Daily Archives: August 23, 2018

This is a coloring book of nighttime scenes from a wide variety of cities around the globe. While the scenes are quite cute and the concept is fun, the serious problem I have with this book is that the detail is too small. If you have vision or fine motor skill issues, I would definitely not suggest this book for your use.

I own a number of coloring books by Lindsey Boylan and I appreciate her designs on black background. This time, I think it is merely okay. I personally would have preferred the ability to choose the time of day I wanted for my project. For some reason, I also feel that the designs show more of a computer generated feel this time. Perhaps I am wrong but that is what it looks and feels like to me.

Having said all of that, I will enjoy coloring some of these designs. The ones that have high detail, I’ll leave to my husband or friends who have more patience than I have. The designs are cute and may be fun to color; they’re just not always my cup of tea. I would also have liked to have seen the name of the city on the reverse side of the page or, at the very least, a listing on a page at the beginning or end of the book.

I’ve noticed that the paper quality 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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