Daily Archives: March 14, 2018

While I own “Secrets of Coloring” by Jennifer Zimmermann, this is the first coloring book that I have by this artist. I’m so impressed by the quality and the subject of the designs in this book, I will certainly be buying more books in the future, starting with
her “Glamorista” book which is also currently available.

The designs are of women and/or animals with a futuristic look. At the same time, there seems to be an Art Nouveau quality to the designs. As that is one of my favorite art periods, I really enjoy this book. The animals are called beasts but they are so cute, I can’t refer to them as such.

An added bonus is that not only do you receive two copies of each design, one copy of each is done with a black background. I appreciate that the artist took the time to customize each of these black background designs – they are not simply printed on black. Instead, she put black in where it made the most sense. Because of that, coloring both copies of a design will be a completely different experience.

The designs have a nice level of detail but are not at all what I consider intricate or hard to color. The artist has left plenty of room for the colorist to add their own touches. A good place to find out how to do so is in her how-to book I mentioned above, “Secrets of Coloring”.

While most of the designs are single page designs, one is spread across two pages. The artist took care to make sure that each page was still blank on the back of the page. That design does merge into the binding but no essentially elements are included at the merge point.

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This is a coloring book of really cute springtime scenes with animals. In some designs, the animals are the focus while in other designs, the springtime setting is what stands out the most. It is a fun book to color in just as winter departs and spring is on the way.

The designs are detailed with full backgrounds. They are still fairly easy to color but take longer to finish due to the backgrounds.

I was glad to see that Fritzen Publishing LLC now states in their books that Jade Summer is an imprint (rather than an individual.) They also state that the designs are created by a team of independent artists. This explains the various styles between books and how rapidly the books are made available. I had figured it out months ago but am glad to see that books now carry the explanation as well.

While you can have access to .PDFs when you purchase this book, my review is based on the book as it is received from Amazon. That way you will know what the pages look like and how they accept color. I like that the publisher provides the digital version as well so you can choose the paper you wish to use and/or to color the pictures as many times as you choose.

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