Daily Archives: August 10, 2016

Kickin’ It Old School Coloring Book (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (Adult Coloring Book)

By: Random House

Rating: 5 of 5

When my late son was a little boy, he loved TMNTs. When I would read to him at bedtime and later, when he was reading to himself, he would invariably choose one of the TMNTs comic books. Because I was the type of parent who got involved with what my kids read and watched, I also became a big fan. When I saw that an adult coloring book was available, I bought it immediately. My grandson is now getting into TMNTs and I will love coloring this book to give to him. I’m getting a second copy to hold onto for him to color in when he gets a little bit older as well.

The coloring book has 47 pages of designs (not including the title page which can also be colored.) It appears like the designs have been done by a group of artists as there are several distinct styles from clean, black lines to an almost pointillism, old-style comic book dot style. The designs are fun and easy to color but some have a lot of black accents. The designs are of both the old-style and the newer style TMNTs.

Another fun part of the book is that on the back of the preceding page (directly opposite the design) is a quote that meshes great with the design you are coloring. After coloring in this book, all I can say is Cowabunga!

This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring mediums. I will list the coloring mediums I used for testing in the comments section below. These are also the materials I use for most of my coloring.

47 Designs (plus title page) of TMNTs fun

Printed on one side of the page with a quote on the back of the page

Paper is heavyweight, white, slightly rough, non-perforated

Glue Bound

Most designs merge into the binding area

Book opens fairly flat for coloring by breaking or creasing the spine heavily.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper. I suggest using a blotter page of card stock or several sheets of paper to keep ink from seeping through to the pages below.

Water-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens do not bleed through the paper.

Colored pencils work very well with this paper. I got great pigment from oil and wax base pencils. I was able to layer the same color for deeper pigment, layer multiple colors, and blend easily using a pencil style stick blender.