Search
Reviews by Category
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- February 2022 (1)
- January 2022 (2)
- December 2021 (2)
- November 2021 (5)
- October 2021 (4)
- September 2021 (4)
- August 2021 (5)
- July 2021 (4)
- June 2021 (6)
- May 2021 (5)
- April 2021 (4)
- March 2021 (5)
- February 2021 (5)
- January 2021 (5)
- December 2020 (5)
- November 2020 (5)
- October 2020 (9)
- September 2020 (8)
- August 2020 (6)
- July 2020 (7)
- June 2020 (11)
- May 2020 (6)
- April 2020 (8)
- March 2020 (5)
- February 2020 (8)
- January 2020 (5)
- December 2019 (8)
- November 2019 (6)
- October 2019 (11)
- September 2019 (11)
- August 2019 (8)
- July 2019 (12)
- June 2019 (10)
- May 2019 (8)
- April 2019 (5)
- March 2019 (4)
- February 2019 (4)
- January 2019 (4)
- December 2018 (16)
- November 2018 (20)
- October 2018 (25)
- September 2018 (20)
- August 2018 (26)
- July 2018 (25)
- June 2018 (23)
- May 2018 (25)
- April 2018 (28)
- March 2018 (24)
- February 2018 (23)
- January 2018 (26)
- December 2017 (12)
- November 2017 (10)
- October 2017 (37)
- September 2017 (48)
- August 2017 (19)
- July 2017 (30)
- June 2017 (30)
- May 2017 (44)
- April 2017 (32)
- March 2017 (49)
- February 2017 (32)
- January 2017 (54)
- December 2016 (29)
- November 2016 (36)
- October 2016 (39)
- September 2016 (31)
- August 2016 (49)
- July 2016 (64)
- June 2016 (52)
- May 2016 (52)
- April 2016 (66)
- March 2016 (72)
- February 2016 (60)
- January 2016 (59)
- December 2015 (72)
- November 2015 (81)
- October 2015 (59)
- September 2015 (41)
- August 2015 (33)
- July 2015 (30)
- June 2015 (25)
- May 2015 (42)
- April 2015 (40)
- March 2015 (32)
- February 2015 (25)
-
Net Galley
Daily Archives: April 14, 2016
Adorable Dogs with lovely big eyes 32 Designs printed on one side of the page
Lovable Dogs Coloring Book
By: Brenda Abdoyan
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a coloring book with 32 Dog designs by Brenda Abdoyan. Each of the designs are titled by the dog(s) name. This book, along with her newly released Funky Cats are the first coloring books I have by this artist. In Lovable Dogs, the designs are almost realistic but still have enough doodles and other bits of odds and ends added to make coloring a fun experience. The dogs all have that slightly woe-be-gone look that tugs at my heart-strings.
I chose Roxy as my first project as it reminded me of my sweet Cleo dog from when I was a little girl. I used a mix of alcohol and water-based markers to give a deep color to the project.
The book is published by Design Originals. As usual with their books, there are a couple of pages dedicated to comments by the artist, colored examples of some of the projects in the book, and finally, journal lines and quotes on the back of the page. In this case, the artist pages are more limited but discuss medium and color choices. There are a number of colored examples and the quotes are all dog-related. As with Funky Cats there are a couple of illustrated dogs on the back cover and the inside flap that do not appear in the designs in this book. I would have loved to have the cute dachshund and hope to see it in a future book.
Here is what I found in and about this book:
32 Dog Designs with some fun coloring doodles
Designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is white and medium weight; slightly rough to the touch and pages are perforated
Glue Bound
Designs stop before the perforations
Designs all have a framing line around them. I always appreciate this touch saves me time and ink in coloring
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper
India ink pens bleed through the paper
Gel pens do not bleed through
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. My softer lead pencils go on with good color and coverage and they layer and blend well. My hard lead pencils go on with good color but as typical with Design Originals books, they leave dents on the back of the page.
Posted in Adult Color Books
Leave a comment