Fashionable animals get their glad rags on

Dapper Animals Coloring Book (Design Originals)

By: Thaneeya McArdle

Rating: 5 of 5

This coloring book is a fun set of 30 oh-so-cool and stylish animals. They are dressed in some very trendy and unusual fashions (at least for animals, that is!) While the book is by Thaneeya McArdle and Design Originals, I cannot tell if it is from her Coloring is Fun series.

The designs are quite open and beg for the colorist to try some of the techniques that the artist has included lessons in drawing, patterning, color techniques and media (including shading) as well as basic color theory at the front of the book, along with some great color examples (some of which I will show in my attached photos.) The lessons are generic to the line but the samples are specific to this book.

The pages are white and are perforated for easy removal. The designs are printed on one side only with inspirational quotes on the back. They all have to do with fashion, style, and expressing oneself through what you wear and how you wear it. One that I love is from Katharine Hepburn If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Below the quotes are lines which the colorist can use to journal their own thoughts and feelings.

All of my markers and gel pens wick through these pages. If I use either of them, I will put a piece of thicker paper or freezer paper under the page I am working on to keep the following page from getting ink on it.