Daily Archives: April 9, 2017

Posh Adult Coloring Book: Peanuts for Inspiration & Relaxation (Posh Coloring Books)

By: Charles M. Schulz

Rating: 5 of 5

Attached to this review will be my silent video which will show all of the pages of the book. I will also upload a few pages in photos.

I have been a fan of the Peanuts comic characters since I was a little girl. I remember my older brother reading the books to me as well as the comic strips and what fun we had giggling over them. I, in turn, read my children the stories and watched the movies with them. Because of my long history with them, I was really pleased to find an adult coloring book based on those characters. Going through the coloring book brought back many fond memories.
While the characters are all present, the presentation is quite different. Instead of simple line drawings, the designs are quite detailed with many intricate and small areas to color. The designs are set in somewhat of a collage form with other elements added to what was probably the original design. Some of the designs are so intricate, I hesitate to recommend the book to anyone with visual or fine motor issues. I would suggest ultra-fine point pens/markers and/or very sharp pencils for work in this book.
While I wish that the designs had been printed on one side of the page, it is really nice that the pages in this book are perforated for easy removal. I’m debating buying a second book so I can color all of the pages with whatever medium I choose. If not, I will probably stick to colored pencils and gel pens.
Here is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my medium:
124 pages of designs based on the Peanuts characters by Charles M. Schulz
Designs are printed on both sides of the page
Paper is bright white, very slightly rough, medium weight and perforated
Designs stop before the binding area but in some designs there are unfinished elements left on as many as all four sides of the design.
Glue Bound
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper.
Water-based markers leave shadows of color and some bleed through in spots.
India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page.
Gel pens do not bleed through or leave shadows on the back of the page. Some brands took additional drying time.
Colored pencils work well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and was able to get good results from both. I got good pigment (especially with multiple layers of the same color.) I was able to layer different colors and to blend easily using a blending stick.
If you decide to use markers, you will probably have some amount of bleed-through onto the back of the page which will mar the design on the back of the page.