Daily Archives: April 18, 2018

I always look forward to a lovely new coloring book by Marty Noble. I’m also a huge fan of The Wizard of Oz in coloring book as well. That made this book an easy one to pre-order. I knew, without even seeing the book, that it would be one that I would enjoy.

The designs are in Ms. Noble’s signature style with lots of flowing elements and mandala pages. The portions of the story I most like are well covered in the book. This coloring book is not a storybook at all. It is designs which are inspired by the story. I like both formats but find that I actually prefer the storybook style I have seen by other artists.

I’ve noticed that the paper quality over the last few months seems to change quite frequently on the Creative Haven line. Because of that, if you buy one of these books, it may be slightly smooth or slightly rough depending on when and where it was printed. I’ve found that coloring medium, including pencils, work similarly with both slightly rough and slightly smooth paper from Creative Haven. In this case, my coloring book pages are slightly rough.

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