The World of Debbie Macomber: Come Home to Color: An Adult Coloring Book
By: Debbie Macomber
Rating: 5 of 5
I am a real fan of Debbie Macomber and have enjoyed her books, movies, and television series over the years. Purchasing this book was a must for me – even without any idea of what the designs would include. This coloring book depicts a number of scenes from various books, including: “Starting Now”, “The Inn at Rose Harbor”, “Love Letters”, “The World of Debbie Macomber”, Blossom Street Brides”, “Silver Linings”, and “Rose Harbor in Bloom”.
The designs show scenes taken from various quotes. The quote is on the preceding page. No characters are shown but the rooms and houses fit perfectly into what I have always had in my mind’s eye for these stories. There are lovely views of the city, harbor, houses, rooms, and even pets. Truly a lovely book of hand-drawn designs. Even if I were not such a fan of Ms. Macomber’s work, I would love this coloring book.
Most of the designs are detailed and a few have intricate parts which may be more challenging to color. The majority are much easier to color and most coloring mediums should work fine with coloring the details. For my first project, I am using a variety of markers and coloring pencils.
The designs are by a team of artists, including: Juan Alarcon, Yvonne Gilbert, Mariko Jesse, Olivia Linn, Ben Perini, Paula Pertile, Sonia Pulido, and Monika Roe. You can tell from the varied artwork that more than one hand and imagination was involved. It makes for a more interesting coloring book as it gives you eight artists in one book.
Here is an overview of what I found in the book and during my testing of mediums and coloring in this book:
45 Hand-drawn designs depicting scenes from Debbie Macomber books
Printed on one side of white, heavyweight lightly smooth non-perforated page.
Quote of Scene is on the preceding page (back of the previous design page.
Glue Bound
Designs merge into the binding area – if you cut pages out, you will lose portions of the design
Book opens fairly flat if you “break” the spine
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page.
Water-based markers and India Ink artist pens show shadows on the back of the page.
Gel pens do not bleed through the page but need a little extra drying time.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper; however wax-based pencils do not blend as well as oil-based pencils. Soft lead pencils put down good color and layer well. Hard lead pencils also show good color and do not dent the back of the page.
Given the construction of this book, with the quote on the prior page, I do not plan to remove pages from the book. I’ll want to keep the integrity of the format. Because of this, I will use a blotter page under the page I am working on to keep marker ink from marring the page below.
