60 Beautiful and Intricate Mandalas in Square Format – printed on one side of page

I recently purchased a Christmas coloring book by artist Mary Tanana and was curious to see her older offerings. I purchased this book and one other and was really pleased with them though they are very different from Christmas To Color (which has become one of my favorite Christmas coloring books.) In Kaleidoscope Mandala Designs, Vol 1 (there are four volumes at the time I am writing this review), there are 60 very lovely and intricate designs. While I am very happy to color small and intricate areas of a design, there are some individuals who may not have the visual acuity to deal with it, at least not without a magnifying lamp and also ultra-fine points on pencils, pens, and markers.

The designs range from open and flowing to detailed and intricate. They are all in a square form in this book, though many have a circular pattern built into the square. They absolutely remind me of kaleidoscopes. I enjoy coloring mandala-type designs either making the colors consistent or working them in the form of a color wheel. I will enjoy coloring in this book and will be picking up more of the volumes in the near future.

The designs are printed on one side of standard weight white non-perforated paper. The designs stop well before the bound edge (which is glued rather than sewn.) Removing the designs by pen knife or by having the edge removed should be fairly easy.

All of my gel pens and all of my markers (both water and alcohol-based) leaked through the paper. Not a problem with the blank back page. I can slip a piece of chipboard, card stock, or other heavyweight paper (or freezer paper) below the page I am working on and keep the ink from going further and harming the pages below.