40 Beautiful and Imaginative Hand-drawn Designs that will color wonderfully – printed on one side of perforated page

I received a free sample of this book for test and review purposes.

While I received my first copy free, I will be buying more copies of this book for a couple of family members who will really appreciate the great artwork.

Let it Go is simply unlike other coloring books that I have. It has 40 beautiful hand-drawn designs as well as various coloring and drawing exercises that the artist has included to expand the colorists skills. By design, the subject matter of the book covers a wide variety of subjects to avoid repetition fatigue for the colorist. From the mermaid on the first page to the square elephant to the hipster dog and beyond, there are so many fun and elegant designs to choose from. I really appreciate the exercises included, too, and plan to use the book as the artist suggests.

The artist has included her thoughts about each design on the opposite (and backside of the previous) page. Sometimes the thoughts are humorous and sometimes they are deeply touching. I must admit the one that made me laugh is about the hipster dog, which I will quote but leave the rest for you to discover on your own: Hipster Dog. The Hipsters I’ve seen always seem calm. They must be doing something right! I guess plaid, laptops and lattes really work! I have a few hipster in the family and I about choked laughing when I read this.

Another unique and great thing about this coloring book is the inclusion of a color protector page at the back of the book. It is perforated for easy removal. It’s really nice to have one included and not have to scramble around looking for one that will work.

The book is well made. The designs are printed on a single side of bright white perforated (yay!) medium weight paper. The quotes I mentioned earlier are printed on the backside of each page. The binding is glued rather than sewn but it won’t matter as the pages are easily removed due to the micro-perforations. The designs stop well before the binding and are either complete with no hanging elements or have a frame around the design to designate where it ends.

While the paperweight and texture of the book is nice and is certainly frame-able quality , I still had problems with all types of markers leaking through the page. My gel pens either leaked a bit or left shadows on the backside of the page. My coloring pencils all worked well and went on creamy. None of ink leakage bothers me with this book as they have included a protector page if I want to keep the book together and it has perforated pages if I want to take it apart.

When it comes to suggestions for improving the physical book, other than thicker paper that doesn’t bleed through, I can’t think of any. It is one of the better constructed coloring books I have come across. This is the first book I have by this publisher and I hope that the artist comes out with more books in the future and that the publisher publishes hers and other artists books with such great care.