publications. The paper is medium weight and the binding of this book is glued rather than sewn or stapled. There is plenty of room to cut the page out if you wish. All designs stop well before the margin.

Coloring pencils work well on this paper but all markers and gel pens bleed through. Not a problem I am now using a piece of chipboard under my work to keep ink from leaking through to ruin the design below. You can use heavyweight paper or card stock but be sure to check to see how many layers you need to keep it from leaking through. The reason I like chipboard is it can be reused over and over again and is available at office supply stores or on-line.

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) and 2) water-based Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, and Pentel markers

Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo 0.38/0.28 and Tekwriter

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

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

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Variety of Cute and Fun Dog Designs printed on one side of non-perforated paper

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Iiiireader

Dogs Wanna Have Fun: Art pages to color and enjoy (The Magic of Coloring) (Volume 1)

By: Emilie Bilokur

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a coloring book with a variety of fun dog designs. The dogs are in cute poses and in fun situations (I especially like the super dog!) The style of the drawings vary from realistic to wildly imaginative. The lines in some are bold and thick, while in others, the lines are thin and lightly drawn. It is a wonderful book for a dog lover who wants to have fun with coloring and with colors. Quite a few of the designs invite the colorist to use colors with wild abandon similar to the artwork on the cover. Some of the designs have intricate and small elements but for the most part, they should be fairly easy and fun to color.

The designs are printed on one side of white non-perforated paper. All of the designs stop before the binding. The binding is glued but there is plenty of room for you to cut a page out if you choose to do so.

All of my markers (water and alcohol based) bleed through the paper and my gel pens leave a distinct shadow on the back of the page but do not bleed through. My coloring pencils work well with the paper and perform true to type according to their lead. As I will be using markers and gel pens along with pencils when coloring in this book, I will use a piece of chipboard or heavy paper behind the page I am working on so I don’t ruin the following page with leaking ink.

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

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25 Lovely Flower Postcards Coloring Designs printed on one side of heavyweight card stock

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Iiiireader

Pretty Flower Postcards

By: Beth Gunnell

Rating: 5 of 5

This is my second set of coloring book postcards by this artist. The first one is Pretty Pattern Postcards and I was so impressed by that book, I had to buy this one as soon as I saw it was available. I am a gardener and I love to color flowers, especially during the more barren months of the year. I get to color the flowers that I imagine I will have in my garden later in the year or make up colors of flowers that simply don’t exist I nature.

I am very impressed with this artist’s style and with the publishing quality of these books. I really hope she continues with this style of book and maybe some larger format ones, too, that are for adults versus what seems to be her coloring books for young girls.

The designs are, in fact, pre-set up for use as postcards with areas for shipping address, writing area, and stamp on the reverse side of each card. There are even cute little designs on that side as well which you can color with a lick of ink/pencil. The size of the book (and pages) is 7.75 x 4.75 inches. The size makes it perfect to carry in a purse or satchel.

The designs are printed on one side of heavyweight, frame-able card stock that has a glued edge that makes removal from the book as simple as can be. All you have to do is carefully pull the design away from the edge and it is ready for mailing or framing as you choose. I could easily get this book to lay fairly flat but you can always remove pages for coloring if you wish to do so, too.

The paper used in these postcard books is probably the best paper I have in any of my coloring books, etc. The only thing that bled through these pages were my Copic and Prismacolor alcohol-based markers and those bleed through everything. My Sharpies, both fine and ultra-fine did NOT bleed through and I checked neon, dark, and bright colors as well. None of my water-based marker did either. My gel pens worked great but needed a little more drying time as the ink apparently sat on the surface of this great paper and did not sink into it. My coloring pencils worked fantastic.

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45 Beautiful and Uplifting Designs printed on one side of heavyweight paper

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Iiiireader

Whatever Is Lovely: A Coloring Book for Reflection and Worship

By: WaterBrook Press

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a really wonderful coloring book filled with hand-drawn designs. I find that the when I start to color, I stop and reflect on either the excerpt Bible verse or the quote. I then keep that in mind throughout my coloring session. The designs in the book are quite lovely. They are open and flowing and while a few of them contain intricate details, for the most part, I find them easy to color. I had not thought of coloring as a form of worship before, but I now see that it absolutely is my inner self expresses the feelings and emotions through this medium as well as through song and other artistic endeavors.

I love that so many Christian coloring books are now becoming available for the adult colorist. This book is different from the other few that I have in that it includes not only specific verses from the Bible but also words of encouragement from hymns, preachers, teachers, and writers. The design is matched to the words and on the backside of each design, the full Bible verse, quote, hymn, and/or publishing cite is listed so you can look up the information for yourself. I also like that the artist attribution(s) are listed on the back, too.

The Bible verses are from both the Old and New Testament and are from a variety of translations, including: Holy Bible NIV, King James Version, The Message, and the New Living Translation.

The designs in this book are printed on one side of the paper (with full cite and quote information as mentioned above printed on the backside of each page.) The paper used is fairly heavyweight and is non-perforated. The binding is glued rather than sewn, so you will have to cut pages out of the book if you wish to remove them. A number of the design merge into the binding, so you will lose some parts of the design if you cut the page out. By breaking the spine a bit, I was able to get the book to lay fairly flat.

My water-based markers (Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, Tombows dual end both brush and marker points, and Pentel) do not leak through this paper at all. My Sharpies, Copic, and other alcohol-based markers do bleed through easily. My gel pens do not bleed through or leave a shadow but do require a little more drying time than with lesser paper quality. My coloring pencils work very well with this paper according to the type of lead (hard/soft) that I am using. I won’t worry about which medium I use with the book but I will cut down and carry a piece of chipboard with the book in case I decide to use my alcohol-based markers.